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Team Hollywood to perform at Cook Inlet Academy

Team Hollywood to perform at Cook Inlet Academy

The Team Hollywood Celebrity Streetball team will be at Cook Inlet Academy at 7 p.m. Thursday. The squad travels around the world with the goal… Continue reading

Team Hollywood to perform at Cook Inlet Academy
Homer, Kenai play to ties in girls, boys games

Homer, Kenai play to ties in girls, boys games

Score a win for the wind. The host Kenai Central and Homer girls played to a scoreless tie Tuesday in Peninsula Conference action. As it… Continue reading

Homer, Kenai play to ties in girls, boys games
Pair of area runners compete in Boston Marathon

Pair of area runners compete in Boston Marathon

Derek Gibson of Soldotna and Bill Wood of Kenai represented the Kenai Peninsula on Monday at the Boston Marathon. Gibson, 26, crossed at 2 hours,… Continue reading

Pair of area runners compete in Boston Marathon
Kodiak softball topples Kenai Central

Kodiak softball topples Kenai Central

The Kenai Central softball team dropped a pair of Northern Lights Conference games Monday in Kodiak. The Kardinals (0-2 in the NLC, 0-3 overall) were… Continue reading

Kodiak softball topples Kenai Central
An ulu the author made as part of the Alaska Humanities Forum Sister School Exchange. (Photo provided by author)

Out of the Office: A sister school experience

As I write this column, I’m drowning in stories of Legislature budgets, potential school closures and some guy stealing a mammoth tusk in Anchorage. There’s… Continue reading

An ulu the author made as part of the Alaska Humanities Forum Sister School Exchange. (Photo provided by author)
Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens shoots in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman.com)

Area seniors cap hoops careers at All-Star Games

The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches held their Senior All-Star Games on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, giving seniors from throughout the… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens shoots in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman.com)
Homer soccer sweeps Seward, Redington over weekend

Homer soccer sweeps Seward, Redington over weekend

The Homer soccer teams swept the Redington Huskies and Seward Seahawks in boys and girls action Friday and Saturday in Homer. Friday, the Mariner girls… Continue reading

Homer soccer sweeps Seward, Redington over weekend
Kenai gets soccer sweep of North Pole

Kenai gets soccer sweep of North Pole

Just when they needed a quick boost, junior Olivia Brewer was there to give the Kenai Central girls a surge. Brewer scored the go-ahead goal… Continue reading

Kenai gets soccer sweep of North Pole
Kodiak track wins tri meet with Colony, Homer

Kodiak track wins tri meet with Colony, Homer

The host Kodiak track teams controlled a tri meet with Colony and Homer on Friday and Saturday. Friday, the Bears boys scored 69.99 points, while… Continue reading

Kodiak track wins tri meet with Colony, Homer
Colony softball tops Kenai, Soldotna

Colony softball tops Kenai, Soldotna

Friday’s nonconference softball game at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park between host Kenai Central and Colony would have been a great warm-up for the season,… Continue reading

Colony softball tops Kenai, Soldotna
Friday: SoHi pulls off soccer sweep of North Pole

Friday: SoHi pulls off soccer sweep of North Pole

The second-half flurry of goals between Soldotna and North Pole at Soldotna’s Justin Maile Field on Friday was punctuated with a five-goal outburst between both… Continue reading

Friday: SoHi pulls off soccer sweep of North Pole
Softball season preview: How to beat the Southeast teams

Softball season preview: How to beat the Southeast teams

In their quest for Alaska prep softball trophies, Kenai Peninsula teams haven’t had much trouble navigating their own conference. In the Northern Lights Conference that… Continue reading

Softball season preview: How to beat the Southeast teams
Brown Bears name Murdock as head coach, Bogdan as associate head coach

Brown Bears name Murdock as head coach, Bogdan as associate head coach

The Kenai River Brown Bears, set to embark on their 13th season next fall, named Kevin Murdock, 28, on Thursday as the eighth head coach… Continue reading

Brown Bears name Murdock as head coach, Bogdan as associate head coach
Kenai soccer solves Nikiski goalkeepers, sweeps Bulldogs

Kenai soccer solves Nikiski goalkeepers, sweeps Bulldogs

The Kenai Central soccer teams picked up a pair of conference wins to sweep Nikiski on Thursday afternoon at home, but the real show was… Continue reading

Kenai soccer solves Nikiski goalkeepers, sweeps Bulldogs
Colony softball topples Homer

Colony softball topples Homer

The Colony softball defeated Homer 16-5 in four innings of nonconference action Thursday in Kenai. The Mariners are now 4-4 overall. The Knights led 3-2… Continue reading

Colony softball topples Homer
Resuts posted for SoHi tri meet

Resuts posted for SoHi tri meet

The Soldotna, Kenai Central and Cook Inlet Acadmey track teams got together at Soldotna High School for a meet Wednesday. The meet was mainly to… Continue reading

Resuts posted for SoHi tri meet
A Columbian snowfly recently emerged from the Kenai River at Soldotna Creek Park on March 29, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)

Refuge notebook: Winter stonefly season on the Kenai

If you spend any time near the Kenai River in Soldotna from March to May you may have noticed elongate, roughly one-third-inch long, dark stoneflies… Continue reading

A Columbian snowfly recently emerged from the Kenai River at Soldotna Creek Park on March 29, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)
SoHi boys soccer tops Homer; girls play to tie

SoHi boys soccer tops Homer; girls play to tie

Tuesday’s Peninsula Conference soccer game between the Soldotna and Homer boys at Soldotna High School provided a lesson in early season vs. postseason. In the… Continue reading

SoHi boys soccer tops Homer; girls play to tie
Homer softball goes 4-3 at Kodiak Island Invite

Homer softball goes 4-3 at Kodiak Island Invite

The Homer softball team opened its season Thursday and Friday with play at the Island Invitational in Kodiak. The Mariners played three games Thursday and… Continue reading

Homer softball goes 4-3 at Kodiak Island Invite
Ostrander, Theisens reunite at Big C Relays

Ostrander, Theisens reunite at Big C Relays

For one day, it was like old times again. Boise State runner Allie Ostrander was reunited with former Kenai Central High School running mates Jordan… Continue reading

Ostrander, Theisens reunite at Big C Relays