Sports

University of Alaska Fairbanks senior Kaillee Skjold drives to the basket in early February 2017. (Photo courtesy of UAF/Paul H. McCarthy)

SoHi graduate Skjold caps successful hoops career at UAF

Kaillee Skjold, a 2013 Soldotna High School graduate, still remembers, vividly, the practice when the fear began to clear. It was an 8 a.m. Monday… Continue reading

University of Alaska Fairbanks senior Kaillee Skjold drives to the basket in early February 2017. (Photo courtesy of UAF/Paul H. McCarthy)

Friday: Fox teams up in 12th-place relay team at SuperTour

The home state team was toppled Friday in the U.S. SuperTour Finals mixed-gender relays at the Birch Hill ski area in Fairbanks. The Alaska Pacific… Continue reading

  • Apr 1, 2017
  • By Staff Report
A crowd of onlookers watch as Soldotna freshman Ateliano Faletoi-Eli attempts a squat lift Wednesday evening at the 11th biannual CrossFit Competition at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

CrossFit pumps life into prep sports

A staple of high school physical education since 2012, the biannual CrossFit competition has quickly popularized fitness in local high schools. Formerly known as Strength… Continue reading

A crowd of onlookers watch as Soldotna freshman Ateliano Faletoi-Eli attempts a squat lift Wednesday evening at the 11th biannual CrossFit Competition at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Ice Dogs start weekend with win over Brown Bears

In what may be their final weekend of play ever, the Kenai River Brown Bears opened a three-game road series Thursday night against the Fairbanks… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2017
  • By Staff Report
Kenai River Brown Bears forward Jonathan Marzec makes a move on Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) Knights defenseman Dorian Dawson on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Brown Bears’ Marzec commits to UW-Stout

That must have been one heck of a visit the Kenai River Brown Bears had to the University of Wisconsin-Stout on Feb. 16. Brown Bears… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Jonathan Marzec makes a move on Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) Knights defenseman Dorian Dawson on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Fox makes SuperTour sprint semis

Soldotna skier Sadie Fox fell just shy of a finals berth in Wednesday’s junior division freestyle sprint race at the U.S. SuperTour Finals at Birch… Continue reading

  • Mar 30, 2017
  • By Staff Report

Series preview: Brown Bears at Ice Dogs

The season, and thus his time with the Kenai River Brown Bears, was over in 2014 when Alec Butcher was named the Most Valuable Player… Continue reading

Blackburn earns Air Force Female Athlete of Year

Blackburn receives athletic award Soldotna’s Paige Blackburn added another accolade to her already impressive list of athletic accomplishments. The 2008 SoHi grad was recently named… Continue reading

  • Mar 28, 2017
  • By Staff Report

SoHi graduate Fox takes 7th in junior race at SuperTour Finals

Sadie Fox, a Soldotna High School graduate now skiing as a sophomore at the University of Alaska Anchorage, took seventh in the junior women’s 7.5-kilometer… Continue reading

  • Mar 28, 2017
  • By Staff Report
Carter Wade of the Kenai River Brown Bears and Tim Gelatt of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) Knights square off in the first period Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Bears finish weekend with win over Knights

The 1,113 fans that flocked to the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Friday to celebrate, and try to preserve, the bonds of hockey, family and… Continue reading

Carter Wade of the Kenai River Brown Bears and Tim Gelatt of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) Knights square off in the first period Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski falls to Barrow, finishes 5th at state

With both teams ranked in the top five of the Winning Percentage Index standings for most of the season, the matchup between Alaska’s northernmost team… Continue reading

SoHi graduate Fox wins 25K at Oosik Classic Ski Race

Sadie Fox, a graduate of Soldotna High School who now skis for the University of Alaska Anchorage, continued to have a great winter on classic… Continue reading

  • Mar 26, 2017
  • By Staff Report
Kenai River’s Evan Butcher hoists up a salmon in a victory salute after the Brown Bears scored the opening goal Saturday night against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Bears fans hold out hope

This will either be remembered as the weekend that saved the Kenai River Brown Bears or one heck of a way to go out. Steve… Continue reading

Kenai River’s Evan Butcher hoists up a salmon in a victory salute after the Brown Bears scored the opening goal Saturday night against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Kenai’s Hanson scores goal that moves his squad to hockey nationals

Kenai’s Ross Hanson, 18, scored an overtime goal Sunday to send the Colorado Thunderbirds 18U team to the USA Hockey National Tournament. The Thunderbirds faced… Continue reading

  • Mar 26, 2017
  • By Staff Report
Nikiski’s Emma Wik (right) tries to force a turnover on Sitka’s Marlis Boord in Friday’s Class 3A state semifinal at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Friday state hoops: Nikiski girls drop semifinal to Sitka

A sluggish start doomed the Nikiski girls from the opening tip in Friday’s Class 3A state tournament semifinal against Sitka, and the Bulldogs never recovered.… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Emma Wik (right) tries to force a turnover on Sitka’s Marlis Boord in Friday’s Class 3A state semifinal at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Knights

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion Whether these are the last two home games of the season for the Kenai River Brown Bears, or the last… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Brianna Vollertsen (left) looks for a shot against Grace Christian’s Makenna Shamburger in the Class 3A state quarterfinal contest Thursday, March 23, 2017, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

State hoops: Nikiski girls stave off Grace on 1st day

Under the bright lights at the spacious Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, the Nikiski girls drowned out the nightmares of the Southcentral Conference tournament with… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Brianna Vollertsen (left) looks for a shot against Grace Christian’s Makenna Shamburger in the Class 3A state quarterfinal contest Thursday, March 23, 2017, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Nikiski’s Rylee Jackson dribbles down the court Friday against Grace Christian at the Southcentral Conference basketball tournament at Nikiski High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski girls prepare for state tourney without Carstens

As the opening minutes rolled out from tipoff of the Southcentral Conference tournament semifinal game, the home team Nikiski girls looked to be on their… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Rylee Jackson dribbles down the court Friday against Grace Christian at the Southcentral Conference basketball tournament at Nikiski High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Brown Bears forward Lucas Carroll commits to UW-Stout

Brown Bears forward Lucas Carroll commits to UW-Stout

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Lucas Carroll became the first member of the team to make a college commitment this season, verbally committing to Division… Continue reading

Brown Bears forward Lucas Carroll commits to UW-Stout

Push is on to save Kenai River Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears still have a chance at survival. After the North American Hockey League Board of Governors meeting on Feb. 26, Brown… Continue reading