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Wasilla girls defeat Kenai in NLC semis, will face Colony in final

The Warriors are back, and they're hunting another state crown. After failing to even make the state tournament last year after three straight years of… Continue reading

Colony boys march into NLC final with win over SoHi

It's become clear that there is no love lost between the Colony and Soldotna boys hoops teams, especially when the Knights have had the upper… Continue reading

Friday: Bobcats nip Brown Bears

Time is running out on the Kenai River Brown Bears. The combination of a 1-0 Bears’ loss at the Bismarck (North Dakota) Bobcats on Friday… Continue reading

  • Mar 6, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Southcentral tourney: Cordova girls upset Grace on Day 1

The Southcentral Conference tourney in Homer promised some big upsets. It delivered Thursday. The seventh-seeded Cordova girls knocked off second-seeded Grace Christian 44-43 on Thursday.… Continue reading

  • Mar 6, 2015
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Kenai Central High School's audience quietly cheer for a Kenai player during a foul shot at the Northern Light's Basketbal Tournament  on Thursday March 5, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.

SoHi, Kenai split opening day at NLC tourney

Whether it was the hot air inside the gym at Kenai Central High School, or the rabid Kardinals defense, something was stifling the Soldotna girls… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Kenai Central High School's audience quietly cheer for a Kenai player during a foul shot at the Northern Light's Basketbal Tournament  on Thursday March 5, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.

NLC tourney preview: Kenai, SoHi meet again

In the span of an entire high school basketball season, individual plays hardly have an impact on end-of-season results. But in the case of Soldotna… Continue reading

Peninsula teams fare well on 1st day of Peninsula Conference tourney

The Seldovia boys had no trouble Wednesday getting a jump on their defense of the Peninsula Conference tournament title. The Sea Otters handled host Lumen… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Southcentral Conference tourney preview: Parity reigns

The top-seeded Grace Christian boys have lost twice in Southcentral Conference play — once to No. 2 seed Anchorage Christian Schools and once to No.… Continue reading

Hutchison, Ostrander set to be honored by Alaska Hall of Fame

Peninsula athletes Michaela Hutchison and Allie Ostrander will be honored at the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight at the Anchorage Museum auditorium.The… Continue reading

Race is on for state berths out of Peninsula Conference

The teams may be smaller in terms of roster and player size, but at the Class 1A level of high school basketball, the action is… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Cipriana Castellano on Tuesday March 3, 2015 at the Fitness Place in Soldotna, Alaska.

Kenai Central’s Castellano attempts to set world powerlifting records

The Alaska high school of less than 600 students that already houses a Nike Cross Nationals champion could also be home to a powerlifter with… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Cipriana Castellano on Tuesday March 3, 2015 at the Fitness Place in Soldotna, Alaska.

Soldotna’s Duwe nets 2 goals for UAA in Friday loss

Sophomore Brad Duwe, a former player for Soldotna High School and the Kenai River Brown Bears, had a pair of goals in host University of… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2015
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna's Skylar Shaw tries to get around a Kenai defender during their game on Saturday Feb. 28, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. Soldotna won the game 40-35.

SoHi notches sweep of Kenai in season finales

The last time the Kenai and Soldotna boys met on the basketball court, the Stars had to dish out everything they had just to stem… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna's Skylar Shaw tries to get around a Kenai defender during their game on Saturday Feb. 28, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. Soldotna won the game 40-35.

Weekend hoops roundup

The visiting Grace Christian boys basketball team defeated Seward 55-47 on Saturday in Southcentral Conference action. The Grizzlies finish 10-2 in the league and earn… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Ice Miners sweep Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears continue to find ways to lose while playing pretty solid hockey games. Friday, a goalie miscue led to a 1-0… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Scott Davis claims 2nd in Iron Dog

Scott Faeo and Eric Quam cruised their Polaris snowmachines side-by-side across the Iron Dog finish line in Fairbanks on Saturday afternoon, enduring a brutal course… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2015
  • By Jeff Richardson
Nikiski gives Romans a warm welcome, then defeats him

Nikiski gives Romans a warm welcome, then defeats him

Six years after he ended a 20-season run with the Bulldogs that included 12 Southcentral Conference basketball crowns and eight Class 3A state basketball championships,… Continue reading

Nikiski gives Romans a warm welcome, then defeats him
Paul McCarthy/UAF Kaillee Skjold drives the lane in a game against Western Washington.

SoHi alumni further talents on college hardwood

Soldotna High School is an institution of less than 800 students with a basketball program that won a single state championship in the 1990s. Go… Continue reading

Paul McCarthy/UAF Kaillee Skjold drives the lane in a game against Western Washington.
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.

CIA, Nikolaevsk split in hoops action

The Nikolaevsk girls may have let a golden opportunity slip through their fingers at last year’s state tournament, but the Warriors look to be back… 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.

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Miners

The Kenai River Brown Bears face the Keystone Ice Miners tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in a two-game… Continue reading