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Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Nikolaevsk Warrior Kilina Klaich reacts with Megan Hickman after their win against the Cook Inlet Academy Eagles Friday March 7, 2014 at Skyview High School in Soldotna, Alaska.  The Warriors will advance to the small school state championship as the result of the game.

Nikolaevsk girls beat CIA, moving on to 1A state tournament

The championship-winning teams from the Peninsula Conference tournament at Skyview High School got a chance to celebrate Saturday by cutting down the nets on the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Nikolaevsk Warrior Kilina Klaich reacts with Megan Hickman after their win against the Cook Inlet Academy Eagles Friday March 7, 2014 at Skyview High School in Soldotna, Alaska.  The Warriors will advance to the small school state championship as the result of the game.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Seldovia Sea Otter Calem Collier watches as Nikolaevsk Warrior Jaruby Nelson shoots during their game Friday March 7, 2014 at Skyview High School in Soldotna, Alaska.

Seldovia, Nikolaevsk boys break state droughts in Peninsula Conference tourney

The last time the Nikolaevsk boys hoops team qualified for the state tournament, coach Steve Klaich missed the game that put them in. At least… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Seldovia Sea Otter Calem Collier watches as Nikolaevsk Warrior Jaruby Nelson shoots during their game Friday March 7, 2014 at Skyview High School in Soldotna, Alaska.

Brown Bears sweep IceRays

The Kenai River Brown Bears snapped a four-game losing streak with a two-game sweep of the host Corpus Christi (Texas) IceRays on Friday and Saturday.… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Area skiers compete at Junior Nationals

Peninsula skiers Sadie Fox and Hannah Pothast of Soldotna and Travis Cooper of Kenai Central competed in the 2014 USSA Cross Country Junior Championships this… Continue reading

  • Mar 8, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Friday at the Southcentral Conference tournament

The Nikiski girls basketball team used a monster fourth quarter to clinch its first Class 3A state tournament berth since 2009 on Friday at the… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Colony sweeps Soldotna at NLC tourney

PALMER — Sometimes to win big games, it takes a different player to hit the big shots. Eric Nygard was that player Friday night. The… Continue reading

  • Mar 8, 2014
  • By By JEREMIAH BARTZ

Kardinals close with pair of losses to Palmer

PALMER — Any hope of a trip to the state tournament for the Palmer Moose disappeared with a tough loss to Soldotna during the first… Continue reading

  • Mar 8, 2014
  • By Jeremiah Bartz
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Nikolaevsk's Sophia Kalugin shoots during their game against Ninilchik for the Peninsula Conference Tournament Thursday March 6, 2014 at Skyview High School in Soldotna, Alaska.

CIA, Nikolaevsk girls get Peninsula Conference tourney rematch

The reigning Peninsula Conference champions Nikolaevsk girls earned a spot in today’s tournament championship game with a dominating 59-14 win over Ninilchik on Thursday at… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Nikolaevsk's Sophia Kalugin shoots during their game against Ninilchik for the Peninsula Conference Tournament Thursday March 6, 2014 at Skyview High School in Soldotna, Alaska.

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