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Cook Inlet Academy junior Clara Warren drives against Fort Yukon sophomore Karli Thomas during their opening game at the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 1A/2A State Basketball Championships on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Wednesday Class 1A state: CIA boys win, CIA girls lose in 1st round

The Cook Inlet Academy boys won, while the CIA girls lost, Wednesday in the opening round of the…

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Peninsula squads get state basketball bracket assignments

The seven basketball teams from the Kenai Peninsula that qualified for state learned their bracket assignments Sunday.

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Saturday hoops: Northern Lights, Southern conference tourneys wrap up

The Soldotna boys finished with a win, while the Soldotna girls finished with two losses, Saturday at the…

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Jr. Blues take Friday, Saturday games from Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost to the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues on Friday and Saturday at the…

The Kenai Central girls celebrate earning a Class 3A state berth Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Peninsula Conference tournament at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Friday Peninsula Conference: Kenai girls, boys earn state berths

The Kenai Central girls and boys basketball teams defeated Nikiski on Friday at the Peninsula Conference tournament to…

Kenai Central celebrates winning the championship Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the Peninsula Conference tournament at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Grace girls, Kenai boys capture Peninsula Conference crowns

The Kenai Central boys and Grace Christian girls won Peninsula Conference titles Saturday at Nikiski Middle-High School.

Riley Mullen (9) of the Kenai River Brown Bears is congratulated on his goal Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Thursday: Brown Bears start 3-game series by topping Jr. Blues

The Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues 7-4 on Thursday in North American Hockey…

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Thursday hoops: Results from Northern Lights, Southern conference tourneys

The Soldotna girls won and the Soldotna boys lost Thursday at the first day of the Northern Lights…

Soldotna's Cassidy Kruse looks to pass across the zone during a loss to Wasilla in the Northern Lights Conference girls semifinals Friday, March 7, 2025, at Grace Christian School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Friday hoops: Seward sweeps Southern Conference titles

The Seward girls and boys basketball teams swept the Southern Conference tournament crowns Friday at Lumen Christi in…

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Peninsula Wild Volleyball Club holds local tournament

The Peninsula Wild Volleyball Club held tournaments this weekend at Skyview Middle School and the Soldotna Prep building.

Homer senior Gracie Miotke (seated) committed to run track and field at the University of Alaska Anchorage on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. Behind Miotke are Homer head coach Bob Ostrom, mother, Amanda Miotke, and father, Dan Miotke. (Photo provided)

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Homer’s Miotke commits to run track at UAA

Homer senior Gracie Miotke committed to run track and field at the University of Alaska Anchorage in a…

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Wednesday hoops: Ninilchik girls open Southern Conference tourney with loss

The No. 5-seeded Ninilchik girls basketball team opened the Southern Conference Tournament with a 49-8 loss to No.…

Soldotna's Simon Willets and Nikiski's Jakeup Martin battle for the ball Monday, May 9, 2022, at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Willets to play soccer for St. John’s

Soldotna senior Simon Willets recently committed to play soccer for St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota.

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Peninsula hoops teams to chase state berths at conference tourneys

With the Cook Inlet Academy girls and boys basketball teams already having punched their tickets to the Class…

Dylan Dahlgren, Galen Brantley III and Adarra Hagelund at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Brookings, South Dakota. (Photo provided)

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SoHi grads compete at NAIA Nationals in indoor track

Three graduates of Soldotna High School competed for Dickinson State from Feb. 27 to March 1 in the…

Cook Inlet Academy head coach Josh Hawley celebrates with his team Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the Peninsula Conference tournament at Cook Inlet Academy just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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CIA girls, boys top Nanwalek to rule Peninsula Conference

The Cook Inlet Academy girls and boys basketball teams swept the Peninsula Conference titles from Nanwalek on Saturday…

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CIA, Nanwalek girls, boys to meet for championships of Peninsula Conference

The Cook Inlet Academy and Nanwalek girls and boys basketball teams will meet for the championship of the…

Nikiski's Ethan Ellis and Houston's Ethan Slaton battle for the ball Friday, February 28, 2025, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Friday hoops roundup: Nikiski girls, Houston boys notch victories

The Nikiski girls and Houston boys notched nonconference victories Friday at Nikiski Middle-High School as the Bulldogs celebrated…

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Saturday hoops: Lumen’s victory over Seward boys puts Southern Conference even more up for grabs

The host Lumen Christi boys defeated Seward 49-42 on Saturday to throw even more intrigue into an already…

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CIA, Birchwood girls, boys to meet in Peninsula Conference semifinal

Cook Inlet Academy and Birchwood Christian are in the semifinal in both the girls and boys brackets after…