Sports

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
  • By Staff Report
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
  • By Staff Report
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)

Ice Dogs sweep Brown Bears, clinch Ravn Cup

Staff report For consecutive weeks, the Kenai River Brown Bears fell victim to a weekend sweep by the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, but beneath the losing,… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2017
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Saturday hoops: SoHi girls claim Lady Lynx Maroon title

The Soldotna girls starred as champions in the Maroon bracket of the Dimond Lady Lynx Prep Shootout tournament Saturday afternoon in Anchorage. Ituau Tuisaula led… Continue reading

  • Feb 12, 2017
  • By Staff Report

All-NSC hockey team released

Staff report The All-North Star Conference hockey team was released after the tournament Feb. 4. The team follows: All-North Star Conference Player of the Year:… Continue reading

  • Feb 12, 2017
  • By Staff Report
Kenai Central’s Eric Kempf (3) battles Kards teammate Patrick Michels and Soldotna’s Addison Downing early in Saturday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough boys race on the Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai girls, SoHi boys capture borough ski titles

The top two finishers in each race of Saturday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough School District skiing championships were well acquainted with each other prior to the… Continue reading

Kenai Central’s Eric Kempf (3) battles Kards teammate Patrick Michels and Soldotna’s Addison Downing early in Saturday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough boys race on the Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Friday hoops: SoHi, Kenai girls win at Lady Lynx tourney

The Soldotna boys won an important nonconference hoops meeting 48-46 Friday over Eagle River. Eagle River is a rival Class 4A opponent, so the win… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2017
  • By Staff Report

Thursday prep hoops roundup

The Soldotna girls used a second-half rally Thursday evening to beat the Palmer Moose 46-40 on day 2 of the Lady Lynx Shootout tournament Maroon… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2017
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Brown Bears trade for more offense as they prep for Fairbanks

The Kenai River Brown Bears will look to shake a scoring slump when they travel to play the rival Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday and… Continue reading

Kenai, SoHi girls cagers lose 1st day at Lady Lynx tourney

The Kenai Central and Soldotna girls basketball teams both fell in opening day games at the Lady Lynx Prep Shootout tournament Wednesday at Dimond High… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2017
  • By Staff Report
From left to right, Amanda Taylor, Kate Harris, Jane Adkins, Madison McDonald and Dana McDonald ski as yard gnomes in the Ski For Women Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Ski For Women returns to snow

Last-minute ingenuity, quick thinking and rapid execution can make for clever costumes. But those qualities aren’t nearly as desired when it comes to organizing the… Continue reading

From left to right, Amanda Taylor, Kate Harris, Jane Adkins, Madison McDonald and Dana McDonald ski as yard gnomes in the Ski For Women Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna boys, Homer girls win Homer Invitational ski meet

The Soldotna boys, Homer girls, Homer’s Jacob Davis and Seward’s Ruby Lindquist notched wins at the Homer Invitational, a ski meet held Friday and Saturday… Continue reading