Sports

Class 3A girls preview: Nikiski, Homer eye title

As they head off to the season-ending state hoops tournament for a second straight year, the Nikiski girls are hoping to cap an unexpectedly successful… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Anderson, CIA’s Leaf earn Coach of Year honors in all-state voting

Nikiski girls coach Scott Anderson and Cook Inlet Academy girls coach Kenny Leaf earned Coach of the Year honors in Alaska Roof Coatings/Alaska Association of… Continue reading

  • Mar 15, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Nikiski’s Pitt invited to play volleyball Down Under

Nikiski High School’s Ayla Pitt has been invited to the Down Under Sports Tournaments this summer in Australia.Down Under Sports, founded in February 1989 by… Continue reading

  • Mar 14, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Peninsula skiers wrap up competition at Junior Nationals

Four Kenai Peninsula skiers wrapped up competition with the nation’s top Under-20 skiers at Junior Nationals in Truckee, California, with races on Friday and Saturday.Friday,… Continue reading

  • Mar 14, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Friday: Gibson leads area skiers at Junior Nationals

Kenai Central freshman Addison Gibson paced Kenai Peninsula skiers in the third race of Junior Nationals, being held this winter in Truckee, California.The nation's top… Continue reading

  • Mar 13, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Friday: Minotauros nip Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears may be out of the playoff chase, but not much changed with the team Friday in Minot, North Dakota.Kenai River… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Cook Inlet Academy Eagle Ashleigh Hammond avoids a steal from Nikolaevsk Warrior Megan Hickman, Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna.

State preview: CIA girls getting healthy at right time

Cook Inlet Academy girls coach Kenny Leaf doesn’t know much about Wainwright, the Eagles’ opponent at 9:40 a.m. Saturday in the Class 1A state tournament… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Cook Inlet Academy Eagle Ashleigh Hammond avoids a steal from Nikolaevsk Warrior Megan Hickman, Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Nikolaevsk Warrior Nadejda Gordeev dribbles the ball around Cook Inlet Academy Eagle Danielle Hills Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna.

State preview: Nikolaevsk girls, boys meet goal of returning to Alaska Airlines Center

Even though this is the first year the Class 1A state basketball tournament will be held at the Alaska Airlines Center, the Nikolaevsk girls and… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Nikolaevsk Warrior Nadejda Gordeev dribbles the ball around Cook Inlet Academy Eagle Danielle Hills Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna.

State preview: Last chance for Seldovia Six

A core group of six players from Seldovia has been through nearly everything since they started playing together in the sixth grade in the tiny… Continue reading

SoHi graduate Blackburn takes step forward in her Olympic dream

Soldotna’s Paige Blackburn is not giving up on her dreams of becoming an Olympian, and neither is the Air Force Academy.The 2012 Air Force graduate… Continue reading

Day 2 of Junior Nationals

Day two of Junior Nationals in Truckee, California, kicked off Wednesday with freestyle interval start ski races.In the men’s Under-20 10-kilometer race, Kenai Central senior… Continue reading

  • Mar 11, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Kenai’s Danielson leads area skiers on 1st day of Junior Nationals

Kenai Central freshman Karl Danielson led area skiers by advancing to the B Final in the first day of Junior Nationals in Truckee, California.The competition,… Continue reading

  • Mar 9, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Saturday Peninsula Conference roundup: CIA girls, Nikolaevsk boys make state

The Cook Inlet Academy girls and the Nikolaevsk boys won Peninsula Conference second-place games Saturday at Lumen Christi in Anchorage to earn berths to the… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2015
  • By Staff Report

State matchups announced for Kenai Peninsula teams

The 2015 Alaska School Activities Association March Madness Alaska brackets were announced late Sunday night, giving six Kenai Peninsula squads their marching orders. Both the… Continue reading

  • Mar 8, 2015
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Peninsula Conference Friday roundup: Seldovia boys, Nikolaevsk girls defend titles

The Nikolaevsk girls and Seldovia boys defended their Peninsula Conference titles Friday at Lumen Christi in Anchorage.The Warriors and Sea Otters were both perfect in… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2015
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Saturday Southcentral roundup: Homer girls clash with Nikiski for title

The Homer girls continued their mastery of Nikiski, topping the Bulldogs 44-41 for the Southcentral Conference title Saturday in Homer. It was a year of… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Saturday: Late heroics lift Kenai girls to 3rd place in NLC tourney

The blossoming distance-running phenom from Alaska that finally burst onto the national scene over the past year proved to the crowd Saturday at Cliff Massie… Continue reading

Friday Southcentral roundup: Homer, Nikiski girls lock up state berths, make championship

The Nikiski girls clinched a second-straight berth to the Class 3A state basketball tournament with a 29-26 victory over Seward on Friday in the semifinals… Continue reading

  • Mar 6, 2015
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Loss eliminates Brown Bears from postseason contention

The Kenai River Brown Bears were eliminated from the playoff chase with a 5-2 loss to the host Bismarck (North Dakota) Bobcats on Saturday.The loss… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Kenai Central’s Castellano sets world powerlifting records

After her performance at the Arnold USA Powerlifting Championships on Friday in Columbus, Ohio, people were telling Kenai Central junior that she is the strongest… Continue reading