Sports

State ski teams ready for fun

For the first time in three years, high school varsity cross-country ski teams are headed to the season-ending state meet with hardly a concern for… Continue reading

Fate of Brown Bears to be announced after Sunday’s NAHL Board of Governors meeting

Nervous times have gotten even tenser for Southcentral Alaska hockey fans. Already hit with the news last week that the Alaska Aces of the ECHL… Continue reading

Nikiski, Homer hoops teams split

The Nikiski girls hoops squad is piling up victories at a staggering rate this season, but with each passing game, opposing teams are figuring out… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Davis runs in 3rd place in Iron Dog

Cory Davis of Soldotna and Ryan Simons of Alberta were in third place in the Iron Dog as the race checked into Nome on Tuesday.… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2017
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Tuesday hoops roundup

The last time the Kenai Central boys posted 88 points against a team, they lost. Tuesday night in Seward, the Kardinals sealed the win. Kenai… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2017
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Fat Freddie’s Bike Race and Ramble results posted

Twenty-eight riders showed up for the first Fat Freddie’s Bike Race and Ramble on Sunday in the Caribou Hills at Freddie’s Roadhouse. There were two… Continue reading

  • Feb 21, 2017
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Davis runs in 5th place in Iron Dog

Cory Davis of Soldotna and Ryan Simons of Alberta were in fifth place in the Iron Dog snowmachine race Monday night. Davis, who is running… Continue reading

  • Feb 21, 2017
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Ninilchik girls, boys pull off sweep at Nikolaevsk

The Ninilchik girls and boys basketball teams pulled off a Peninsula Conference sweep Monday in Nikolaevsk. Last season, the Wolverines girls defeated the Warriors in… Continue reading

Saturday hoops roundup

The Nikiski girls basketball team finished off an impressive run through the Lady Grizzly Hardwood Classic on Saturday in Anchorage by cruising past Sitka 47-28… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2017
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Iron Dog roars off

The Iron Dog set off from Wasilla on Sunday for the 2,000-mile snowmachine race, with Corey Davis of Soldotna and Ryan Simons of Alberta moving… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2017
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Jr. Blues sweep by Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears were playing the blues this weekend, both on and off the ice. A pair of blowout losses to the Springfield… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2017
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Rykker Riddall, then a Kenai sophomore, sets the record in the Freshmen/Sophomore Clean in March 2016 in the Speed and Strength Training competition. At left, yelling encouragement, is Riddall’s father, Ted Riddall. Ted Riddall will take over as Kenai Central’s football coach next season. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Riddall takes the Kenai Central football reins from Lowery

A coach and a football program, both with track records of success, have joined forces. Ted Riddall, who won small-schools state championships at Nikiski in… Continue reading

Rykker Riddall, then a Kenai sophomore, sets the record in the Freshmen/Sophomore Clean in March 2016 in the Speed and Strength Training competition. At left, yelling encouragement, is Riddall’s father, Ted Riddall. Ted Riddall will take over as Kenai Central’s football coach next season. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Seward Tsunami Swim Club wins grand prize in Swim-a-Thon

This week, the Seward Tsunami Swim Club was announced as the grand prize winner in the 2016 Swim-a-Thon contest by the USA Swimming Foundation. The… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2017
  • By Staff Report
Kenai Central’s Riana Boonstra leads Seward’s Ruby Lindquist on Saturday at the Region III ski meet at Government Peak. (Photo by Caitlin Skvorc/For the Frontiersman)

SoHi boys, Danielson reign at Region III ski meet

For an 18th consecutive year, the central peninsula produced a Region III team champion. The Soldotna boys cross-country skiing program wrapped up a Region III… Continue reading

Kenai Central’s Riana Boonstra leads Seward’s Ruby Lindquist on Saturday at the Region III ski meet at Government Peak. (Photo by Caitlin Skvorc/For the Frontiersman)

Friday prep hoops: SoHi girls beat Palmer

The Soldotna girls defeated the Palmer Moose 51-39 Friday evening in a Northern Lights Conference clash at Palmer High School. The win jumped the Stars… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2017
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Soldotna’s Koby Vinson (30) and Kenai Central’s Karl Danielson race for the lead at the Kenai Peninsula Borough meet Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Peninsula ski teams have streak to maintain at Region III meet

A mighty streak will be on the line this weekend when peninsula high school ski teams head up to the Matanuska-Susitna valleys to race in… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Koby Vinson (30) and Kenai Central’s Karl Danielson race for the lead at the Kenai Peninsula Borough meet Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Thursday prep hoops roundup: Nikiski girls open Grace tourney with win

The Nikiski girls basketball team started off the Lady Grizzly Hardwood Classic in Anchorage on Thursday with a 55-42 victory over fellow Class 3A power… Continue reading

  • Feb 16, 2017
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Ninilchik boys outscore CIA by 70

The Ninilchik boys basketball season rolled on Tuesday night with a dominating victory. The Wolverines racked up their 10th straight win over Class 1A competition… Continue reading

  • Feb 14, 2017
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Nikolaevsk girls basketball tops Homer JV

The host Nikolaevsk girls basketball team defeated Homer’s junior varsity 61-24 on Monday in nonconference action. Vera Fefelov had 18 points to pace the Warriors,… Continue reading

  • Feb 14, 2017
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Kenai Central’s Josh Jackman lays in a shot over Kodiak defender Roberto Giron, Friday night at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai boys cagers come back to claim split with Kodiak

The Kodiak and Kenai Central boys basketball teams piled up points at a rate rarely seen in the history of Alaska basketball Friday at Cliff… Continue reading

Kenai Central’s Josh Jackman lays in a shot over Kodiak defender Roberto Giron, Friday night at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)