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Twin City Raceway sees youth vs. experience

Twin City Raceway sees youth vs. experience

In leaving the field in his dust, 15-year-old Clay Petersen of Seward continued to prove Saturday night at Twin City Raceway that he may have… Continue reading

Twin City Raceway sees youth vs. experience
Ostrander falls ill, scratches from Pan Am games

Ostrander falls ill, scratches from Pan Am games

Pro runner Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, was forced to scratch from a women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase race Saturday at the Pan American… Continue reading

Ostrander falls ill, scratches from Pan Am games
Owens, Aldridge win cycle series week #6

Owens, Aldridge win cycle series week #6

Soldotna’s Tyle Owens cruised to his fourth victory in six races at Thursday’s Soldotna Cycle Series race No. 6, winning the 12-kilometer race with a… Continue reading

Owens, Aldridge win cycle series week #6
Rutledge, Millay take victories at 32nd Kenai Run for Women

Rutledge, Millay take victories at 32nd Kenai Run for Women

The 126 runners signed up for Saturday’s 32nd annual LeeShore Center Run for Women enjoyed not only a pleasant day for racing, but did so… Continue reading

Rutledge, Millay take victories at 32nd Kenai Run for Women
Simmering scrimmages: Prep football teams get ready for opening weekend

Simmering scrimmages: Prep football teams get ready for opening weekend

The Kenai Peninsula’s prep football programs scrimmaged Saturday in temperatures in the 70s to get ready for next weekend’s season openers. Soldotna hosted Chugiak in… Continue reading

Simmering scrimmages: Prep football teams get ready for opening weekend
Nikiski’s Billie Denison competes in the squat during the USA Powerlifting Open Nationals in Lombard, Illinois, on May 10, 2019. (Photo courtesy 9for9 Media)

Nikiski’s Denison takes silver in international powerlifting meet

Nikiski powerlifter Billie Denison earned a silver medal Thursday at the North American Powerlifting Federation Regional Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica. Denison, 29, took… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Billie Denison competes in the squat during the USA Powerlifting Open Nationals in Lombard, Illinois, on May 10, 2019. (Photo courtesy 9for9 Media)
The Skyline trail appears brushed out Aug. 2, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Popular peninsula hiking trails reopen after wildfire

Now that the Swan Lake Fire is slowly fizzling out, the majority of mountain trails and wilderness areas are back open for hikers, bikers and… Continue reading

The Skyline trail appears brushed out Aug. 2, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Arneson wins Alaska Mountain Running Grand Prix

Arneson wins Alaska Mountain Running Grand Prix

Anchorage’s Lars Arneson, a 2009 graduate of Cook Inlet Academy, has won the men’s title in the 2019 Alaska Mountain Running Grand Prix. Fellow Anchorage… Continue reading

Arneson wins Alaska Mountain Running Grand Prix
Theisen, Youngren take final Salmon Run Series race of year

Theisen, Youngren take final Salmon Run Series race of year

The five-race Salmon Run Series wrapped up by drawing 87 runners to Tsalteshi Trails on Wednesday. Jordan Theisen, a 2015 Kenai Central graduate and current… Continue reading

Theisen, Youngren take final Salmon Run Series race of year
There are a lot of paths to choose from in Seward, like the Lost Lake Trail. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Tangled up in Blue: Too many roads to travel

The idea of multiverses has been big lately, in this one at least. The theory goes that the world we live in is just one… Continue reading

There are a lot of paths to choose from in Seward, like the Lost Lake Trail. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Refuge notebook: The difference between predicting climate change and its ecological outcomes

Refuge notebook: The difference between predicting climate change and its ecological outcomes

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has a great online climate forecasting tool. Simply type in a town, the future decade(s), an emission scenario and voila… Continue reading

Refuge notebook: The difference between predicting climate change and its ecological outcomes
Results posted for ABC Life Choices Celebrate Life! 5K Run and Walk

Results posted for ABC Life Choices Celebrate Life! 5K Run and Walk

Michael Maloney and Tanis Lorring won the 5-kilometer ABC Life Choices Celebrate Life! 5K Run and Walk on Saturday in Soldotna. Maloney finished in 17… Continue reading

Results posted for ABC Life Choices Celebrate Life! 5K Run and Walk
Seward’s Jacoby wins Junior National swim title

Seward’s Jacoby wins Junior National swim title

Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby continued her meteoric career arc Tuesday with a championship win at the 2019 Speedo Junior National Championships at Stanford University, California.… Continue reading

Seward’s Jacoby wins Junior National swim title
Owens, Brennan take 5th in shortened Soggy Bottom Challenge

Owens, Brennan take 5th in shortened Soggy Bottom Challenge

Sterling’s Tyle Owens, 17, and Soldotna’s Angie Brennan, 45, led Kenai Peninsula riders Saturday in the Soggy Bottom Challenge mountain bike race. The men’s race… Continue reading

Owens, Brennan take 5th in shortened Soggy Bottom Challenge
Reeling ‘Em In: How to give a 12-year-old boy a good time fishing — and get skunked, too
Reeling ‘Em In: How to give a 12-year-old boy a good time fishing — and get skunked, too
Race roundup: Wildlife Resuce Run and Walk; Matanuska Peak Challenge

Race roundup: Wildlife Resuce Run and Walk; Matanuska Peak Challenge

Patrick Lewis and Kristen Sieminski won the 21st annual Alaska Wildlife Rescue Run and Walk on Saturday in Seward. Lewis finished the 5-kilometer course in… Continue reading

Race roundup: Wildlife Resuce Run and Walk; Matanuska Peak Challenge
Steffensen goes from collecting Oilers foul balls to hitting them

Steffensen goes from collecting Oilers foul balls to hitting them

An excited kid came up to Paul Steffensen after a game this year with one of Steffensen’s foul balls. “I told him that used to… Continue reading

Steffensen goes from collecting Oilers foul balls to hitting them
Ostrander named Boise State Female Track Athlete of Year

Ostrander named Boise State Female Track Athlete of Year

Recently turned pro runner Allie Ostrander picked up one more award from her illustrious career at Boise State University, picking up the Boise State 2018-19… Continue reading

Ostrander named Boise State Female Track Athlete of Year
Crawford, Baeten win Soldotna Cycle Series #5

Crawford, Baeten win Soldotna Cycle Series #5

Mike Crawford took home the victory in the 12-kilometer race Thursday night at race No. 5 of the Soldotna Cycle Series, while Brady Baeten won… Continue reading

Crawford, Baeten win Soldotna Cycle Series #5
Bucs eliminate Oilers from playoffs

Bucs eliminate Oilers from playoffs

The underdog story ended Saturday for the Peninsula Oilers with a 4-0 loss to the Anchorage Bucs at Mulcahy Stadium. After avoiding elimination and forcing… Continue reading

Bucs eliminate Oilers from playoffs