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CIA girls stifle Nikolaevsk for Peninsula Conference title; Warriors come back for 2nd

CIA girls stifle Nikolaevsk for Peninsula Conference title; Warriors come back for 2nd

The adage of defense winning championships has been proven time and time again. Rarely is it proven as drastically as it was in Cook Inlet… Continue reading

CIA girls stifle Nikolaevsk for Peninsula Conference title; Warriors come back for 2nd
Bulldogs sweep emotion-packed Nikiski Senior Night

Bulldogs sweep emotion-packed Nikiski Senior Night

The emotions flowed Friday night in the Nikiski High School gym as the Bulldogs basketball teams celebrated senior night, and the wins followed suit. Nikiski… Continue reading

Bulldogs sweep emotion-packed Nikiski Senior Night
Magicians topple Brown Bears

Magicians topple Brown Bears

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears dropped a 5-3 decision to the Minnesota Magicians on Saturday in North American Hockey League play. The loss means… Continue reading

Magicians topple Brown Bears
Calvert signs to run DII track, XC

Calvert signs to run DII track, XC

Kenai Central senior Jaycie Calvert inked a letter of commitment Feb. 11 to run cross-country and track at Division II University of Colorado in Colorado… Continue reading

Calvert signs to run DII track, XC
Nikiski girls sink late shot to beat Soldotna

Nikiski girls sink late shot to beat Soldotna

Too bad the Nikiski and Soldotna girls don’t play in the same class or conference. It would make games like Thursday’s all the more special.… Continue reading

Nikiski girls sink late shot to beat Soldotna
Peninsula Conference title games: Nikolaevsk-CIA girls; Nikolaevsk-Ninilchik boys

Peninsula Conference title games: Nikolaevsk-CIA girls; Nikolaevsk-Ninilchik boys

The Nikolaevsk girls basketball team earned a spot in the Peninsula Conference tournament championship by defeating Ninilchik 45-32 on Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy. Nikolaevsk,… Continue reading

Peninsula Conference title games: Nikolaevsk-CIA girls; Nikolaevsk-Ninilchik boys
Bears push past Magicians in the 3rd

Bears push past Magicians in the 3rd

The Kenai River Brown Bears shook off a pair of ugly losses to defeat the host Minnesota Magicians 3-1 on Thursday in North American Hockey… Continue reading

Bears push past Magicians in the 3rd
The author with a pair of friends this past summer at Grewingk Glacier. (Photo provided by Megan Pacer)

Out of the Office: Hold my beer while I wade in glacial melt

Last week, the members of my team and I came in absolute dead last at trivia night. I normally wouldn’t share this with so broad… Continue reading

The author with a pair of friends this past summer at Grewingk Glacier. (Photo provided by Megan Pacer)
Refuge Notebook: An earthworm quandary

Refuge Notebook: An earthworm quandary

This last September we hosted two earthworm experts from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Kyungsoo Yoo and graduate student Adrian Wackett. They study how earthworms… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: An earthworm quandary
Day 1 at Peninsula Conference tourney sees favorites, upsets win

Day 1 at Peninsula Conference tourney sees favorites, upsets win

One win on home court was all the Cook Inlet Academy girls needed Wednesday to book a spot in Friday night’s championship game at the… Continue reading

Day 1 at Peninsula Conference tourney sees favorites, upsets win
Eventual race winner Morgan Aldridge leads Carly Reimer and Amy Anderson at the Ski for Women on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Aldridge, Helminiak take FFS triathlon

Morgan Aldridge and Jeff Helminiak won a kind-of triathlon to end the Freezer Food Series on Sunday at Slikok Trails. Competitors could choose to make… Continue reading

Eventual race winner Morgan Aldridge leads Carly Reimer and Amy Anderson at the Ski for Women on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna’s Ray Chumley (middle) becomes sandwiched between Kenai’s Adam Trujillo (left) and Logan Baker Tuesday in a nonconference contest at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

SoHi hoops sweep Kenai again

The Soldotna basketball teams broke out the brooms against Kenai Central for a second time in three days Tuesday with a pair of nonconference victories… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Ray Chumley (middle) becomes sandwiched between Kenai’s Adam Trujillo (left) and Logan Baker Tuesday in a nonconference contest at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Homer’s Rylee Doughty tries to block Tessa Binder from Grace Christian School during a Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 game in Homer, Alaska. Grace is one of three private school teams in Region 3A basketball. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Homer girls basketball among teams to protest playing private Anchorage school

Several high school girls basketball programs in the Southcentral Conference are protesting games that were scheduled against a private school in Anchorage, saying the disparity… Continue reading

Homer’s Rylee Doughty tries to block Tessa Binder from Grace Christian School during a Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 game in Homer, Alaska. Grace is one of three private school teams in Region 3A basketball. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Ostrander receives top honor after MW indoor track championships

Ostrander receives top honor after MW indoor track championships

Allie Ostrander was named Women’s Outstanding Performer of the meet following last weekend’s Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The… Continue reading

Ostrander receives top honor after MW indoor track championships
Nikolaevsk’s Justin Trail drives past Cook Inlet Academy’s James Anderson on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Coaches expect tight contest for Peninsula Conference state berths

When contacted for a season preview, Peninsula Conference coaches expected a fierce battle for the two girls and two boys state berths come tournament time.… Continue reading

Nikolaevsk’s Justin Trail drives past Cook Inlet Academy’s James Anderson on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Jr. Blues take rubber match from Brown Bears

Jr. Blues take rubber match from Brown Bears

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears dropped a 9-3 contest to the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues on Sunday in North American Hockey League play. The… Continue reading

Jr. Blues take rubber match from Brown Bears
SoHi grabs rivalry hoops sweep of Kenai

SoHi grabs rivalry hoops sweep of Kenai

Separated for the first time by different classes based on school size, the Kenai Central and Soldotna basketball programs showed Saturday afternoon that rivalries still… Continue reading

SoHi grabs rivalry hoops sweep of Kenai
Weekend hoops roundup

Weekend hoops roundup

The host Seward boys notched a 56-44 victory over Kenai Central on Friday in Southcentral Conference play. The Seahawks were able to outscore the Kardinals… Continue reading

Weekend hoops roundup
Salzetti, Homer girls earn small-schools honors at state skiing

Salzetti, Homer girls earn small-schools honors at state skiing

Kenai Central senior Maria Salzetti earned first-place honors among small-schools skiers Friday at the state ski meet at Birch Hill in Fairbanks, while the Homer… Continue reading

Salzetti, Homer girls earn small-schools honors at state skiing
Bears split with Jr. Blues

Bears split with Jr. Blues

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues 4-1 on Friday and lost 8-0 on Saturday in the first two games… Continue reading

Bears split with Jr. Blues