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Results posted for Freddie’s snowmachine drag races

Results posted for Freddie’s snowmachine drag races

Freddie’s Roadhouse, located in the Caribou Hills 16 miles up Oilwell Road from Ninilchik, held snowmachine drag races Saturday. Jeff Hanson dominated the day, winning… Continue reading

Results posted for Freddie’s snowmachine drag races
Kenai’s Crawford leads peninsula at Little Su 50K

Kenai’s Crawford leads peninsula at Little Su 50K

Kenai’s Mike Crawford led the Kenai Peninsula at the Little Su 50K on Saturday. In the men’s bike race, Crawford, 43, crossed the line at… Continue reading

Kenai’s Crawford leads peninsula at Little Su 50K
Homer’s Tara Schmidt is all smiles after finishing the 40-kilometer freestyle race despite breaking a ski early in the race Sunday in the Tour of Tsalteshi. (Photo courtesy of Jenny Neyman/Tsalteshi Trails)

Snow, rain can’t stop Tour of Tsalteshi

Steve Cothran, organizer of the Tour of Tsalteshi, said he wants to make the event a race of the Kenai Peninsula cross-country skiing community. So… Continue reading

Homer’s Tara Schmidt is all smiles after finishing the 40-kilometer freestyle race despite breaking a ski early in the race Sunday in the Tour of Tsalteshi. (Photo courtesy of Jenny Neyman/Tsalteshi Trails)
Weekend hoops roundup: Kenai girls top Palmer, Seward; Seward boys beat Kenai

Weekend hoops roundup: Kenai girls top Palmer, Seward; Seward boys beat Kenai

The host Kenai Central girls basketball team notched a 49-37 nonconference victory over Palmer on Friday. The Moose led 17-16 at the half, but Kenai… Continue reading

Weekend hoops roundup: Kenai girls top Palmer, Seward; Seward boys beat Kenai
Nikiski girls, Seward boys notch blowout wins

Nikiski girls, Seward boys notch blowout wins

Friday’s Southcentral Conference matchup between host Nikiski and Seward featured a pair of blowouts — one not-so-surprising and the other surprising. The Nikiski girls notched… Continue reading

Nikiski girls, Seward boys notch blowout wins
Brown Bears shut out Steel

Brown Bears shut out Steel

The Kenai River Brown Bears continued the upswing they had been on before former head coach Josh Petrich resigned for personal reasons last weekend. The… Continue reading

Brown Bears shut out Steel
Steel defeat Bears in OT

Steel defeat Bears in OT

The Kenai River Brown Bears of Dan Bogdan got off to a quick start, but lost a 2-1 overtime decision to the host Chippewa (Wisconsin)… Continue reading

Steel defeat Bears in OT
Brown Bears, Petrich broke up amicably

Brown Bears, Petrich broke up amicably

To hear both sides tell it, former Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich and the organization broke up about as amicably as two… Continue reading

Brown Bears, Petrich broke up amicably
DiMarzio, Aldridge win Freezer Food Series ski race

DiMarzio, Aldridge win Freezer Food Series ski race

Chuck DiMarzio and Morgan Aldridge won the final Freezer Food Series race of the season Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. DiMarzio finished the four-mile freestyle race… Continue reading

DiMarzio, Aldridge win Freezer Food Series ski race
Brown Bears head coach Petrich resigns for personal reasons

Brown Bears head coach Petrich resigns for personal reasons

Kenai River Brown Bears coach Josh Petrich has resigned for personal reasons, effective immediately, the organization announced in a press release Sunday afternoon. “We are… Continue reading

Brown Bears head coach Petrich resigns for personal reasons
Fat Freddie’s 3: Caribou Hills never fail to tire, inspire

Fat Freddie’s 3: Caribou Hills never fail to tire, inspire

Fat bike racers hard at work in the third annual Fat Freddie’s Bike Race and Ramble. Snowmachiners whirring up and down the trails. Even a… Continue reading

Fat Freddie’s 3: Caribou Hills never fail to tire, inspire
Brown Bears split with IceRays

Brown Bears split with IceRays

The Kenai River Brown Bears split with the Corpus Christi (Texas) IceRays this weekend at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, winning 5-1 on Friday before… Continue reading

Brown Bears split with IceRays
Kenai River Brown Bears forward Cody Moline keeps the puck from Topeka (Kansas) Pilots forward Connor Zilisch on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Series preview: Bears look to keep rolling against IceRays

Kenai River Brown Bears head coach, and New England Patriots fan, Josh Petrich was watching the Super Bowl on Sunday with his team captains when… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Cody Moline keeps the puck from Topeka (Kansas) Pilots forward Connor Zilisch on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
More touches results in more college looks for Bears’ LaBarge

More touches results in more college looks for Bears’ LaBarge

Why would Kenai River Brown Bears forward Trey LaBarge be fine with leaving the United States Hockey League, the best junior league in America, to… Continue reading

More touches results in more college looks for Bears’ LaBarge
Hoops roundup

Hoops roundup

The host Ninilchik boys notched a 54-40 nonconference victory over Point Lay on Monday. Ninilchik, which did not commit a foul in the game, had… Continue reading

Hoops roundup
Homer’s Pitzman named MVP of Railbelt

Homer’s Pitzman named MVP of Railbelt

The Railbelt Conference postseason awards for hockey were released Saturday, with Homer’s Ethan Pitzman taking MVP and Homer’s Steve Nevak taking Coach of the Year.… Continue reading

Homer’s Pitzman named MVP of Railbelt
Kenai graduate Danielson makes Junior Nationals team

Kenai graduate Danielson makes Junior Nationals team

Karl Danielson, a 2018 graduate of Kenai Central, wrapped up a spot on Team Alaska at Junior Nationals this weekend at Besh Cups 5 and… Continue reading

Kenai graduate Danielson makes Junior Nationals team
Girl Powder

Girl Powder

Ski for Women enjoys snow dump

Girl Powder
Weekend hoops roundup: Felche’s late 3 lifts Kenai boys past Nikiski

Weekend hoops roundup: Felche’s late 3 lifts Kenai boys past Nikiski

Connor Felchle hit a 3-pointer with .6 seconds left in the game to give Kenai Central a 48-45 victory over host Nikiski on Friday in… Continue reading

Weekend hoops roundup: Felche’s late 3 lifts Kenai boys past Nikiski
Brown Bears snap 11-game skid on home ice, sweep Pilots

Brown Bears snap 11-game skid on home ice, sweep Pilots

Kenai River Brown Bears fans had been waiting three months for a home victory. So they were more than happy to wait through an overtime… Continue reading

Brown Bears snap 11-game skid on home ice, sweep Pilots