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Refuge Notebook: Wildfire apprentice catches the fire bug

Refuge Notebook: Wildfire apprentice catches the fire bug

By ALLIE CUNNINGHAM Let’s go back to the beginning. On a day in late August 2016, I found myself on a steep slope in Lolo… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Wildfire apprentice catches the fire bug
Nikiski senior Bethany Carstens signs her letter of intent to play at Division I basketball at Chicago State University in a ceremony Thursday at Nikiski High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski’s Carstens signs to play Div. I hoops

This is a week that Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens will always remember. Last Saturday, the Nikiski senior helped lead the Bulldogs to their first high school… Continue reading

Nikiski senior Bethany Carstens signs her letter of intent to play at Division I basketball at Chicago State University in a ceremony Thursday at Nikiski High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Ostrander earns West Region Athlete of Year

Ostrander earns West Region Athlete of Year

Boise State redshirt junior Allie Ostrander was named the West Region Women’s Athlete of the Year this week in a press release by the US… Continue reading

Ostrander earns West Region Athlete of Year
Magicians sweep Brown Bears

Magicians sweep Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears were swept by the Minnesota Magicians on Friday and Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in North American Hockey… Continue reading

Magicians sweep Brown Bears
Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite

Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite

Bethel won the ACS Denali Auto Glass Invite on Saturday at Anchorage Christian Schools. The Warriors scored 154.5 points, while Homer led the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite
Homer, SoHi finish play at Palmer Hockey Showdown

Homer, SoHi finish play at Palmer Hockey Showdown

By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com PALMER — Colony and Wasilla capped the Palmer Hockey Showdown with victories during the final day of the round-robin tournament Saturday… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2018
  • By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com
Homer, SoHi finish play at Palmer Hockey Showdown
The Nikiski Bulldogs display the championship trophy Saturday after the Class 3A state volleyball final against Valdez at the Alaska Airlines Center. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski captures state volleyball crown

It took 728 days, but the Nikiski volleyball team finally finished what it started. Two years after suffering a heartbreaking championship loss at the Class… Continue reading

The Nikiski Bulldogs display the championship trophy Saturday after the Class 3A state volleyball final against Valdez at the Alaska Airlines Center. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Brown Bears’ Komuls commits to UAF

Brown Bears’ Komuls commits to UAF

When he was just 16, Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Markuss Komuls left his home country of Latvia to come to the United States and… Continue reading

Brown Bears’ Komuls commits to UAF
Nikiski grad Thompson helps WSU into 2nd round

Nikiski grad Thompson helps WSU into 2nd round

The host Washington State soccer team, featuring 2015 Nikiski graduate Rachel Thompson in net, defeated Montana 5-1 on Friday to advance to the second round… Continue reading

Nikiski grad Thompson helps WSU into 2nd round
Kenai Central’s Ostrander wins West Region XC title

Kenai Central’s Ostrander wins West Region XC title

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, turned in a dominant victory Friday at the NCAA West Region championship in Sacramento, California. Ostrander, a… Continue reading

Kenai Central’s Ostrander wins West Region XC title
SoHi eliminated from 4A state volleyball tourney

SoHi eliminated from 4A state volleyball tourney

The Soldotna Stars were eliminated from the Class 4A state volleyball tournament Friday afternoon with a 3-1 loss to conference rival Colony at the Alaska… Continue reading

SoHi eliminated from 4A state volleyball tourney
SoHi splits opening day at 4A state volleyball

SoHi splits opening day at 4A state volleyball

For a span of about 20 minutes Thursday night, it looked as if the team from the smallest school in the Class 4A state volleyball… Continue reading

SoHi splits opening day at 4A state volleyball
Nikiski volleyball opens state with 2 wins; Homer drops opener

Nikiski volleyball opens state with 2 wins; Homer drops opener

The Nikiski volleyball team came to the Class 3A state championship tournament with a plan. Phase one of that plan was completed Thursday night at… Continue reading

Nikiski volleyball opens state with 2 wins; Homer drops opener
SoHi, Homer lose at Palmer Hockey Showdown

SoHi, Homer lose at Palmer Hockey Showdown

West Anchorage used a pair of third-period goals to cement a 4-2 nonconference win over Soldotna during the first day of the Palmer Hockey Showdown… Continue reading

SoHi, Homer lose at Palmer Hockey Showdown
State 3A volleyball: Nikiski back in championship final

State 3A volleyball: Nikiski back in championship final

Two years after suffering a letdown in the Class 3A state final, the Nikiski Bulldogs are back in the championship game, thanks to a dominant… Continue reading

State 3A volleyball: Nikiski back in championship final
Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Magicians

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Magicians

Before the season even started, Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich said the team’s goal is to make the playoffs, and that objective… Continue reading

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Magicians
Sweden’s Bok makes smooth transition to Alaska

Sweden’s Bok makes smooth transition to Alaska

Monday, Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Johan Bok and his teammates hiked just over two miles to Lower Fuller Lake, gaining about 1,300 feet of… Continue reading

Sweden’s Bok makes smooth transition to Alaska
Refuge Notebook: Elodea partnership recognized

Refuge Notebook: Elodea partnership recognized

By JOHN MORTON In August, at the 2018 Industry Appreciation Day in Kenai, the elodea partnership on the Kenai Peninsula was acknowledged for Outstanding Fish… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Elodea partnership recognized
Laurie Lamm takes an exercise break on her lunch hour along the Airport Dike Trail on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

As the daylight dips, how not to bottom out

I keep this graph in my office. On the Y-axis (the vertical one, if you don’t remember high school science and math) the hours of… Continue reading

Laurie Lamm takes an exercise break on her lunch hour along the Airport Dike Trail on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Nikiski, Homer roll into 3A state volleyball tourney

Nikiski, Homer roll into 3A state volleyball tourney

The two peninsula programs that made it into the Class 3A state volleyball tournament got there in different ways, but both share the same goal.… Continue reading

Nikiski, Homer roll into 3A state volleyball tourney