Joey Klecka

Seward volleyball sweeps Redington

Seward volleyball sweeps Redington

The Seward volleyball team picked up a Southcentral Conference victory Thursday night over Redington, sweeping the Huskies 3-0 with game scores of 25-9, 25-16 and… Continue reading

Seward volleyball sweeps Redington
CIA soccer moves to semifinals of Borealis Conference tourney

CIA soccer moves to semifinals of Borealis Conference tourney

Cook Inlet Academy senior Hunter Moos provided the fireworks in CIA’s 5-1 quarterfinal win over Holy Rosary Academy at the 2018 Borealis Conference tournament Thursday… Continue reading

CIA soccer moves to semifinals of Borealis Conference tourney
Week 8 football: Kenai, SoHi clash; Nikiski sees 11-year playoff run done

Week 8 football: Kenai, SoHi clash; Nikiski sees 11-year playoff run done

Just like the unusual late-season summer weather, the Kenai Central football team doesn’t intend to go away. Last Saturday’s meeting at Ed Hollier Field against… Continue reading

Week 8 football: Kenai, SoHi clash; Nikiski sees 11-year playoff run done
Community rallies around Nikiski firefighter Doss

Community rallies around Nikiski firefighter Doss

Nikiski firefighter Levi Doss may still be battling cancer, but his family and friends have shown that he has already come out a winner. An… Continue reading

Community rallies around Nikiski firefighter Doss
Crawford wins Chainwreck week 2

Crawford wins Chainwreck week 2

Soldotna rider Mike Crawford emerged victorious in Week 2 of the Chainwreck bike series Thursday at the Tsalteshi Trails, completing six laps of the pre-determined… Continue reading

Crawford wins Chainwreck week 2
Football: Kenai stays alive, SoHi topples Service

Football: Kenai stays alive, SoHi topples Service

With their playoff hopes hanging in the balance, the Kenai Central football team came up clutch when they needed it most. The Kardinals rolled to… Continue reading

Football: Kenai stays alive, SoHi topples Service
SoHi volleyball defeats ACS

SoHi volleyball defeats ACS

The first set Friday night in the Soldotna Prep gym went easily enough for the Stars volleyball team. The second was much rougher, but it… Continue reading

SoHi volleyball defeats ACS
Week 7 football preview: Playoff scenarios unveiled

Week 7 football preview: Playoff scenarios unveiled

If it was a holiday, its name would be Elimination Day. On the penultimate week of the regular season, the end of the day Saturday… Continue reading

Week 7 football preview: Playoff scenarios unveiled
Seward volleyball finishes

Seward volleyball finishes

The Seward Seahawks wrapped up a successful weekend of play at the Valdez Invitational tournament with a run into the semifinal round. Seward won each… Continue reading

Seward volleyball finishes
Bobcats bury Brown Bears at NAHL Showcase

Bobcats bury Brown Bears at NAHL Showcase

A successful opening weekend of North American Hockey League play for the Kenai River Brown Bears did not translate into opening day success at the… Continue reading

Bobcats bury Brown Bears at NAHL Showcase
Soldotna libero Holleigh Jaime bumps the ball Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, against Homer at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna volleyball sweeps Homer

The Soldotna volleyball team flaunted their early season power Tuesday night in a nonconference meeting with Homer at Soldotna High School. The Division I Stars… Continue reading

Soldotna libero Holleigh Jaime bumps the ball Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, against Homer at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Seward runner wraps up Skyrunning championships in Scotland

Seward runner wraps up Skyrunning championships in Scotland

Seward runner Denali Foldager-Strabel finished 32nd Saturday in the Salomon Ring of Steall SkyRace at the World Skyrunning Championships in Kinlochleven, Scotland. The 2008 Seward… Continue reading

Seward runner wraps up Skyrunning championships in Scotland
Nikiski rolls at West Spiketacular

Nikiski rolls at West Spiketacular

The Nikiski Bulldogs saw a David vs. Goliath run fall short of the finals Saturday at the 2018 West Spiketacular volleyball tournament. Nikiski made it… Continue reading

Nikiski rolls at West Spiketacular
Kenai defender Tyrone McEnerney tackles Eagle River’s Kobe Sherman (24) Saturday at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Eagle River football topples Kenai

A lot was on the line in a big Northern Lights Conference clash Saturday afternoon at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai, and Eagle River senior… Continue reading

Kenai defender Tyrone McEnerney tackles Eagle River’s Kobe Sherman (24) Saturday at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Story, Evans capture SoHi Pentathlon swim crowns

Story, Evans capture SoHi Pentathlon swim crowns

The battle waged in the Soldotna pool Friday afternoon between swimming sensations Madison Story of Homer and Lydia Jacoby of Seward wasn’t the first time… Continue reading

Story, Evans capture SoHi Pentathlon swim crowns
Homer’s Marina Carroll spikes the ball over the net during a game against Kenai Central High School on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The Mariners beat the Kardinals three games to one in the Southcentral Conference match-up. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Homer tops Kenai volleyball

The Homer Mariners defended home court advantage Thursday night in Alice Witte Gymnasium with a 3-1 Southcentral Conference volleyball victory. In a rematch of their… Continue reading

Homer’s Marina Carroll spikes the ball over the net during a game against Kenai Central High School on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The Mariners beat the Kardinals three games to one in the Southcentral Conference match-up. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
CIA soccer keeps winning season on track

CIA soccer keeps winning season on track

A 4-2 nondivisional victory over Tri-Valley kept Cook Inlet Academy’s perfect season going as well as their string of identical results against the Warriors. Under… Continue reading

CIA soccer keeps winning season on track
Kenai Central’s Titus Riddall wards off Palmer’s Morgan Freeman on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Week 6 prep football: Playoff races heat up as weather cools off

The weather is turning cooler as the state playoff races heat up for Week 6 of the prep football season. Northern Lights Conference contender Eagle… Continue reading

Kenai Central’s Titus Riddall wards off Palmer’s Morgan Freeman on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski’s Thompson tallies goalkeeper assist

Nikiski native Rachel Thompson put on quite the show in her debut with the Division I Washington State University women’s soccer team. Thompson tallied an… Continue reading

Foldager-Strabel races in world mountain running championships

Seward mountain runner Denali Foldager-Strabel raced her way to a top-20 finish Thursday at the 2018 Skyrunning World Championships in Kinlochleven, Scotland. The 2008 Seward… Continue reading