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Rotary Unity Run sees all 1st-time winners

Rotary Unity Run sees all 1st-time winners

The 15th annual Rotary Unity Run had four first-time winners Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails. The 5-kilometer winners were a pair who attended Kenai Central High… Continue reading

Rotary Unity Run sees all 1st-time winners
Pilots send Oilers to 6th straight loss, out of ABL playoff picture

Pilots send Oilers to 6th straight loss, out of ABL playoff picture

The Peninsula Oilers bats fell silent Thursday night in a 3-1 loss to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots at Mulcahy Stadium. Anchorage starter Matthew Sanchez carried… Continue reading

Pilots send Oilers to 6th straight loss, out of ABL playoff picture
Nate Rochon cleans our fish after dip netting in the Kasilof River, on June 25, 2019, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Dipping into dipnetting

The net needed to be assembled. The two pieces, one very long rod, connected to a shorter rod with a large square net, is awkward… Continue reading

Nate Rochon cleans our fish after dip netting in the Kasilof River, on June 25, 2019, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Refuge notebook: The many faces of the Swan Lake Fire

Refuge notebook: The many faces of the Swan Lake Fire

The smoke hung low in the valley as we walked down a dozer line to its end where a clearing had been created. Just weeks… Continue reading

Refuge notebook: The many faces of the Swan Lake Fire
Prep coaching turnover: Kupferschmid leaves SoHi volleyball program

Prep coaching turnover: Kupferschmid leaves SoHi volleyball program

Nine head coaches will be departing peninsula high school varsity sports programs this spring, and eight of them leave behind 16 combined years of head-coaching… Continue reading

Prep coaching turnover: Kupferschmid leaves SoHi volleyball program
Oilers to hold cornhole fundraiser Sunday

Oilers to hold cornhole fundraiser Sunday

The Peninsula Oilers will hold a cornhole tournament as a fundraiser Sunday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. Diana Tice, executive assistant for the… Continue reading

Oilers to hold cornhole fundraiser Sunday
Walters takes Salmon Run Series Week 2

Walters takes Salmon Run Series Week 2

Bradley Walters took Week 2 of the Salmon Run Series on Wednesday at Tsalteshi Trails. Walters finished the 5-kilometer course at 17 minutes, 29 seconds,… Continue reading

Walters takes Salmon Run Series Week 2
Bucs had Oilers a 5th straight loss

Bucs had Oilers a 5th straight loss

The Peninsula Oilers continued to struggle on their current road trip, falling to the Anchorage Bucs 7-4 on Wednesday at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage in… Continue reading

Bucs had Oilers a 5th straight loss
Oilers drop 4th straight, teeter on edge of ABL playoff spot

Oilers drop 4th straight, teeter on edge of ABL playoff spot

The Peninsula Oilers lost their fourth straight Tuesday night at Mulcahy Stadium with a 3-1 loss to the Anchorage Bucs in Alaska Baseball League action.… Continue reading

Oilers drop 4th straight, teeter on edge of ABL playoff spot
Twins pitcher Mose Hayes (14) slides safely into home ahead of the tag of Palmer catcher Brady Shults Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Hayes dodges rain, runs to help Twins beat Palmer

Barely eight minutes after first pitch, the Legion Twins and Palmer Moose were running for cover from a passing shower that soaked Coral Seymour Memorial… Continue reading

Twins pitcher Mose Hayes (14) slides safely into home ahead of the tag of Palmer catcher Brady Shults Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Oilers’ Messinger nabs ABL All-Star Game MVP; Oilers lose Monday to Bucs

Oilers’ Messinger nabs ABL All-Star Game MVP; Oilers lose Monday to Bucs

Peninsula Oilers shortstop Skyler Messinger was named the MVP of the Alaska Baseball League All-Star Game on Sunday at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. The Oilers… Continue reading

Oilers’ Messinger nabs ABL All-Star Game MVP; Oilers lose Monday to Bucs
Powder Puff winner Brenda Robson drives a victory lap with the checkered flag Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Twin City Raceway in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Powder Puff races unleash the girl power

A race car doesn’t know who’s driving it. So when Saturday night’s Powder Puff main feature took the green flag, the ladies at the wheel… Continue reading

Powder Puff winner Brenda Robson drives a victory lap with the checkered flag Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Twin City Raceway in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Twins pick up key league victory over South, then lose nonleague contest

Twins pick up key league victory over South, then lose nonleague contest

The American Legion Post 20 Twins hung on for a key, 7-6 league victory over South on Monday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai.… Continue reading

Twins pick up key league victory over South, then lose nonleague contest
Kenai River Brown Bears forward Brandon Lajoie controls the puck against the Springfield (Illionis) Jr. Blues on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Comlex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Brown Bears forward named to World Cup team

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Brandon Lajoie has been named to the 24-man roster for Team North American Hockey League at the 2019 Sirius Junior… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Brandon Lajoie controls the puck against the Springfield (Illionis) Jr. Blues on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Comlex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Houghton captures Kenai Peninsula Senior Open

Houghton captures Kenai Peninsula Senior Open

Michael Houghton won the Kenai Peninsula Senior Open on the third playoff hole Sunday at Kenai Golf Course. Both Houghton and Keith Stuart tied with… Continue reading

Houghton captures Kenai Peninsula Senior Open
Oilers go 1-1 at Showcase

Oilers go 1-1 at Showcase

The Oilers went 1-1 at the Alaska Baseball League Showcase on Friday and Saturday at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. Friday, the Oilers lost to the… Continue reading

Oilers go 1-1 at Showcase
Twins go 3 for 4 on the road

Twins go 3 for 4 on the road

The American Legion Twins went three for four on the road Friday and Saturday, sweeping two league games Friday in Anchorage, then winning a league… Continue reading

Twins go 3 for 4 on the road
Soldotna Cycle Series has another big night

Soldotna Cycle Series has another big night

Tyle Owens, Morgan Aldridge and Miles Moloney were the winners Thursday night at Tsalteshi Trails in another big night for the Soldotna Cycle Series. The… Continue reading

Soldotna Cycle Series has another big night
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 returns home after turning pro, leads Salmon Run Series field

In joining the pro ranks of distance running and the Brooks Running company, Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander is strengthening her ideals and running philosophies at the… Continue reading

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)
Refuge notebook: Elodea still a threat to salmon in Alaska

Refuge notebook: Elodea still a threat to salmon in Alaska

The commercial harvest of the five salmon species in Alaska was worth $586 million to fishermen in 2018. More than half of those gross earnings… Continue reading

Refuge notebook: Elodea still a threat to salmon in Alaska