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Oilers preview: Team looks to continuity, familiarity for success

Oilers preview: Team looks to continuity, familiarity for success

The Peninsula Oilers will look to continuity and familiarity to breed success as they chase their first Alaska Baseball League title since 2011. Kyle Brown… Continue reading

Oilers preview: Team looks to continuity, familiarity for success
Run Into Summer results posted

Run Into Summer results posted

The second week of the Run Into Summer series saw nine runners race a 5-kilometer loop Tuesday in downtown Kenai. Ten-year-old Karalyn Veideffer crossed the… Continue reading

Run Into Summer results posted
Oilers take on Chinooks to end season-opening road trip

Oilers take on Chinooks to end season-opening road trip

The Peninsula Oilers wrapped up a season-opening, five-game road trip in the Alaska Baseball League with an overpowering 11-4 win Monday night over the Chugiak/Eagle… Continue reading

Oilers take on Chinooks to end season-opening road trip
Seward runner completes marathon on Mt. Marathon

Seward runner completes marathon on Mt. Marathon

The mountain goats dotting the face of Mount Marathon had climbing competition last Saturday in Joe Nyholm. The 28-year-old Seward runner spent 18.5 hours straight… Continue reading

Seward runner completes marathon on Mt. Marathon
Tri-The-Kenai racers hit the road

Tri-The-Kenai racers hit the road

Construction on Gas Well and Kalifornsky Beach roads is finished, so let the bikers reign again! Most cyclists competing in Sunday’s Tri-The-Kenai Triathlon were happy… Continue reading

Tri-The-Kenai racers hit the road
Sunday: Walks doom Oilers in loss to Pilots

Sunday: Walks doom Oilers in loss to Pilots

The Peninsula Oilers continued to slog out a rough opening road trip to the 2019 Alaska Baseball League season with a 4-2 loss Sunday to… Continue reading

Sunday: Walks doom Oilers in loss to Pilots
Twins split Sunday doubleheader

Twins split Sunday doubleheader

The Post 20 Twins split a Sunday doubleheader with the Eagle River Wolves at Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark. The Twins won the first game 8-2… Continue reading

Twins split Sunday doubleheader
Oilers rally for 1st win of 2019

Oilers rally for 1st win of 2019

The Peninsula Oilers used a late rally to pick up their first win of the Alaska Baseball League season Friday over the Anchorage Bucs, but… Continue reading

Oilers rally for 1st win of 2019
Ostrander wins historic 3rd straight DI steeplechase crown

Ostrander wins historic 3rd straight DI steeplechase crown

Under stiflingly hot temperatures in Austin, Texas, Allie Ostrander never wilted as she added a new chapter to the NCAA history books. Ostrander, a Boise… Continue reading

Ostrander wins historic 3rd straight DI steeplechase crown
Twins swept by Chugiak on opening day

Twins swept by Chugiak on opening day

The Legion AA Twins opened their 2019 summer with a pair of losses to Chugiak Saturday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, losing the… Continue reading

Twins swept by Chugiak on opening day
The field of 5K runners stream through the woods Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the Run for the River 5-kilometer/10-mile races in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Runners tackle Run for the River 5K, 10-miler

There are many reasons to lace up a pair of running shoes and take to the trails, but almost none carry the weight of racing… Continue reading

The field of 5K runners stream through the woods Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the Run for the River 5-kilometer/10-mile races in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Out of the Office: In Pursuit of a Green Thumb

Out of the Office: In Pursuit of a Green Thumb

This spring, I decided to get serious about gardening. By gardening, I mean finding the most hearty, resilient plants I could and sticking them in… Continue reading

Out of the Office: In Pursuit of a Green Thumb
Refuge Notebook: Geologists search for glacier-transported granitic boulders

Refuge Notebook: Geologists search for glacier-transported granitic boulders

Glaciers have carried granitic boulders 200-plus miles down Cook Inlet from interior mountains during the last two glaciations. The most recent glaciation deposited hundreds of… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Geologists search for glacier-transported granitic boulders
Bucs blast Oilers in season opener on road

Bucs blast Oilers in season opener on road

The Peninsula Oilers opened their 2019 Alaska Baseball League season with an 11-1 loss to the Anchorage Bucs Thursday at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. Powered… Continue reading

Bucs blast Oilers in season opener on road
Allie Ostrander competes in a women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase preliminary heat Thursday, June 6, 2019, at the NCAA Div. I Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas. (Photo provided by Boise State Athletics)

Ostrander advances to steeplechase final

The run at a historic three-peat for Boise State’s Allie Ostrander began Thursday night with a relatively easy preliminary win at the NCAA Division I… Continue reading

Allie Ostrander competes in a women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase preliminary heat Thursday, June 6, 2019, at the NCAA Div. I Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas. (Photo provided by Boise State Athletics)
Oilers begin 2019 season tonight

Oilers begin 2019 season tonight

The 2019 Alaska Baseball League season opens tonight on the road for the Peninsula Oilers with a 7 p.m. game with the Anchorage Bucs at… Continue reading

Oilers begin 2019 season tonight
Ostrander to attempt another steeple/5K double

Ostrander to attempt another steeple/5K double

Boise State redshirt junior Allie Ostrander will begin a weekend that could see history made for the Broncos. The 2015 Kenai Central grad is attempting… Continue reading

Ostrander to attempt another steeple/5K double
Brown Bears go for offense in NAHL Draft

Brown Bears go for offense in NAHL Draft

The Kenai River Brown Bears wanted more scoring, so that’s what they shot for in Tuesday’s North American Hockey League Draft. The Brown Bears used… Continue reading

Brown Bears go for offense in NAHL Draft
Area track athletes complete season at Brian Young Invitational

Area track athletes complete season at Brian Young Invitational

Area track and field athletes completed their season at the Brian Young Invitational on Friday and Saturday at West Anchorage High School. Galen Brantley III… Continue reading

Area track athletes complete season at Brian Young Invitational
Homer’s season ends at DII state softball

Homer’s season ends at DII state softball

The mood in the Homer Mariners dugout was somber Saturday morning after a 9-1 loss to Ketchikan ended the Mariners’ season at the Division II… Continue reading

Homer’s season ends at DII state softball