Nikiski graduate Lincoln Johnson, a sophomore at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, has made first-team all-conference in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.

Johnson, who is 6-foot-0, 215 pounds, made the team at defensive line. He made 25 tackles, 10 solo, while throwing in three sacks and two fumble recoveries.

Greenville also tapped Alaska for another first-team player, with South graduate Justin Moore, a sophomore, making the team at offensive line.

After getting swept on their home ice by the Wenatchee (Washington) Wild last weekend, the Bears defeated the host Wild 3-2 in a shootout Friday to start a 13-game road trip.
The Bears are 0-2 against Wenatchee in Soldotna, but have three wins in four tries at the Town Toyota Center, which drew 3,105 fans Friday.
Kenai River moves to 11-13-0 and into a tie with the Minnesota Magicians for fourth place in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division. Wenatchee is 9-9-5 and in fifth in the South Division. The Wild now lead the league with five overtime losses.

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.