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Tangled up in Blue: Finding an average

Tangled up in Blue: Finding an average

By KAT SORENSEN While running the Kenai River Half Marathon last Sunday, here are some of the things I thought about: fall colors, sunglasses, whether… Continue reading

Tangled up in Blue: Finding an average
Soldotna volleyball sweeps Kenai Central

Soldotna volleyball sweeps Kenai Central

Soldotna volleyball coach Sheila Kupferschmid made her seniors earn a triumphant finale on their archrival’s home floor. In front of a pulsating crowd, the Stars… Continue reading

Soldotna volleyball sweeps Kenai Central
CIA coed soccer takes 4th at Borealis tourney

CIA coed soccer takes 4th at Borealis tourney

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team took fourth place at the Borealis Conference tournament, the de facto state tournament for fall soccer, over the… Continue reading

CIA coed soccer takes 4th at Borealis tourney
Soldotna girls win Valdez Invitational

Soldotna girls win Valdez Invitational

The Soldotna girls swimming and diving team won the Valdez Invitational on Saturday morning, while the boys finished fifth. The SoHi girls scored 89 points… Continue reading

Soldotna girls win Valdez Invitational
Kenai girls cross-country picks up academic award

Kenai girls cross-country picks up academic award

After the Kenai Central girls won the Division II cross-country state title Saturday at Bartlett High School, the awards kept on coming. The girls won… Continue reading

Kenai girls cross-country picks up academic award
Kenai River Marathon runners treated to brilliant autumn day

Kenai River Marathon runners treated to brilliant autumn day

As one of the best mountain runners and backcountry racers Alaska has to offer, it’s not surprising that Palmer’s Christy Marvin has found herself momentarily… Continue reading

Kenai River Marathon runners treated to brilliant autumn day
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge intern Kyra Clark rakes masses of the invasive waterweed elodea from the Soldotna-area Sport Lake on Tuesday, May 16. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Refuge notebook: Elodea plant species sees intriguing explosion

Editor’s note: This story has been republished to the web. It was originally published on July 27, 2018. By JOHN MORTON Kenai National Wildlife Refuge… Continue reading

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge intern Kyra Clark rakes masses of the invasive waterweed elodea from the Soldotna-area Sport Lake on Tuesday, May 16. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
Golfer continue to enjoy Indian summer

Golfer continue to enjoy Indian summer

On. Sept. 24, 11 senior men came out to play their own games (handicapped) and the winner was Gary Dawkins, who shot a net 32.… Continue reading

  • Oct 1, 2018
  • By PAT COWAN For the Clarion
Golfer continue to enjoy Indian summer
SoHi offense scores on all 10 possessions in swamping Kenai

SoHi offense scores on all 10 possessions in swamping Kenai

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to reflect Soldotna scored on all 10 possessions Saturday. On a perfect autumn day — azure sky, short-sleeve… Continue reading

SoHi offense scores on all 10 possessions in swamping Kenai
Seward freshman posts unofficial state record

Seward freshman posts unofficial state record

Seward freshman Lydia Jacoby continued her torrid run of domination in the pool Saturday with an unofficial state record at the Seward Invite. Jacoby blazed… Continue reading

Seward freshman posts unofficial state record
Calvert, Kenai girls win state

Calvert, Kenai girls win state

A summer of hard work paid dividends when Kenai Central senior Jaycie Calvert left the field in her dust to claim a state crown. Calvert… Continue reading

Calvert, Kenai girls win state
Brown Bears split weekend series with Jr. Blues

Brown Bears split weekend series with Jr. Blues

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears split a weekend series with the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues on Friday and Saturday in North American Hockey League… Continue reading

Brown Bears split weekend series with Jr. Blues
Nikiski netters pull off sweep over Houston

Nikiski netters pull off sweep over Houston

The Nikiski volleyball squad got the Bulldogs homecoming weekend off to a high start with a three-game sweep Friday night over Southcentral Conference opponent Houston.… Continue reading

Nikiski netters pull off sweep over Houston
Football roundup: Homer, Ketchikan notch wins

Football roundup: Homer, Ketchikan notch wins

The visiting Homer football team took advantage of a blocked punt late in the game to notch a 22-20 victory on Nikiski’s homecoming Saturday. Both… Continue reading

Football roundup: Homer, Ketchikan notch wins
Nikiski grad Thompson stars in goal for No. 9 Washington State

Nikiski grad Thompson stars in goal for No. 9 Washington State

Rachel Thompson, a 2015 Nikiski High School graduate, was named the Pac-12 netminder of the week Tuesday after Washington State notched a 1-0 victory over… Continue reading

Nikiski grad Thompson stars in goal for No. 9 Washington State
Chainwreck Cyclocross thrives on wet course

Chainwreck Cyclocross thrives on wet course

Tyle Owens, Morgan Aldridge, Dylan Hogue and Will Morrow prevailed in the rain Thursday in the third race of the Chainwreck Cyclocross Series at Tsalteshi… Continue reading

Chainwreck Cyclocross thrives on wet course
Friday volleyball roundup: Kenai, Homer win; SoHi, Seward lose

Friday volleyball roundup: Kenai, Homer win; SoHi, Seward lose

The visiting Kenai Central volleyball team defeated Seward in Southcentral Conference play Friday by scores of 25-13, 19-25, 25-18 and 25-22. The Kardinals move to… Continue reading

Friday volleyball roundup: Kenai, Homer win; SoHi, Seward lose
Ostrander leads Boise State to 2nd in loaded Nuttycombe field

Ostrander leads Boise State to 2nd in loaded Nuttycombe field

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School, finished fifth at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on Friday in Madison to lead the Boise… Continue reading

Ostrander leads Boise State to 2nd in loaded Nuttycombe field
When Herring gull nestlings peck at the red dot on their parentճ bill, the parents regurgitate food. Is this an instinctive or learned behavior? (Photo credit by Todd Eskelin/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge notebook: Why seagulls have a red dot on their bill

By JOHN MORTON There are lots of “seagulls” flying around the Kenai Peninsula. At the mouth of the Kenai River alone, more than 30,000 Herring… Continue reading

When Herring gull nestlings peck at the red dot on their parentճ bill, the parents regurgitate food. Is this an instinctive or learned behavior? (Photo credit by Todd Eskelin/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
The Scandinavian shop of the author’s great-grandma. (Photo provided by Victoria Petersen)

Why fall is a favorite

This is my favorite time of year. Maybe because I was born teeter-tottering on the cusp of Leo and Virgo, one part holds on to… Continue reading

The Scandinavian shop of the author’s great-grandma. (Photo provided by Victoria Petersen)