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In April, a sunrise was often paired with rain in Seward. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Tangled Up in Blue: All this rain

When I asked Peter what I should write my column about this week, he suggested I talk about swimming in lakes. It was intuitive, since… Continue reading

In April, a sunrise was often paired with rain in Seward. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna’s Sean Babitt (on top) grapples with a teammate Thursday at Redemption MMA in Soldotna. Babitt won a division championship at the IBJJF World Championships June 1 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna teen brings home Jiu-Jitsu Worlds gold

Kasilof’s Sean Babitt comes off quiet, soft-spoken and unassuming. But ask the competitor that Babitt beat for a world championship gold medal in June, and… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Sean Babitt (on top) grapples with a teammate Thursday at Redemption MMA in Soldotna. Babitt won a division championship at the IBJJF World Championships June 1 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Refuge notebook: Lightning on the Kenai Peninsula

Refuge notebook: Lightning on the Kenai Peninsula

I’ve been saying “Wow” a lot lately. A week ago, on Aug. 13, 48 lightning discharges occurred within 300 miles of the North Pole! The… Continue reading

Refuge notebook: Lightning on the Kenai Peninsula
Stars take 3 of 4 team titles at Nikiski Class Races

Stars take 3 of 4 team titles at Nikiski Class Races

The smoke was mildly annoying. The hills were anything but. The cross-country season on the Kenai Peninsula kicked off Monday with the Nikiski Class Races… Continue reading

Stars take 3 of 4 team titles at Nikiski Class Races
Results posted for inaugural Mineshaft Grinder in Hope

Results posted for inaugural Mineshaft Grinder in Hope

The Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area held the inaugural Mineshaft Grinder Race on Saturday in Hope. The Grinder is a series of bike and… Continue reading

Results posted for inaugural Mineshaft Grinder in Hope
Soldotna’s Youngren takes 2nd among women, 3rd overall at Humpy’s Marathon

Soldotna’s Youngren takes 2nd among women, 3rd overall at Humpy’s Marathon

Soldotna’s Megan Youngren took second for the women and third overall Sunday in the Humpy’s Marathon in Anchorage, part of 2019 Anchorage RunFest. Keri Mcentee… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Youngren takes 2nd among women, 3rd overall at Humpy’s Marathon
Kahakauwila, Morin, Hyman win Donald R. Morgan Memorial Club Championship titles

Kahakauwila, Morin, Hyman win Donald R. Morgan Memorial Club Championship titles

Kenai’s Charlie Kahakauwila, Homer’s Chris Morin and Soldotna’s Marianne Hyman won gross titles Sunday at the two-day Donald R. Morgan Memorial Club Championship at windy… Continue reading

Kahakauwila, Morin, Hyman win Donald R. Morgan Memorial Club Championship titles
CIA soccer opens fall season with draw

CIA soccer opens fall season with draw

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team opened its fall season by playing to a scoreless draw Saturday against Our Lady of the Valley in… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2019
  • By Joey Klecka Peninsula Clarion
CIA soccer opens fall season with draw
Homer opens XC season in Kodiak

Homer opens XC season in Kodiak

The Homer Mariners got in their first cross-country meet of the season Saturday at Fort Abercrombie in Kodiak, competing against the Kodiak Bears. Kodiak swept… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2019
  • By Joey Klecka Peninsula Clarion
Homer opens XC season in Kodiak
Voznesenka senior and Homer quarterback Anthony Kalugin resists Kenai tackler Aiden Milburn during a Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 football game between the Mariners and Kardinals in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Homer football falls to Kenai in season opener

The Kenai Central football team has once again established itself as one of the teams to beat on the Kenai Peninsula, though the Kards are… Continue reading

Voznesenka senior and Homer quarterback Anthony Kalugin resists Kenai tackler Aiden Milburn during a Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 football game between the Mariners and Kardinals in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Kahakauwila has lead at Morgan Club Championship

Kahakauwila has lead at Morgan Club Championship

Chris Morin will have to overcome four players if he wants to win his fifth Donald R. Morgan Club Championship in six years at Kenai… Continue reading

Kahakauwila has lead at Morgan Club Championship
Friday football: SoHi routs West; Nikiski, Seward lose

Friday football: SoHi routs West; Nikiski, Seward lose

The bad memories of last year’s season-opening loss are now a distant memory for the Soldotna Stars football program, which romped its way to a… Continue reading

Friday football: SoHi routs West; Nikiski, Seward lose
Redington football notches big win over Nikiski

Redington football notches big win over Nikiski

WASILLA — During their first three meetings with Nikiski, the Redington Huskies were outscored a combined 114-6 in a trio of losses to the Bulldogs.… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2019
  • By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com
Redington football notches big win over Nikiski
Hall, Aldridge win Soldotna Cycle Series week 7

Hall, Aldridge win Soldotna Cycle Series week 7

Jim Hall biked to the 12-kilometer race victory Thursday night at the Soldotna Cycle Series week 7 race at Tsalteshi Trails. Hall nipped Brian Beeson… Continue reading

Hall, Aldridge win Soldotna Cycle Series week 7
Season preview: Can SoHi reach 8 straight state crowns?

Season preview: Can SoHi reach 8 straight state crowns?

Week 1 of the prep football season has become an annual discourse of the same question — can anyone knock off Soldotna from the Division… Continue reading

Season preview: Can SoHi reach 8 straight state crowns?
Nikiski junior Noah Litke scans the field for an open receiver Aug. 18, 2018, against Valdez at Nikiski High School. Litke returns this year to quarterback the Bulldogs. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Season preview: Trio of peninsula teams eyeing return to Div. III playoffs

Football is back on the peninsula, which means teams at Nikiski, Homer and Seward are back on the hunt for October. The Division III playoffs… Continue reading

Nikiski junior Noah Litke scans the field for an open receiver Aug. 18, 2018, against Valdez at Nikiski High School. Litke returns this year to quarterback the Bulldogs. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
The campsite at mile 65 of the Grand Canyon trip on the Colorado River. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Out of the Office: What 187 miles in the Grand Canyon showed me

My heart will always live in Alaska. It’s where I’ve spent most of my life, growing up among the Chugach Mountains where beauty and majesty… Continue reading

The campsite at mile 65 of the Grand Canyon trip on the Colorado River. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Coming into the Country: Ticks

Coming into the Country: Ticks

While on a family vacation to Florida this spring we took a short walk through a lush, beautiful forest in Faver-Dykes State Park near Pellicer… Continue reading

Coming into the Country: Ticks
Ostrander becomes 1st to win 3 straight MW Female Athlete of Year awards

Ostrander becomes 1st to win 3 straight MW Female Athlete of Year awards

Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander earned another award after leaving Boise State to turn pro, earning the Mountain West Conference Female Athlete of the Year award Thursday… Continue reading

Ostrander becomes 1st to win 3 straight MW Female Athlete of Year awards
Former Kenai football player one to watch at Adams State

Former Kenai football player one to watch at Adams State

Three years and change from walking at Kenai Central’s 2016 graduation, Conner Johnson has reinvented himself as one of Adams State University’s most dangerous players… Continue reading

Former Kenai football player one to watch at Adams State