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Nevada's Claire Nelson, 22, and Anchorage's Taylor Deal, 31, approach the mountain during the women's race at the Mount Marathon Race on July 4, 2025, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Central graduate Deal captures Lost Lake Run

Taylor Deal, a 2012 graduate of Kenai Central now living in Anchorage, won the Lost Lake Run just…

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Nine-man football: Seward wins, Nikiski loses

The visiting Nikiski nine-man football team lost 50-6 to the Interior Grappling Academy on Saturday in nonconference action…

Service's Talia Smith leads the girls varsity pack near the start of the Ted McKenney XC Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Defending state champs Giacobbe, Staples win at McKenney Invite

Last season as sophomores, Wasilla’s Hailee Giacobbe and East’s Katahdin Staples provided landmark victories for their programs at…

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Redington football defeats Kenai

The visiting Kenai Central football team lost 50-14 in nonconference action to Redington on Friday.

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Kenai volleyball opens conference action by sweeping Seward

The host Kenai Central volleyball team defeated Seward 3-0 on Friday in Southcentral Conference action.

Soldotna's Matthew Schilling celebrates his touchdown with Logan Myers on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, at Justin Maile Field at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna keeps rolling against Chugiak

The Soldotna football team defeated Chugiak 64-7 in Railbelt Conference play Friday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna.

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Results posted for Circle Track Division event at Twin City Raceway

The Twin City Raceway - Circle Track Division held Corporate Sponsor Day racing Saturday, Aug. 16.

Seward's Olive Jordan runs to victory in the freshmen-sophomore girls race at the Kenai/Nikiski Class Races on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Prep cross-country season opens with brutal test in Nikiski

The course at Nikiski Middle-High School is as tough as ever, but so are the Kenai Peninsula’s cross-country…

Seward's Lane Petersen and Emerson Cross celebrate a touchdown Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cross stars as Seward football defeats Nikiski

The Seward nine-man football team opened its season with a 54-12 victory over Nikiski on Saturday at Nikiski…

Soldotna's Koda Lepule celebrates a fumble recovery with Matthew Innes and Liam Peck on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Justin Maile Field at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna football opens by topping Palmer

The Soldotna football team opened the season with a 78-41 Railbelt Conference victory over Palmer on Friday at…

Homer's Justus Grimes shifts past a pair of Houston Hawks en route to a kickoff return for a touchdown of more than 80 yards during the second half of a 64-8 win over the Hawks on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Houston High School in Houston, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Homer football rolls past Houston

The visiting Homer football team opened its season with a 64-8 victory over Houston on Friday in nonconference…

Soldotna celebrates with the trophy Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, at the First National Bowl Division II title game at Pride Field at Colony High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Once again, Kenai Peninsula schools have 3 state titles to defend

The Kenai Peninsula will once again have three state titles to defend when the prep football season kicks…

Soldotna's Elijah Jedlicki won the 1,600-meter run, with Homer's Johannes Bynagle finishing second, Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Kenai Invitational at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jedlicki, Neuendorf capture final Salmon Run Series race of season

Elijah Jedlicki and Rachel Neuendorf won the fifth and final Salmon Run Series race of the season Wednesday,…

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Aldridge takes overall win at 5th Soldotna Cycle Series race of season

Morgan Aldridge took the overall win at the fifth race of the Soldotna Cycle Series on Thursday, Aug.…

Runners take off from the start of the 36th annual Violence Free Community Run on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Participation at Violence Free Community Run jumps to 73

The 36th annual Violence Free Community Run jumped to 73 participants Saturday in Kenai.

Kenai River's Luke Hause moves with the puck during a hockey game at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Former Brown Bears player Hause commits to DI Long Island University

Luke Hause, a former defenseman for the Kenai River Brown Bears, announced his commitment this week to Division…

Seward's Chaz DiMarzio dismounts his bike after winning the Soggy Bottom 100 on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Hope, Alaska. (Photo provided)

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Seward’s DiMarzio wins Soggy Bottom 100 for 4th time

Mountain biker overcomes constant rain, broken handlebar

Allie Ostrander is presented her award by Stacia Rustad at the Alaska High School Hall of Fame's Class of 2023 induction ceremony on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at The Lakefront Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. (Screenshot)

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Ostrander scratches from steeplechase final at US Nationals

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central now a pro runner living in Boulder, Colorado, withdrew from…

Soldotna's Ollie Dahl leads Seward's Ridge Conant at the start of the freshmen-sophomore boys race Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, at the Peninsula Class Races at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dahl captures Salmon Run Series 4

Ollie Dahl won the fourth race of the Salmon Run Series on Wednesday, July 30, at Tsalteshi Trails…

Morgan Aldridge leads riders down a hill at the start of Week 3 of the Soldotna Cycle Series on Thursday, July 18, 2019, at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Aldridge rolls to victory in 4th race of Soldotna Cycle Series

Morgan Aldridge took the women’s and the overall win Thursday, July 31, in the fourth race of the…