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Thursday: Miners walk it off against Oilers

Thursday: Miners walk it off against Oilers

For a second straight night, the Peninsula Oilers and Mat-Su Miners found themselves in a pitchers duel. And, for a second straight night, the three-time… Continue reading

Thursday: Miners walk it off against Oilers
The Kenai Mountains across Kachemak Bay rise behind the Mariner Park Campground on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, as seen on June 15, 2019. The city campground offers both tent and motorhome camping. Although the facilities are minimal, the beachfront view is amazing. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
The Kenai Mountains across Kachemak Bay rise behind the Mariner Park Campground on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, as seen on June 15, 2019. The city campground offers both tent and motorhome camping. Although the facilities are minimal, the beachfront view is amazing. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
A black bear sow with two cubs leave a barbed-wire exclosure designed to snag their hair. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge notebook: Where do black and brown bears occur?

Science is more than the five-step method we learn about in grade school — science is a philosophy of questions. As a budding graduate student… Continue reading

A black bear sow with two cubs leave a barbed-wire exclosure designed to snag their hair. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
Wednesday: Oilers duel against Miners

Wednesday: Oilers duel against Miners

The Mat-Su Miners forced a series split at the very least with the Peninsula Oilers with a 6-3 win Wednesday night at Hermon Brothers Field… Continue reading

Wednesday: Oilers duel against Miners
Oilers infielder Victor Carlino fields a ball at second during an 8-4 loss to the Mat-Su Miners. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)

Tuesday: Oilers drop series opener to Miners

In two of their previous three games, the Mat-Su Miners used a no-hitter and a walk-off grand slam to put together a winning streak. Tuesday,… Continue reading

Oilers infielder Victor Carlino fields a ball at second during an 8-4 loss to the Mat-Su Miners. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman)
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby races to victory in the girls 100-yard breaststroke final Oct. 27, 2018, at the Northern Lights Conference championship swim meet at Homer High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Seward’s Jacoby dazzles at star-studded swim meet

Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby dazzled in the pool at the Counsilman Classic meet in Indianapolis, Indiana, finishing fifth June 15 in a loaded women’s field… Continue reading

Seward’s Lydia Jacoby races to victory in the girls 100-yard breaststroke final Oct. 27, 2018, at the Northern Lights Conference championship swim meet at Homer High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Becher makes strong return from surgery

Becher makes strong return from surgery

2016 SoHi grad looks to Oilers to help him take it to the next level

Becher makes strong return from surgery
Malone, Maguire win fun run in Nikiski

Malone, Maguire win fun run in Nikiski

A 5-kilometer fun run was held at the Family Fun in the Midnight Sun event Saturday in Nikiski. Peter Malone won the men’s race at… Continue reading

Malone, Maguire win fun run in Nikiski
Boise State redshirt sophomore Allie Ostrander runs to fourth place at the NCAA cross-country championships Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo provided by Michael Scott)

Ostrander named Mountain West Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of Year for 3rd straight time

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, was named the 2019 Mountain West Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year on Monday.… Continue reading

Boise State redshirt sophomore Allie Ostrander runs to fourth place at the NCAA cross-country championships Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo provided by Michael Scott)
Sunday: Oilers notch 3rd straight win

Sunday: Oilers notch 3rd straight win

Peninsula Oilers shortstop Skyler Messinger is a poster boy for just how quickly things can change for a player and his team in baseball. Friday… Continue reading

Sunday: Oilers notch 3rd straight win
Post 20 Twins take down Palmer, return to .500 in league

Post 20 Twins take down Palmer, return to .500 in league

The American Legion Post 20 Twins returned to .500 in the league with a 4-2 victory over host Palmer on Sunday. That victory capped a… Continue reading

Post 20 Twins take down Palmer, return to .500 in league
Oilers get rolling with doubleheader sweep

Oilers get rolling with doubleheader sweep

Friday, after the Peninsula Oilers had lost a third straight game to the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks, head coach Kyle Brown said he needed someone to… Continue reading

Oilers get rolling with doubleheader sweep
State motocross brings out the thrills, chills and spills

State motocross brings out the thrills, chills and spills

The familiar guttural din of motocross bikes ripping around the track at the Twin Cities Raceway dirt motocross track quietly fell away Saturday afternoon when… Continue reading

State motocross brings out the thrills, chills and spills
Racers get dirty at Clam Scramble

Racers get dirty at Clam Scramble

In the five years the Ninilchik Clam Scramble Mud and Obstacle Run has been organized, there has been no shortage of mud, rocks and staircases… Continue reading

Racers get dirty at Clam Scramble
Twins drop league, win nonleague contest in Wasilla

Twins drop league, win nonleague contest in Wasilla

The American Legion Twins lost the league contest and won the nonleague contest Saturday at Wasilla. The Twins are 1-2 in the league and 2-4… Continue reading

Twins drop league, win nonleague contest in Wasilla
Thursday: Oilers fall again to Chinooks

Thursday: Oilers fall again to Chinooks

For a second straight night, the Peninsula Oilers struggled to find home plate as they lost 4-1 Thursday to the Chugiak/Eagle River Chinooks at Coral… Continue reading

Thursday: Oilers fall again to Chinooks
Hallie Bergwall makes a move in a Scrabble game on Thursday at Resurrect Art Coffee House in Seward, Alaska. Bergwall took home the win. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Tangled up in Blue: Just playin’

I learned how to play a new card game. Pinochle, according to Wikipedia, is a trick-taking, Ace-Ten card game played with a 48-card deck originally… Continue reading

Hallie Bergwall makes a move in a Scrabble game on Thursday at Resurrect Art Coffee House in Seward, Alaska. Bergwall took home the win. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Refuge notebook: Monitoring wetland change on the Kenai

Refuge notebook: Monitoring wetland change on the Kenai

For the past year I’ve been sitting in a university office in Eastern Pennsylvania staring at maps of the Kenai Peninsula. The maps show the… Continue reading

Refuge notebook: Monitoring wetland change on the Kenai
Oilers come up empty in home opener

Oilers come up empty in home opener

The bats stayed silent until the end Wednesday night at Coral Seymour Memorial Park as the Peninsula Oilers fell 6-3 in their home opener to… Continue reading

Oilers come up empty in home opener
Run into Summer race #3 results posted

Run into Summer race #3 results posted

The third week of the Run Into Summer race series went to 10-year-old Karalyn Veideffer Tuesday night in old town Kenai. Veideffer won the 5-kilometer… Continue reading

Run into Summer race #3 results posted