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Soldotna football knocks off South; Juneau routs Kenai

Soldotna football knocks off South; Juneau routs Kenai

The Soldotna football team defeated South 53-20 on Saturday in Anchorage in a nonconference matchup of two of the top-ranked teams in the state. The… Continue reading

Soldotna football knocks off South; Juneau routs Kenai
Soldotna volleyball tops Kodiak on Friday, Saturday

Soldotna volleyball tops Kodiak on Friday, Saturday

The host Soldotna volleyball team defeated Kodiak on Friday and Saturday in Northern Lights Conference play to move to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the… Continue reading

Soldotna volleyball tops Kodiak on Friday, Saturday
Delta coed soccer team tops CIA

Delta coed soccer team tops CIA

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team lost 6-1 to Delta on Friday in Borealis Conference play at the Kenai Sports Complex. While Holy Rosary… Continue reading

Delta coed soccer team tops CIA
Homer football swamps Nikiski in the rain

Homer football swamps Nikiski in the rain

Now this finally looked like fall. Yellow speckling through the trees. Football. And rain. Homer defeated host Nikiski 50-18 Friday in a contest that had… Continue reading

Homer football swamps Nikiski in the rain
SoHi volleyball sweeps Nikiski

SoHi volleyball sweeps Nikiski

After a string of competitive matches between Soldotna and Nikiski in recent seasons, the Stars were able to come out swinging Thursday night in a… Continue reading

SoHi volleyball sweeps Nikiski
Prep sports schedule tweaked as week 3 football arrives

Prep sports schedule tweaked as week 3 football arrives

The relentless push of the Swan Lake Fire has reshuffled the football schedule and put other high school sports events scrambling to reschedule or cancel… Continue reading

Prep sports schedule tweaked as week 3 football arrives
Nikiski’s Kaitlyn Johnson dives for a dig Nov. 10, 2018, in the Class 3A state volleyball championship final against Valdez at the Alaska Airlines Center. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Season volleyball preview: Can Nikiski repeat as 3A state champs?

In the months since breaking an 18-year state championship drought in volleyball, the Nikiski Bulldogs and head coach Stacey Segura have had time to celebrate,… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Kaitlyn Johnson dives for a dig Nov. 10, 2018, in the Class 3A state volleyball championship final against Valdez at the Alaska Airlines Center. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Refuge notebook: Storks in Poland are example of cultural wildlife conservation

Refuge notebook: Storks in Poland are example of cultural wildlife conservation

This last month I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Poland with my family. The trip was organized by my father-in-law, Henry, who lived… Continue reading

Refuge notebook: Storks in Poland are example of cultural wildlife conservation
Out of the Office: Burnt out

Out of the Office: Burnt out

The first time I reported on the Swan Lake Fire, I didn’t even mention it by name. On June 6 – 84 days ago as… Continue reading

Out of the Office: Burnt out
Reeling ‘Em In: Alas, poor Thrasher — it’s time for Nick’s revered fishing rod to retire
Reeling ‘Em In: Alas, poor Thrasher — it’s time for Nick’s revered fishing rod to retire
Week 3 of prep football season shuffles

Week 3 of prep football season shuffles

The persistence of wildfire smoke from the Swan Lake Fire hanging in the air and the unpredictable travel situation through Cooper Landing has made for… Continue reading

Week 3 of prep football season shuffles
Boise State’s Allie Ostrander competes in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final June 30 at the Prefontaine Classic at Stanford University in California. (Photo taken by Cortney White)

Ostrander names MW Female Scholar-Athlete of Year

Soldotna runner Allie Ostrander was named Mountain West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Tuesday in a press release from the conference. The scholar-athlete award honors… Continue reading

  • Aug 27, 2019
  • By Joey Klecka Peninsula Clarion
Boise State’s Allie Ostrander competes in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final June 30 at the Prefontaine Classic at Stanford University in California. (Photo taken by Cortney White)
Vanderford improves to 8-0 in professional MMA

Vanderford improves to 8-0 in professional MMA

Austin Vanderford, a 2008 graduate of Ninilchik School, improved to 8-0 in his professional mixed martial arts career with a win over previously undefeated Joseph… Continue reading

Vanderford improves to 8-0 in professional MMA
Forrest, Swisher, Rose win at Kenai Peninsula Open

Forrest, Swisher, Rose win at Kenai Peninsula Open

Beau Forrest and Halycon Swisher finally got the big prize for which they were looking Sunday at the Kenai Peninsula Open at Birch Ridge Golf… Continue reading

Forrest, Swisher, Rose win at Kenai Peninsula Open
Bethune, Aldridge win Tri Nikiski

Bethune, Aldridge win Tri Nikiski

Michael Bethune and Morgan Aldridge came away winners Saturday morning at the second annual Tri Nikiski triathlon at the Nikiski Recreation Center. The event features… Continue reading

  • Aug 24, 2019
  • By Joey Klecka Peninsula Clarion
Bethune, Aldridge win Tri Nikiski
CIA soccer falls to Birchwood

CIA soccer falls to Birchwood

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team fell in a 1-0 loss to Birchwood Christian on Saturday in Chugiak. The Eagles lost one day after… Continue reading

  • Aug 24, 2019
  • Staff report Peninsula Clarion
CIA soccer falls to Birchwood
Nikiski’s America Jeffreys (left) and Kaycee Bostic put up a block on Homer’s Laura Inama at the Homer Jamboree against the Homer Mariners on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in the Alice Witt Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Nikiski volleyball wins Homer Jamboree

The defending Class 3A state volleyball champion Nikiski Bulldogs got their defense off to a winning start Saturday in Homer, capturing the Homer Jamboree tournament… Continue reading

Nikiski’s America Jeffreys (left) and Kaycee Bostic put up a block on Homer’s Laura Inama at the Homer Jamboree against the Homer Mariners on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in the Alice Witt Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Seward football falls to Valdez

Seward football falls to Valdez

The Valdez Buccaneers demolished Seward 32-6 Saturday afternoon in the lone varsity football game for a peninsula team this weekend. Four other football games involving… Continue reading

Seward football falls to Valdez
2019 Cross-Country preview: Beeson returns to lead Kardinals

2019 Cross-Country preview: Beeson returns to lead Kardinals

There is a Beeson coaching a fall sport at Kenai Central High School again. No, not Jim Beeson, who rolled up 103 wins in 19… Continue reading

2019 Cross-Country preview: Beeson returns to lead Kardinals
Dexheimer, Swisher, Rose lead Kenai Peninsula Open

Dexheimer, Swisher, Rose lead Kenai Peninsula Open

Aaron Dexheimer fired a 3-under-par 67 to lead the Open Division at the Kenai Peninsula Open on Saturday at Birch Ridge Golf Course, while Halcyon… Continue reading

Dexheimer, Swisher, Rose lead Kenai Peninsula Open