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Southcentral Conference roundup

Three Kenai Peninsula girls teams and two Peninsula boys teams picked up victories on the first day of the Southcentral Conference tournament in Cordova on… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2014
  • By Staff Report

NLC tournament roundup

PALMER — The Soldotna Stars and Palmer Moose entered the conference tournament with similar storylines. They were the four and five seeds, respectively, but both… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2014
  • By Jeremiah Bartz

Results of Day 1 of Peninsula Conference tourney

When March Madness rolls around, an upset is usually lurking somewhere, and Wednesday afternoon at Skyview High School, it was the sixth-seeded Seldovia girls toppling… Continue reading

Kenai, SoHi set for NLC tourney

Not surprisingly, the Soldotna girls basketball team would prefer not to use the Winning Percentage Index to get into the Class 4A state tournament.As the… Continue reading

Southcentral Conference hoops preview

The phrase that most basketball coaches love to hear — “Everyone starts at zero and zero” — will be the motivating force behind every prep… Continue reading

Tour of Anchorage ski results

A number of Peninsula skiers made the trip north to participate in the Tour of Anchorage on Sunday.Due to a lack of snow, the race… Continue reading

  • Mar 4, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Peninsula Conference hoops tourney preview: Tons of basketball on the horizon

For those area hoops fans despairing that both the Northern Lights Conference and Southcentral Conference tournaments are happening off the Peninsula this year, don’t despair.There… Continue reading

Wild complete 3-game sweep of Bears

The host Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild completed a three-game sweep of the Kenai River Brown Bears on Sunday with a 4-3 overtime win in front of… Continue reading

  • Mar 2, 2014
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Soldotna's Julie Litchfield shoots during their game against Kenai Saturday March 1, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

SoHi sweeps Kenai on senior night

The Soldotna girls hoops team got its senior night celebration off to a shaky start — with all five seniors on the team singing the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Soldotna's Julie Litchfield shoots during their game against Kenai Saturday March 1, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Nikiski girls, Skyview boys gather momentum in final game of regular season

Both the Nikiski girls and Skyview boys basketball teams will go into the Southcentral Conference tournament, starting Thursday in Cordova, on a roll. The Nikiski… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Skyview's Micah Hilbish goes in for a layup during their game against Homer Friday Feb. 28, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Skyview boys win school’s last home game; Homer girls top Skyview

Friday night, all that mattered to Skyview senior Jacob Carlson was getting his team a win on senior night. Carlson did much more than that,… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Skyview's Micah Hilbish goes in for a layup during their game against Homer Friday Feb. 28, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Weekend hoops roundup

The Homer girls basketball team completed a solid week with a 42-26 victory over host Seward on Saturday in Southcentral Conference play. For the week,… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Wild cruise past Brown Bears

In the midst of a playoff chase, the Kenai River Brown Bears lost their third straight game, falling 6-1 to the host Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Friday hoops: Nikiski, Seward split; Nikolaevsk sweeps Seldovia

Nikiski girls 43, Seward 25 The visiting Bulldogs’ defense locked down the Seahawks for a Southcentral Conference victory Friday. Nikiski led 9-2 after the first… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Wild take down Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost 4-2 to the host Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild on Thursday to fall four points behind in the playoff race.Wenatchee (26-20-6)… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2014
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Cook Inlet Academy's Riley Smithwick looks for an opening to pass during their game against Ninilchik Thursday Feb. 27, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

CIA netters sweep Ninilchik

Folks watching the boys hoops game between Peninsula Conference foes Cook Inlet Academy and Ninilchik might have suffered from double vision Thursday night. The number… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Cook Inlet Academy's Riley Smithwick looks for an opening to pass during their game against Ninilchik Thursday Feb. 27, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.
Members of the Sterling Judo Club at the 2014 Mat-Su Judo Invitational in Wasilla

Sterling Judo club finds success

The 2014 Mat-Su Judo Invitational, held Feb. 15 in Wasilla, featured a number of competitors from the Sterling Judo Club. Alaska’s second largest Judo tournament… Continue reading

  • Feb 26, 2014
  • By Staff Report
Members of the Sterling Judo Club at the 2014 Mat-Su Judo Invitational in Wasilla

Brown Bears continue to perservere in playoff chase

If the old maxim that everything evens out in life is true, the Kenai River Brown Bears must have had some awfully easy roads to… Continue reading

Local derby team rolls the competition

Local derby team rolls the competition

The Kenai Peninsula’s roller derby team, Far North Derby, travelled to Fairbanks to take on the Gold Diggers, part of the Fairbanks RollerGirls League Feb.… Continue reading

  • Feb 26, 2014
Local derby team rolls the competition

Skyview boys beat Seward in OT

Regulation was not enough in Tuesday night’s Southcentral Conference game between the Seward and Skyview boys, giving fans another four minutes of intense, high-energy action.… Continue reading