In celebration of New Year’s 2019, the Clarion spoke with members of the community on their plans for 2019 and what they hope the new… Continue reading
The Kenai River Brown Bears returned from their 13-day holiday break to forge a weekend split in Janesville, Wisconsin, beating the North American Hockey League… Continue reading
The Soldotna girls won’t be coming home empty-handed from their weekend trip to Ketchikan. The Stars capped a 3-0 weekend Saturday night with the girls… Continue reading
For the second time in two days, the Soldotna boys hoops team went to overtime, but on this occasion came out with the victory. The… Continue reading
Holiday vacation doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening for prep basketball teams. Peninsula teams began weekend tournaments Thursday with the Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic in Ketchikan… Continue reading
The hoops field is getting crowded in the Class 3A Southcentral Conference. The addition of Kenai Central to the Class 3A level of high school… Continue reading
Upon waving goodbye to its crosstown rival in the N0rthern Lights Conference, the Soldotna Stars suddenly have no one else with which to play. The… Continue reading
Three years ago a fresh start and a new mental outlook led Soldotna’s Matt Brown to realize what was most important in life — helping… Continue reading
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to score on the Soldotna Stars these days. The SoHi hockey team used a complete effort Thursday night to put away… Continue reading
Kenai and Soldotna were both recently awarded bronze-level status by the League of American Bicyclists for meeting standards set by its Bicycle Friendly Community Program.… Continue reading
More than two decades after the first Hutchison stepped onto an Alaska state wrestling mat, the last one walked off of another. Soldotna senior Gideon… Continue reading
The Soldotna girls kept their opening weekend of basketball rolling Friday night with a dominant 62-29 win over Northern Lights Conference opponent Kodiak at the… Continue reading
The Rustin Hitchcock era officially opened Thursday afternoon at Kenai Central High School. Hitchcock made his head coaching debut with the Nikiski girls at the… Continue reading
Despite the week’s snowfall in Kenai and Soldotna, the Candy Cane Scramble prep ski race, originally scheduled for Friday at Tsalteshi Trails, was relocated to… Continue reading
The wars waged by the Homer and Bethel wrestling programs through each of the last three years at the Division II state championships have been… Continue reading
Playing a nonconference opponent from Southeast Alaska gave the Kenai Central hockey team a chance to break their winless start to the season, but a… Continue reading
The story is well known. A greedy, desolate man learns to share the joys of Christmas with friends and family after receiving guidance from three… Continue reading
The third race of the Freezer Food Series went to Sean Goff, who won Sunday afternoon at the Tsalteshi Trails, covering the three-mile running course… Continue reading
There’s a reason why Saturday’s Kachemak Conference wrestling finals looked more like a Homer Mariners practice room than a tournament championship round. It’s because Homer’s… Continue reading
The 7.0 earthquake that momentarily stopped Southcentral Alaska in its tracks last Friday left a different kind of shift on the Alaska wrestling scene. Due… Continue reading
