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Homer High School Mariners softball batter Grace Godfrey gets a hug from her teammates after two other players scored on her hit on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, against Soldotna High School at Jack Gist Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Homer clubs SoHi softball

The Homer softball team blasted Soldotna 13-4 in a Northern Lights Conference matchup Tuesday in Homer. The Mariners (6-6 overall) exploded for eight runs in… Continue reading

Homer High School Mariners softball batter Grace Godfrey gets a hug from her teammates after two other players scored on her hit on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, against Soldotna High School at Jack Gist Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Kenai Golf Course to open Thursday

Kenai Golf Course to open Thursday

The Kenai Golf Course will open to the public Thursday. Mark Griffin at the course called it a “soft opening,” saying walking the front nine… Continue reading

Kenai Golf Course to open Thursday
Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai

Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai

The Soldotna baseball team notched an 11-1 victory over Kenai Central in five innings on Tuesday in Southcentral Conference play at the Soldotna Little League… Continue reading

Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai
Soldotna soccer sweeps Nikiski

Soldotna soccer sweeps Nikiski

The Soldotna girls soccer team avoided a slow start Monday at Nikiski, while the Stars boys overcame one. The SoHi girls received five goals from… Continue reading

Soldotna soccer sweeps Nikiski
Weekend baseball roundup

Weekend baseball roundup

The Soldotna baseball team finished 0-4 at the Buddy Dale Invitational at Wasilla on Saturday after a 6-5 loss to Kodiak. Soldotna coach Robb Quelland… Continue reading

Weekend baseball roundup
Weekend peninsula soccer roundup

Weekend peninsula soccer roundup

The Soldotna girls and boys soccer teams finished up a trip to Southeast with victories over Thunder Mountain on Saturday. The Stars girls finished 2-1… Continue reading

Weekend peninsula soccer roundup
Weekend softball: Palmer sweeps Kenai, Kodiak sweeps Homer

Weekend softball: Palmer sweeps Kenai, Kodiak sweeps Homer

Defense cost the Palmer softball team its opening game of the season, but defense won the Moose their second game of the season Friday at… Continue reading

Weekend softball: Palmer sweeps Kenai, Kodiak sweeps Homer
SoHi baseball loses to Palmer on day 2 of Wasilla tourney

SoHi baseball loses to Palmer on day 2 of Wasilla tourney

The Soldotna Stars baseball squad fell 7-5 to Palmer on Thursday at the Buddy Dale Invitational in Wasilla. Palmer’s Landon Guggenmos spun a gem, whiffing… Continue reading

SoHi baseball loses to Palmer on day 2 of Wasilla tourney
SoHi softball clubs Kenai

SoHi softball clubs Kenai

After an empty opening inning, it didn’t take long for the Soldotna Stars to light a match on offense against their Kenai Peninsula rivals. The… Continue reading

SoHi softball clubs Kenai
Soccer: SoHi girls top Ketchikan; Homer girls defeat Voznesenka

Soccer: SoHi girls top Ketchikan; Homer girls defeat Voznesenka

The Soldotna girls soccer team started a Southeast road trip with a 2-0 victory over nonconference foe Ketchikan. Margarida Mendoca notched the shutout in net… Continue reading

Soccer: SoHi girls top Ketchikan; Homer girls defeat Voznesenka
Wednesday baseball: SoHi falls at Wasilla tourney, Homer blanks Kenai

Wednesday baseball: SoHi falls at Wasilla tourney, Homer blanks Kenai

The Soldotna baseball team got off to a rough start Wednesday at the Buddy Dale Invitational in Wasilla with an 8-3 loss to South Anchorage.… Continue reading

Wednesday baseball: SoHi falls at Wasilla tourney, Homer blanks Kenai
A photo submitted to iNaturalist showing a female Lycia rachelae on April 7, 2016. This is one of only a few species of moths where the female is flightless. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS).

Refuge notebook: Connecting the dots on your next hike

As experts continue to learn more about our environment and flood the world with facts, figures, predictions and management directions, it can be a little… Continue reading

A photo submitted to iNaturalist showing a female Lycia rachelae on April 7, 2016. This is one of only a few species of moths where the female is flightless. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS).
Refuge to provide campfire cooking lessons at Sport Show

Refuge to provide campfire cooking lessons at Sport Show

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will provide hook to table, hands-on campfire cooking lessons at the Kenai Peninsula Sport Rec and Trade Show, which is… Continue reading

Refuge to provide campfire cooking lessons at Sport Show
Skis and poles, ready for crust skiing, sit at the Dale Clemens Cabin above Resurrection Bay and Seward on April 12, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Out of the office: Winter to summer

In January, it took allusions to neuroscience, the Green Bay Packers and Metallica for me to explain in this space how the Culture of the… Continue reading

Skis and poles, ready for crust skiing, sit at the Dale Clemens Cabin above Resurrection Bay and Seward on April 12, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
A row of handmade signs depicting the names of the senior class line the Kenai Central bench Tuesday night against Seward at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai soccer sweeps Seward on Senior Night

The Seward boys got the first goal but Kenai Central got the last laugh Tuesday on a biting cold Senior Night at Kenai Central High… Continue reading

A row of handmade signs depicting the names of the senior class line the Kenai Central bench Tuesday night against Seward at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Weather causes shuffling of softball schedule

Weather causes shuffling of softball schedule

Snowy weather around the state has caused a shuffling of the softball schedule for Kenai Peninsula teams. Homer was originally supposed to host Kenai Central… Continue reading

Weather causes shuffling of softball schedule
Kenai boys soccer tops Soldotna; girls game ends in draw

Kenai boys soccer tops Soldotna; girls game ends in draw

Monday when Kenai Central’s Ed Hollier Field hosted a Peninsula Conference soccer battle between the Kardinals and Soldotna, two things were classic — the fierce… Continue reading

Kenai boys soccer tops Soldotna; girls game ends in draw
Peninsula runners shine at Heart Run

Peninsula runners shine at Heart Run

Runners with peninsula connections shone Saturday morning at the 2019 Alaska Heart Run in Anchorage. Denali Strabel, a 2008 Seward High School graduate, won the… Continue reading

Peninsula runners shine at Heart Run
Area soccer teams get in games despite snowfall

Area soccer teams get in games despite snowfall

Spring snowfall threw the high school soccer weekend into chaos in the Anchorage and Valley regions as teams scrambled to find suitable fields to compete… Continue reading

Area soccer teams get in games despite snowfall
Kenai’s Caleb Smith offers up a pitch to a Kodiak batter May 4, 2018, at the Kenai Little League fields. Smith is one of Kenai Central’s returning arms in 2019. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Season preview: Parity reigns in Southcentral baseball conference

Last year’s Southcentral Conference baseball tournament may have well been named “May Madness,” what with all the twists and turns more typical of the March… Continue reading

Kenai’s Caleb Smith offers up a pitch to a Kodiak batter May 4, 2018, at the Kenai Little League fields. Smith is one of Kenai Central’s returning arms in 2019. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)