The Nikiski wrestling team finished second amongst Class 1-2-3A schools and Soldotna finished fourth amongst Class 4A schools on Friday and Saturday at the Lancer Smith Memorial tournament in Palmer.

All the schools wrestled together in one big tournament, then the teams were broken down in team scores according to school size. The tournament is special because it is the lone chance for small and big schools to match up in a nondual tournament.

The Soldotna and Homer hockey teams set up a title match in the End of the Road Shootout by winning games Friday in Homer.

The Stars took down Bartlett 2-1 to improve to 4-2 on the season.

Clayton Longfellow put SoHi out front in the second period on an assist from Coel Nelson. Ty Fenton, with help from Nelson and Longfellow, made it 2-0 Soldotna in the third before a late strike by Kyle Sun of Bartlett.

Corey Hanson, playing just his second game ever at goalie, had 14 saves for SoHi, while Dimitri Trihub turned aside 21 for the Bears.

The Tsalteshi Trails Association hosted the Polar Vortex Cyclocross Race on Sunday.

Riders attempted to get around the one-mile course, which included single-track riding and obstacles over which they had to carry their bikes, as many times as possible in one hour.

Tony Eskelin was the men’s champion, piling up eight laps, while Zach Johnston was second and Scott Hippe was third, also with eight laps.

The top woman was Sadie Fox with six laps, while Julie English was second and Charlene Spiers was third with five laps apiece.

After capturing her third straight Alaska state cross-country running championship in early October under picturesque conditions, Kenai Central senior Allie Ostrander had to face adverse weather conditions Saturday in Boise, Idaho.

Ironically, runners at the 2014 Nike Cross Northwest Regional Championship meet had to plod through 6 inches of snow that had appeared on the five-kilometer Eagle Island course.