Sports

Ostrander nabs West Region Women’s Track Athlete of Year

Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander was named the West Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year on Friday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Ninilchik, Seldovia boys to meet for title

The Ninilchik boys put away Wasilla Lake Christian 53-43 Thursday night at the Peninsula Conference basketball tournament at Homer High School to advance to the… Continue reading

  • Mar 4, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Oilers Corner: Oilers sign players from Louisiana Tech

The Oilers are pleased to announce signing of a trio of juniors from Louisiana Tech University, a Division I school located in Ruston, Louisiana, and… Continue reading

  • Mar 3, 2016
  • By Mike Baxter

Team Alaska athletes announced for Arctic Winter Games

Team Alaska has announced the athletes that will travel to compete in Nuuk, Greenland, from March 6 to March 11.A list of athletes from the… Continue reading

  • Mar 3, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Wednesday Peninsula Conference tourney hoops roundup

The Ninilchik boys opened their venture into the Peninsula Conference tournament as the No. 1 seed with a resounding 65-22 victory over Nanwalek Wednesday night… Continue reading

  • Mar 3, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Peninsula Conference bringing tons of depth to small schools level

When the Peninsula Conference Tournament wraps up early Saturday evening at Homer High School, one of the top three Class 1A boys teams in the… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears forward Joey Sardina attacks behind the janesville (Wisconsin) Jets' net against defenseman Pat Gazzillo on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Jets extend Bears’ winless streak to 12 games

The Kenai River Brown Bears saw their winless streak stretch to 12 games with Friday and Saturday losses to the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets at the… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears forward Joey Sardina attacks behind the janesville (Wisconsin) Jets' net against defenseman Pat Gazzillo on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion (From left to right) Soldotna forward Derek Evans, Palmer forward Michael Kluting and Soldotna guard Eli Sheridan jostle for the ball Friday at Soldotna High School.

Palmer basketball sweeps SoHi

The Soldotna boys basketball team found trouble Friday in the form of the Palmer Moose, which stomped the Stars in a 58-39 Northern Lights Conference… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion (From left to right) Soldotna forward Derek Evans, Palmer forward Michael Kluting and Soldotna guard Eli Sheridan jostle for the ball Friday at Soldotna High School.

Weekend hoops roundup

The Palmer girls basketball team gradually pulled away from host Kenai Central for a Northern Lights Conference victory Saturday. The Kardinals led 6-5 after the… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Caitlin Skvorc/Frontiersman.com Kenai Central's Addison Gibson waits to start the 7.5-kilomter classic race Friday at the State Nordic Ski Championships at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. Gibson would finish 21st.

Pothast, Boonstra lead peninsula at state skiing

With snow rapidly melting across Southcentral Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula’s cross-country skiing teams put another season in the books Saturday at the Alaska State Nordic… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Caitlin Skvorc/Frontiersman.com Kenai Central's Addison Gibson waits to start the 7.5-kilomter classic race Friday at the State Nordic Ski Championships at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. Gibson would finish 21st.

Kasilof’s VanMeter takes 6th in Iron Dog

Tyler Aklestad of Palmer and Tyson Johnson of Eagle River won the Iron Dog on Saturday in Fairbanks.Riding Ski-Doos, the pair finished at 12:19 p.m.,… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna guard Kendra Brush shoots against Nikiski defender Hallie Riddall (10) Thursday at Nikiski High School.

SoHi cagers sweep Nikiski in close games

A late surge propelled the Soldotna boys to a 75-66 nonconference victory over Nikiski on Thursday night at Nikiski High School, and the timing couldn’t… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna guard Kendra Brush shoots against Nikiski defender Hallie Riddall (10) Thursday at Nikiski High School.

Ostrander wins gold with Boise State relay team

Boise State freshman Allie Ostrander captured the gold medal, along with three of her teammates, in the women’s distance medley relay Thursday at the Mountain… Continue reading

  • Feb 26, 2016

Oilers Corner: Oilers sign Cal Baptist pair

The Oilers have recently signed a pair of players from Cal Baptist University. Outfielder Brian Ruhm, a redshirt junior from Yucaipa, California, who was a… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2016
  • By Mike Baxter

VanMeter, Gueco sit in 10th in Iron Dog

Kasilof’s Dusty VanMeter and Wasilla’s Chad Gueco sat in 10th place as the Iron Dog leaders took a 10-hour layover in Kaltag on Thursday night.Leaders… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2016
  • By Staff Report

SoHi’s Pothasts lead peninsula at state skiing

Soldotna’s John-Mark and Hannah Pothast led the Kenai Peninsula at the first day of the three-day State Nordic Ski Championships at Kincaid Park in Anchorage.In… Continue reading

  • Feb 26, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Jets

The Kenai River Brown Bears will take on the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets today and Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex at 7:30 p.m.The Bears… Continue reading

  • Feb 26, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna guard Caleb Spence splits a few Colony defenders for a layup Saturday at Soldotna High School. The Stars beat the Knights 63-49.

Soldotna hoops splits with Colony, swept by Wasilla

Tied at 29 apiece at halftime, the Soldotna boys knew a spectacular second half would be needed to beat a team that has gotten the… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna guard Caleb Spence splits a few Colony defenders for a layup Saturday at Soldotna High School. The Stars beat the Knights 63-49.

Local racers compete in Susitna 100, Little Su 50 endurance races

Former Soldotna runner Aurora Agee finished sixth out of seven racers in the ultra-marathon Susitna 100. Agee finished Feb. 13 in a time of 19… Continue reading

  • Feb 24, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Skiers head to state with high hopes

Warm temperatures, brown grass, puddles of water, ungodly sticky Klister, patches of bare dirt.That is the picture that has been painted over and over again… Continue reading