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Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Central High School's Ian Mercado controls the puck after a scuffle by the goal in the game against Chugiak High School Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

Weekend prep hockey roundup

The Chugiak hockey squad received some good vibes Friday night at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, shutting out Kenai Central in an 8-0 nonconference win.… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Central High School's Ian Mercado controls the puck after a scuffle by the goal in the game against Chugiak High School Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

Weekend hoops roundup

The Lathrop boys basketball team won the seventh-place game Saturday at the Alaska Prep Shootout at Dimond High School in Anchorage by a 56-50 score… Continue reading

  • Jan 11, 2015
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Brandon Beachy grabs a rebound during their game against Nikiski on Saturday Jan. 10,  2015 at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska.

Homer sweeps Nikiski in hoops action

The Nikiski boys had trouble containing the Homer offense Saturday at Nikiski. More specifically, the Bulldogs had trouble containing Homer senior Sheldon Hutt.Hutt propelled the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Brandon Beachy grabs a rebound during their game against Nikiski on Saturday Jan. 10,  2015 at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska.

Brown Bears finish road trip

The long dry spell that the Kenai River Brown Bears currently find themselves in continued Saturday night with a 5-0 loss at the hands of… Continue reading

  • Jan 11, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Soldotna wrestlers take 2nd at Colony Invitational

The Soldotna wrestling team finished second at the seven-team Colony Invitational on Saturday.Colony won the tournament with 260 points, while Soldotna scored 152 to finish… Continue reading

  • Jan 10, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Ice Dogs hand Bears their 11th-straight loss

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost their 11th-straight game, falling 6-1 to the host Fairbanks Ice Dogs in front of 2,242 fans Friday in North… Continue reading

  • Jan 10, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Friday hoops roundup

The Ketchikan girls basketball team used a solid second-half defensive effort to stop Soldotna 41-31 on Friday at the Mt. McKinley Holiday Classic at Monroe… Continue reading

  • Jan 10, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Pigskin Pick ‘Em: Expect playoff drama to pick up

With the exception of the Lions-Cowboys game, Wild Card Weekend was anything but wild. A Pittsburgh Steelers team looked lost without star running back LeVeon… Continue reading

  • Jan 8, 2015
  • By Nolan Rose

Soldotna, Kenai lose on 1st day of tourneys

The Soldotna girls and boys basketball teams opened a round-robin tournament at Monroe Catholic in Fairbanks with losses on Thursday.The Colony girls topped the Stars… Continue reading

  • Jan 9, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Late goal gives Kenai win over SoHi

After taking a 6-1 beating the last time they played Soldotna, the Kenai Kardinals hockey squad was looking for something different Thursday night. They figured… Continue reading

Brown Bears look to finish road trip on high note in Fairbanks

The Kenai River Brown Bears aren’t done with their road trip yet, but at least they’re back practicing on home ice.Head coach Geoff Beauparlant said… Continue reading

Ninilchik cagers sweep Nikiski JV

The Ninilchik basketball program opened its season with a sweep of the Nikiski JV teams. The Ninilchik girls edged the Bulldogs 42-37, and the Ninilchik… Continue reading

  • Jan 6, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Brown Bears run losing skid to 10 games

Call it the dog days of winter. The Bears are stuck in hibernation. The Kenai River Brown Bears lost 5-2 Saturday night to the Johnstown… Continue reading

  • Jan 4, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Kenai girls lose close pair of hoops games

The Kenai Central girls hoops team could not quite catch a break this weekend, dropping a pair of close losses to Northern Lights Conference opponent… Continue reading

  • Jan 4, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Brown Bears lose 9th straight

Trying desperately just to earn points, the Kenai River Brown Bears found trouble Friday night in the form of Casey Linkenwald and Trevor Recktenwald. The… Continue reading

  • Jan 3, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Pigskin Pick’em: PLAYOFFS???

For all the parity Darth Goodell and NFL likes to claim, we are exactly where we thought we would be at the end of the… Continue reading

  • Jan 2, 2015
  • By Nolan Rose

Trust is hard to come by for wild-card teams

The main question for the NFL’s weekend of wild-card games is who will advance, of course. The next big query: Who do you trust?Dallas? Not… Continue reading

  • Jan 1, 2015
  • By BARRY WILNER

Brown Bears lose in shootout

After tying the game in the third period, the Kenai River Brown Bears lost a North American Hockey League game to the Keystone Ice Miners… Continue reading

  • Jan 1, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Brown Bears drop game to Ice Miners

The Kenai River Brown Bears junior hockey team lost 5-2 to the Keystone Ice Miners Tuesday at the Ice Mine in Connellsville, Pennsylvania in North… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Reclassification to change Alaska prep football landscape in 2015

The Alaska high school football landscape will sport a slightly different look next fall with a change in school population benchmarks.A recent reclassification was instituted… Continue reading