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Anchorage’s Lars Arneson, a 2009 graduate of Cook Inlet Academy, passes Seward’s Erik Johnson to take seventh place at the Mount Marathon Race on July 4, 2018, in Seward. Johnson finished eighth.(Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Smoke has potential to shuffle Mount Marathon contenders

Runners with peninsula ties hope to have major impact on Thursday’s race

Anchorage’s Lars Arneson, a 2009 graduate of Cook Inlet Academy, passes Seward’s Erik Johnson to take seventh place at the Mount Marathon Race on July 4, 2018, in Seward. Johnson finished eighth.(Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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)

Degree in hand, Ostrander turns pro

According to the Idaho Statesman, 2015 Kenai Central graduate Allie Ostrander will go pro and forfeit her final year of athletic eligibility as Boise State… 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)
Monday: Oilers walk off, snap 6-game skid

Monday: Oilers walk off, snap 6-game skid

The Peninsula Oilers defeated the Anchorage Glacier Pilots 6-5 in 10 innings Monday in Alaska Baseball League action at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai.… Continue reading

Monday: Oilers walk off, snap 6-game skid
Post 20 Twins pitcher Logan Smith delivers to Dimond on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Bill Miller tourney opens with 4 games today

The Bill Miller Big Fish Wood Bat Tournament opens today at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai with four games. At 10 a.m., Napoleon, Ohio,… Continue reading

Post 20 Twins pitcher Logan Smith delivers to Dimond on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Saturday night racing at Twin City Raceway

Saturday night racing at Twin City Raceway

Mashing the gas and ripping the fence at Twin City Raceway in Kenai will get the adrenaline pumping for any race car driver. For Nikiski’s… Continue reading

Saturday night racing at Twin City Raceway
Ostrander finishes 13th running against world’s best

Ostrander finishes 13th running against world’s best

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School, finished 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Sunday at the Prefontaine Classic in Palo Alto, California.… Continue reading

Ostrander finishes 13th running against world’s best
Twins push winning streak to 8 in Kodiak

Twins push winning streak to 8 in Kodiak

Days after combining with Post 20 teammate Harrison Metz on a no-hitter, Twins pitcher Logan Smith was up to his old tricks again Thursday in… Continue reading

Twins push winning streak to 8 in Kodiak
Oilers drop 2 to Pilots

Oilers drop 2 to Pilots

In a one-run game with the tying man 90 feet away, the Peninsula Oilers couldn’t find a way to bring him home in what was… Continue reading

Oilers drop 2 to Pilots
Seward’s Fred Moore stands at the base of Mount Marathon in Seward, Alaska, on Monday, June 24, 2019. Moore will run in his 50th consecutive Mount Marathon race on July 4. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Seward’s Moore celebrating 50 years of running Mt. Marathon

‘Relish the crowd and don’t be looking tired at the end’

Seward’s Fred Moore stands at the base of Mount Marathon in Seward, Alaska, on Monday, June 24, 2019. Moore will run in his 50th consecutive Mount Marathon race on July 4. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Oilers outfielders Calvin Farris, Camden Vasquez and Paul Steffensen receive congratulations after the Oilers defeated the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks on Sunday, June 16, 2019, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska.

Hot-hitting Vasquez helping Oilers in early season

Don’t expect to hear much out of Camden Vasquez. His bat does all the talking for him. Vasquez, a 19-year-old Arizona native who is playing… Continue reading

Oilers outfielders Calvin Farris, Camden Vasquez and Paul Steffensen receive congratulations after the Oilers defeated the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks on Sunday, June 16, 2019, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska.
Twins run unbeaten string to 10

Twins run unbeaten string to 10

The American Legion Post 20 Twins pushed their unbeaten streak to 10 on Friday in Kodiak. The Twins won the league contest 9-6 before playing… Continue reading

Twins run unbeaten string to 10
Soldotna’s Kent Peterson crosses the finish line of the Spit Run 10K to the Bay on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Smoke can’t stop Spit Run

Smoke drifting over from the Swan Lake Fire near Sterling obscured the normally picturesque view of Kachemak Bay that local runners have come to expect,… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Kent Peterson crosses the finish line of the Spit Run 10K to the Bay on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Soldotna Cycle Series draws record 91 participants

Soldotna Cycle Series draws record 91 participants

The bike boom continued on the central Kenai Peninsula on Thursday, with the Soldotna Cycle Series breaking its record with 91 combined participants in the… Continue reading

Soldotna Cycle Series draws record 91 participants
Pilots thump Oilers in return home

Pilots thump Oilers in return home

A return home after a rough road trip didn’t help the Peninsula Oilers’ fortunes Thursday in a 15-6 loss to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots at… Continue reading

Pilots thump Oilers in return home
Peninsula racers ready for Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon

Peninsula racers ready for Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon

Six Kenai Peninsula Racers are signed up to compete in the Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon, which begins Saturday at 4:30 a.m. in Seward. The event starts… Continue reading

Peninsula racers ready for Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon
The old windows in Kat Sorensen’s apartment are painted shut from the inside and the outside which can cause some issues on hot, Alaska afternoons. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Tangled up in Blue: Windows

My slanted, attic apartment downtown in Seward has a lot of charming flaws. I have to brush my teeth in my kitchen sink, for one,… Continue reading

The old windows in Kat Sorensen’s apartment are painted shut from the inside and the outside which can cause some issues on hot, Alaska afternoons. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
The white “petals” of bunchberry are really modified bracts that attract pollinators. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge notebook: A common little plant with uncommon traits

This summer, I traveled from the East Coast to the Kenai Peninsula to intern with the biology program at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. As… Continue reading

The white “petals” of bunchberry are really modified bracts that attract pollinators. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
Final week of Run Into Summer results posted

Final week of Run Into Summer results posted

Samuel Roberts won his second straight Run Into Summer race Tuesday evening in downtown Kenai, the final race of the four-week series. Roberts covering the… Continue reading

Final week of Run Into Summer results posted
Reeling ‘Em In: Not even dinosaur-killing virus can stop Nick from his report

Reeling ‘Em In: Not even dinosaur-killing virus can stop Nick from his report

It’s time to take a look at fishing report for the week of June 25 - July 1

Reeling ‘Em In: Not even dinosaur-killing virus can stop Nick from his report
Oilers blasted by Bucs to end road trip

Oilers blasted by Bucs to end road trip

The Peninsula Oilers wrapped up a tough road trip Tuesday night at Mulcahy Stadium with a 12-2 loss to the league-leading Anchorage Bucs in Alaska… Continue reading

Oilers blasted by Bucs to end road trip