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2017 Kenai grad Dye finishes spring golf season

2017 Kenai grad Dye finishes spring golf season

Max Dye, a 2017 graduate of Kenai Central High School, finished his spring golf season for Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, by helping… Continue reading

2017 Kenai grad Dye finishes spring golf season
Ostrander receives MW Athlete of Week award

Ostrander receives MW Athlete of Week award

Boise State redshirt junior Allie Ostrander was named Mountain West Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon. Ostrander posted the fastest collegiate time… Continue reading

Ostrander receives MW Athlete of Week award
Furlong part of national qualifying relay

Furlong part of national qualifying relay

Dakota State University sprinter Brenner Furlong helped the Trojans 400-meter relay team to an NAIA national qualifying time Saturday in the Dakota Relays at Howard… Continue reading

Furlong part of national qualifying relay
Kenai Central soccer sweeps Soldotna

Kenai Central soccer sweeps Soldotna

The Kenai Central soccer teams traveled to Soldotna and came away with a sweep Monday in Peninsula Conference action between the rivals. The Kardinals girls… Continue reading

Kenai Central soccer sweeps Soldotna
Homer softball wins Rally in the Valley

Homer softball wins Rally in the Valley

The Homer softball team defeated North Pole 11-2 on Saturday to finish in first place at the Rally in the Valley tournament at Redington. The… Continue reading

Homer softball wins Rally in the Valley

Arneson, Strabel win Turnagain trail races

Runners with peninsula ties picked up victories in Thursday’s Turnagain Arm Trail south of Anchorage. Anchorage’s Lars Arneson won the men’s eight-mile race in 51… Continue reading

SoHi’s Taylor signs to run track at UAA

SoHi’s Taylor signs to run track at UAA

Soldotna senior Brittany Taylor inked a letter of intent to run indoor and outdoor track and field for the University of Alaska Anchorage Wednesday afternoon… Continue reading

SoHi’s Taylor signs to run track at UAA
Stars sweep Kenai Invite track meet

Stars sweep Kenai Invite track meet

With the borough, region and state track and field meets all upcoming in the next three weeks, Saturday’s Kenai Invitational provided local prep teams a… Continue reading

Stars sweep Kenai Invite track meet
Homer softball sweeps Friday doubleheader in Valley; Soldotna sweeps Houston; Kenai splits with Houston

Homer softball sweeps Friday doubleheader in Valley; Soldotna sweeps Houston; Kenai splits with Houston

The Homer Mariners pulled off a softball sweep Friday at the Rally in the Valley tournament at Redington High School, starting with a 4-1 victory… Continue reading

Homer softball sweeps Friday doubleheader in Valley; Soldotna sweeps Houston; Kenai splits with Houston
Wasilla pitcher Carter Huston delievers home Friday, May 3, 2019, at the Kenai Little League fields in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Weekend baseball roundup: Wasilla defeats Kenai

The Wasilla baseball team finished a dominant tour of the central Kenai Peninsula on Friday with a 14-0 Southcentral Conference victory over Kenai Central in… Continue reading

Wasilla pitcher Carter Huston delievers home Friday, May 3, 2019, at the Kenai Little League fields in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Weekend soccer roundup: Kenai, Colony boys play to draw

Weekend soccer roundup: Kenai, Colony boys play to draw

The Colony and Kenai Central soccer teams renewed a rivalry Friday from back in the Northern Lights Conference days with a tense 2-2 tie Friday… Continue reading

Weekend soccer roundup: Kenai, Colony boys play to draw
Friday: Nikiski soccer sweeps Seward

Friday: Nikiski soccer sweeps Seward

The Nikiski boys pulled out a tense 2-1 victory over Seward on Friday to complete a season sweep for which Bulldogs coach Harrison Deveer had… Continue reading

Friday: Nikiski soccer sweeps Seward
Homer softball competes at Rally in the Valley

Homer softball competes at Rally in the Valley

A two-out rally lifted the Homer Mariners to a 5-4 walkoff victory in four innings over West Valley Thursday at the Rally in the Valley… Continue reading

Homer softball competes at Rally in the Valley
Ostrander runs fastest steeplechase time of 2019

Ostrander runs fastest steeplechase time of 2019

Boise State redshirt junior Allie Ostrander put the track and field world on notice by posting the top collegiate time in the nation Thursday in… Continue reading

Ostrander runs fastest steeplechase time of 2019
Sloppy play dooms SoHi baseball against Wasilla

Sloppy play dooms SoHi baseball against Wasilla

The Soldotna Stars had trouble stopping the Wasilla Warriors in a 12-1 loss Thursday in a Southcentral Conference baseball clash. The Warriors plated six runs… Continue reading

Sloppy play dooms SoHi baseball against Wasilla
Prep soccer roundup: Homer sweeps Palmer; SoHi, Kenai lose in Valley

Prep soccer roundup: Homer sweeps Palmer; SoHi, Kenai lose in Valley

The Homer boys notched a 5-0 nonconference victory over Palmer on Thursday. The Mariners (6-3-2 overall) did not have any subs, but still got the… Continue reading

Prep soccer roundup: Homer sweeps Palmer; SoHi, Kenai lose in Valley
Tangled up in Blue: Alley Cats

Tangled up in Blue: Alley Cats

Wednesday night, all the cats of Seward took over the alleys. The second annual Alley Cats Run brought all of the felines in town away… Continue reading

Tangled up in Blue: Alley Cats
Underpasses to help wildlife move across the Sterling Highway is one way to resist changing conditions. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge notebook: A new way of thinking about climate adaptation

Last week I was in Madison, Wisconsin, at the National Adaptation Forum. This is an invigorating conference, powered by almost 1,000 passionate people who seek… Continue reading

Underpasses to help wildlife move across the Sterling Highway is one way to resist changing conditions. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
SoHi boys, Grace girls claim team titles at SoHi preview meet

SoHi boys, Grace girls claim team titles at SoHi preview meet

The sun was shining, the wind stayed down, down jackets were replaced by T-shirts and Soldotna’s Justin Maile Field provided the perfect venue for Saturday’s… Continue reading

SoHi boys, Grace girls claim team titles at SoHi preview meet
Tuesday: Kenai soccer sweeps Nikiski

Tuesday: Kenai soccer sweeps Nikiski

Kenai Central girls soccer coach Dan Verkuilen entered Tuesday with some concern to how his team would respond after a week off from game action,… Continue reading

Tuesday: Kenai soccer sweeps Nikiski