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Soldotna basketball supporters cheer for the SoHi girls team in Saturday’s Northern Lights Conference tournament final against the Wasilla Warriors. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Stars swept in NLC championship games

The Soldotna Stars stood as the top seed on the girls side, while the Soldotna boys caught a break as the top-seeded Colony Knights suffered… Continue reading

Soldotna basketball supporters cheer for the SoHi girls team in Saturday’s Northern Lights Conference tournament final against the Wasilla Warriors. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
ACS sweeps Southcentral titles

ACS sweeps Southcentral titles

The Anchorage Christian Schools girls basketball team kept their undefeated season alive with a 67-52 victory over Nikiski on Saturday in the championship game of… Continue reading

ACS sweeps Southcentral titles
Brown Bears earn split with Jets

Brown Bears earn split with Jets

The Kenai River Brown Bears earned a split with the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets, losing 1-0 on Friday before coming back for a 4-1 victory on… Continue reading

Brown Bears earn split with Jets
Kenai class of 2015: Ostrander takes 2 All-America honors; Theisens take 1 apiece

Kenai class of 2015: Ostrander takes 2 All-America honors; Theisens take 1 apiece

Boise State redshirt junior Allie Ostrander finished eighth Friday in the women’s 5,000-meter final and fourth Saturday in the 3,000 final at the 2019 Division… Continue reading

Kenai class of 2015: Ostrander takes 2 All-America honors; Theisens take 1 apiece
SoHi sweeps Friday NLC semis, clinch state spots

SoHi sweeps Friday NLC semis, clinch state spots

The Soldotna boys quenched one nine-year drought Friday night with a wild 43-41 semifinal win over Wasilla in the Northern Lights Conference tournament. Saturday the… Continue reading

SoHi sweeps Friday NLC semis, clinch state spots
Nikiski girls to play for Southcentral title

Nikiski girls to play for Southcentral title

The Nikiski girls earned a state berth and a spot in the Southcentral Conference tournament championship with a 60-47 victory over Grace Christian on Friday… Continue reading

Nikiski girls to play for Southcentral title
First day results from Southcentral hoops tourney

First day results from Southcentral hoops tourney

The Nikiski girls got the Southcentral Conference basketball tournament under way Thursday with a convincing 56-31 quarterfinal win over Houston in Seward. The top-seeded team… Continue reading

First day results from Southcentral hoops tourney
Palmer sweeps 1st day NLC tourney to set semifinal games

Palmer sweeps 1st day NLC tourney to set semifinal games

The Palmer Moose swept the first day of action Thursday at the 2019 Northern Lights Conference tournament at Soldotna High School to set up Friday’s… Continue reading

Palmer sweeps 1st day NLC tourney to set semifinal games
Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Markuss Komuls makes a play on the puck Feb. 8, 2019, against the Corpus Christi (Texas) IceRays at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Series preview: Brown Bears look to make playoff push on final homestand

The Kenai River Brown Bears go into their last homestand of the season needing a string of great play to even have a chance of… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Markuss Komuls makes a play on the puck Feb. 8, 2019, against the Corpus Christi (Texas) IceRays at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Hard work begins to pay off for Bears forward Moline

Hard work begins to pay off for Bears forward Moline

After Tuesday’s practice, Kenai River Brown Bears forward Cody Moline said he was 5-foot-6 to a reporter. “I gave you 5-7,” shouted interim head coach… Continue reading

Hard work begins to pay off for Bears forward Moline
The author stumbles at the rock marking the race point on the Mount Marathon Race trail during one of her many training runs in preparation for the July 4, 2018, race. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)

Tangled Up in Blue: A double-edged sword

Registration for the 2019 Mount Marathon Race opened March 1. Within hours of getting the email, I sent my information off into the internet tubes… Continue reading

The author stumbles at the rock marking the race point on the Mount Marathon Race trail during one of her many training runs in preparation for the July 4, 2018, race. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)
A game camera photo of an ocelot from the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge website.

Life on a South Texas refuge

Did you know that more than 10 percent of the international border between the United States and Mexico is shared with several National Wildlife Refuges… Continue reading

A game camera photo of an ocelot from the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge website.
Ostrander receives Elite 90 award, will attempt distance double

Ostrander receives Elite 90 award, will attempt distance double

Boise State redshirt junior Allie Ostrander was announced as the women’s Elite 90 award winner Thursday for Division I Indoor Track and Field. The honor… Continue reading

Ostrander receives Elite 90 award, will attempt distance double
Southcentral hoops tourney ready to make noise in Seward

Southcentral hoops tourney ready to make noise in Seward

It may seem quiet this time of year at the end of the Alaska Railroad in the small town of Seward, but the energy inside… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2019
  • By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
Southcentral hoops tourney ready to make noise in Seward
Soldotna’s Danica Schmidt drives for a bucket Jan. 18, 2019, against Colony at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna girls, boys hoops ready to host NLC tourney

The Soldotna boys have not won a Northern Lights Conference title since 1991. The Soldotna girls have not won a Northern Lights Conference title since… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Danica Schmidt drives for a bucket Jan. 18, 2019, against Colony at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Black Hills State University freshman and 2015 Kenai Central graduate Jonah Theisen celebrates winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships in May 2016 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo provided by Black Hills State University)

Kenai Central grad Jonah Theisen gets prestigious NCAA scholarship

Jonah, Jordan Theisen to compete at Division II nationals Friday

Black Hills State University freshman and 2015 Kenai Central graduate Jonah Theisen celebrates winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships in May 2016 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo provided by Black Hills State University)
Kenai’s Satathite signs to run at Western Colorado University

Kenai’s Satathite signs to run at Western Colorado University

Kenai Central senior Brooke Satathite signed a National Letter of Intent on Monday to run cross-country and track for Division II Western Colorado University in… Continue reading

Kenai’s Satathite signs to run at Western Colorado University
Peninsula racers compete at Tour of Anchorage

Peninsula racers compete at Tour of Anchorage

Kenai Peninsula athletes put together several top-10 finishes in the Tour of Anchorage ski and bike races Sunday. Bradley Walters of Soldotna led the peninsula… Continue reading

Peninsula racers compete at Tour of Anchorage
Hoops roundup: SoHi sweeps Homer to honor seniors

Hoops roundup: SoHi sweeps Homer to honor seniors

The Soldotna basketball programs swept a Saturday Senior Night doubleheader to reach several milestones. The Class 4A SoHi girls dominated the Class 3A Homer Mariners… Continue reading

Hoops roundup: SoHi sweeps Homer to honor seniors
Nikolaevsk boys top Ninilchik for 1st Peninsula Conference crown; Lumen stops Wolverines for 2nd place

Nikolaevsk boys top Ninilchik for 1st Peninsula Conference crown; Lumen stops Wolverines for 2nd place

The first season Nikolaevsk head coach Steve Klaich started trying to win Peninsula Conference championship — 1989-90 — Ronald Reagan and then George H.W. Bush… Continue reading

Nikolaevsk boys top Ninilchik for 1st Peninsula Conference crown; Lumen stops Wolverines for 2nd place