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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)
The adults at Redemption MMA in Soldotna. (Photo provided by Redemption MMA)

Redemption MMA takes kids, adults titles at state jiu-jitsu tourney

Part of being an incredible mentor is comfort with the fact that doing a great job means the student may one day pass the teacher.… Continue reading

The adults at Redemption MMA in Soldotna. (Photo provided by Redemption MMA)
Ostrander takes 9th in Bryan Clay 1,500

Ostrander takes 9th in Bryan Clay 1,500

Boise State distance ace Allie Ostrander posted a personal best in the women’s 1,500-meter race Friday night at the Bryan Clay Invitational and Multis in… Continue reading

Ostrander takes 9th in Bryan Clay 1,500
Kenai baseball drops 1st game of year

Kenai baseball drops 1st game of year

The Kenai Central baseball program opened its 2019 season Thursday with a 10-0 loss to the Palmer Moose at the Kenai Little League fields. The… Continue reading

Kenai baseball drops 1st game of year
Tutka Backdoor Trail project gaining momentum

Tutka Backdoor Trail project gaining momentum

The rugged backcountry on the south side of Kachemak Bay is getting a fresh look from hikers with an eye on connecting two coasts. As… Continue reading

Tutka Backdoor Trail project gaining momentum
Peninsula soccer teams enjoy successful Thursday

Peninsula soccer teams enjoy successful Thursday

The Soldotna girls rolled to a 10-0 shutout victory over Houston Thursday night in nonconference soccer action. The Stars got scoring from seven different players,… Continue reading

Peninsula soccer teams enjoy successful Thursday
Nikki Aufiero practices a handstand at Fourth of July Beach near Seward, Alaska, in April 2019. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Tangled up in Blue: The other ocean

I got confused looking out at Resurrection Bay recently. The horizon was clouded, none of the mountains that typically line the coast were visible from… Continue reading

Nikki Aufiero practices a handstand at Fourth of July Beach near Seward, Alaska, in April 2019. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Colony Track Invite canceled due to weather

Colony Track Invite canceled due to weather

The Colony Track Invitational for Friday and Saturday has been canceled due to weather. Area squads Cook Inlet Academy, Homer, Kenai Central, Nikiski, Seward and… Continue reading

Colony Track Invite canceled due to weather
Pilot-biologist Dom Watts flying out of Fairbanks in a Super Cub. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

The road to becoming a U.S. Fish & Wildlife pilot-biologist

I remember the first time my Uncle Larry flew down in his Cessna and picked me up at the little airport a few miles from… Continue reading

Pilot-biologist Dom Watts flying out of Fairbanks in a Super Cub. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
Kenai’s Rustad, Homer’s Engebretsen, Ninilchik’s Vanderford get Hall call

Kenai’s Rustad, Homer’s Engebretsen, Ninilchik’s Vanderford get Hall call

WASILLA — Stacia Rustad, a former Kenai Central High School multisport standout who is now the activities director at Wasilla High School, received a special… Continue reading

  • Apr 18, 2019
  • By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com
Kenai’s Rustad, Homer’s Engebretsen, Ninilchik’s Vanderford get Hall call
Nikiski goalkeeper Michael Eiter corrals a save Tuesday in a Peninsula Conference game at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski stays close but SoHi soccer sweeps

The Nikiski soccer teams seem to think they can run with the big dogs this year. And so far, they’re showing it too. The Nikiski… Continue reading

Nikiski goalkeeper Michael Eiter corrals a save Tuesday in a Peninsula Conference game at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)