Sports

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Central junior defender Max Dye scores a penalty kick goal past SoHi senior goalkeeper Drew Kant in Saturday's boys soccer game at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. Dye scored three goals in the game, including two PKs to help lead the Kardinals to a 4-1 victory and claim the top seed in the Northern Lights Conference South Division.

Quick start helps Kenai beat Soldotna

The Kenai Kardinals got off to a fast start and received plenty of offense from their top defender en rout to a 4-1 victory over… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Central junior defender Max Dye scores a penalty kick goal past SoHi senior goalkeeper Drew Kant in Saturday's boys soccer game at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. Dye scored three goals in the game, including two PKs to help lead the Kardinals to a 4-1 victory and claim the top seed in the Northern Lights Conference South Division.

Stars take borough track and field titles

The Soldotna High School boys and girls track and field teams captured team titles at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Championships Saturday on their home field.Kenai… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Softball: Soldotna drops two in Valley

The Soldotna High School softball team took a pair of hard-luck losses on a trip to the Mat-Su Valley Friday and Saturday.In Friday’s game, the… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Stars pitchers stay hot

For the second time in three games, the Soldotna baseball team executed a no-hitter.Joey Becher no-hit Kodiak on Friday in a 17-0 Southcentral Conference victory… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Kenai Central freshman forward Hayley Maw attempts to head a crossing pass toward the goal against SoHi at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai Saturday. The two teams played to a 0-0 draw in the season finale.

Kenai, Soldotna girls battle to draw

With the top seed in the Northern Lights Conference Southern Division on the line, the Kenai Kardinals and Soldotna Stars played to a scoreless draw… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
  • By DAN BALMER
Kenai Central freshman forward Hayley Maw attempts to head a crossing pass toward the goal against SoHi at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai Saturday. The two teams played to a 0-0 draw in the season finale.

Becher no-hits Kodiak for 2nd SoHi no-no in 3 games

For the second time in three games, the Soldotna baseball team executed a no-hitter.Joey Becher no-hit Kodiak on Friday in a 17-0 Southcentral Conference victory… Continue reading

  • May 13, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna's Cody Quelland is hit by a pitch in the third inning of Thursday's 9-2 victory over Houston at Soldotna LIttle League fields.

SoHi pitchers shine again in defeating Houston

The pitching and defense of the Soldotna baseball team kept shining as the Stars defeated Houston 9-2 in Southcentral Conference action Thursday at the Soldotna… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna's Cody Quelland is hit by a pitch in the third inning of Thursday's 9-2 victory over Houston at Soldotna LIttle League fields.

Birch Ridge Golf Report: Early spring is appreciated

Golf has returned to the Kenai Peninsula early this spring. We are blessed to have eagles, ducks and robins flying, moose munching the birch trees,… Continue reading

  • May 12, 2016
  • By Bill Engberg

SoHi offers volleyball camp for 6th-, 7th-graders

The Soldotna High School volleyball coaching staff will be offering an early summer camp for sixth- and seventh-grade girls.Camp dates are May 20 from 3… Continue reading

  • May 12, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Oilers Corner: Team adds brother of major leaguer

St. Mary’s College sophomore infielder Austin Piscotty of Pleasanton, California, has joined the “Peninsula’s team” for the 2016 season. Austin is the brother of current… Continue reading

  • May 12, 2016
  • By Mike Baxter
Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna right fielder Alicia McClelland can't catch up to a triple by Kenai Central's Darcy Blume in the bottom of the second inning Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai.

SoHi softball defeats Kenai, clinches berth to state

A long wait is over for the Soldotna softball team thanks, in part, to patience.The Stars clinched their first berth to the small-schools state softball… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna right fielder Alicia McClelland can't catch up to a triple by Kenai Central's Darcy Blume in the bottom of the second inning Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai.

Kenai baseball edges Houston

The Kenai Central baseball team held off Houston 8-7 on Wednesday at the Kenai Little League fields in Southcentral Conference action.The Kardinals moved to 4-4… Continue reading

  • May 12, 2016
  • By Staff Report

SoHi pitchers Spence, Daugherty combine to no-hit Homer

Soldotna pitchers Caleb Spence and Mathew Daugherty combined on a no-hitter Tuesday in a 1-0 Southcentral Conference victory over host Homer.“The two pitchers we pitched… Continue reading

  • May 10, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Malina Fellows slides under the tag of Soldotna third baseman Ember Lohrke on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the Soldotna Little League fields.

Homer’s bats come on to defeat SoHi in softball

The Homer softball team defeated Soldotna 15-4 in five innings Tuesday at the Soldotna Little League fields in a battle of Northern Lights Conference unbeatens.The… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Malina Fellows slides under the tag of Soldotna third baseman Ember Lohrke on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at the Soldotna Little League fields.

Homer soccer sweeps Nikiski

The visiting Homer soccer teams swept Nikiski on Tuesday.The Homer boys won 5-1, while the Mariners girls notched a 5-0 decision.The games also kept clarifying… Continue reading

  • May 10, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski goalie Brianna Vollertsen stretches for a save Monday at Nikiski High School in front of Kenai Central's Sam Morse and Nikiski's Avery Kornstad.

Kenai soccer sweeps Nikiski

Nikiski girls soccer coach Troy Zimmerman is trying to convince his team of just how much they have improved this season. The scores continue to… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski goalie Brianna Vollertsen stretches for a save Monday at Nikiski High School in front of Kenai Central's Sam Morse and Nikiski's Avery Kornstad.

Area lifters compete at state powerlifting event

Kenai Peninsula powerlifters went up to compete at the USA Powerlifting Alaska Championships on April 30 at Bartlett High School in Anchorage. The championships had… Continue reading

  • May 8, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Former Brown Bears assistant coach Murphy lands head coaching job at Buffalo State

Steve Murphy, an assistant coach for the Kenai River Brown Bears of the North American Hockey League in the 2013-14 season, has been named head… Continue reading

  • May 8, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Wasilla's Trout Millhouse (13) eyes a corner kick shot with Soldotna sophomore Eli Sheridan (31) Saturday afternoon at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna.

Soldotna weekend soccer roundup

A trio of second-half goals gave the Soldotna boys the win they deserved over Wasilla on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon at Justin Maile Field. Soldotna… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Wasilla's Trout Millhouse (13) eyes a corner kick shot with Soldotna sophomore Eli Sheridan (31) Saturday afternoon at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna.
Colony infielder Trace Severson tags Soldotna's ??? Quelland after the SoHi baserunner rounded second base during a victory over the Knights May 6, 2016, at the Palmer Senior Field in Palmer.

Weekend baseball roundup

The visiting Kenai Central baseball team defeated Colony 12-3 in nine innings Saturday in Southcentral Conference action for the first win over the Knights in… Continue reading

  • May 7, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Colony infielder Trace Severson tags Soldotna's ??? Quelland after the SoHi baserunner rounded second base during a victory over the Knights May 6, 2016, at the Palmer Senior Field in Palmer.