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A busy weekend for ski competition on Kenai Peninsula

This weekend will offer a full slate of cross-country skiing competition on the central Kenai Peninsula. The action…

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Thursday basketball roundup: Soldotna tops Juneau

The Soldotna boys basketball team opened up play at the Palmer Elks Tournament on Thursday by topping Juneau-Douglas…

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Saturday hoops roundup

The Soldotna boys wrapped up a 1-2 weekend at the Joe T. Classic tournament in Fairbank with a…

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Rebels take 2 from Brown Bears

The host Aston (Pennsylvania) Rebels swept the Kenai River Brown Bears on Friday and Saturday in North American…

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Friday’s prep hoops roundup

The Kenai Central boys basketball team lost 44-33 to Dimond on Friday in the semifinals of the Alaska…

Soldotna forward Galen Brantley III fires a shot wide on Palmer goalie Cody Grogan on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Weekend hockey roundup: Kenai, SoHi get wins over Palmer

The Soldotna hockey team focused on the penalty kill in practice this week. The Stars also had a…

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Basketball roundup

Staff report The Kenai Central boys basketball team opened the Alaska Prep Shootout at Dimond High School on…

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion First-year Cook Inlet Academy boys head coach Ryan McMilin keeps a close eye on the action, Dec. 15, at the CIA Classic Tournament in Soldotna.

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Peninsula Conference basketball preview: Chasing the Ninilchik boys

The task before the Peninsula Conference, and all of Class 1A boys basketball for that matter, was neatly…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna's Sam McElroy goes up for a shot against Ninilchik's Austin White on Friday at Soldotna High School.

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Dimond boys knock off Ninilchik for Tip-Off crown

When Ninilchik coach Nick Finley loaded his schedule with teams from bigger schools, this is what he had…

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Variety is the spice of “Fight Before Christmas”

Variety is about to become the spice of the Kenai Peninsula fight scene. Mat Plant of Power Plant…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna's Brenner Furlong squeezes past West's Will Troxel into the end zone for a third-quarter touchdown Friday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna. The Stars won 49-30.

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SoHi’s Furlong earns Gatorade Player of Year for Alaska in football

Since the first week of the 2012 season, the Soldotna football program has won everything there is to…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion The Brown Bears mob goalie Robbie Goor after a 5-2 victory over the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Brown Bears take Friday, Saturday contests from Ice Dogs

Breakthroughs often don’t come subtly. The Kenai River Brown Bears beat the rival Fairbanks Ice Dogs 5-2 on…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Christopher Lipe, Luke Radetic, Lucas Carroll and Jonathan Marzec celebrate Radetic's goal in the second period Friday at the Soldotna Regiona Sports Complex.

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Radetic restarts career with Brown Bears

Luke Radetic thought his hockey career might be over. Radetic grew up getting coached by one of the…

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Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Dogs

Both the Kenai River Brown Bears and the Fairbanks Ice Dogs will look to snap lengthy losing streaks…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski's Ethan Hack prepares to pin Soldotna's Eli Floyd in an exhibtion match at 220 pounds Wednesday at Soldotna Prep.

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Soldotna topples Nikiski in pre-Thanksgiving dual meet

Most say they’ll work off their Thanksgiving dinner. Wrestlers actually have to do it. The Soldotna wrestling team…

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Springfield Jr. Blues defenseman Jack Nickels battles for the puck with Kenai River Brown Bears forward Ethan Stewart Friday night at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Jr. Blues sweep Brown Bears

The Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues held on for a gritty 3-2 victory over the Kenai River Brown Bears…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River forward Jonathan Marzec looks for a hole in the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets defense Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Forward Marzec brings energy, passion to Brown Bears

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Jonathan Marzec is 5-foot-7. He got his start skating on ponds. He’s played…

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Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Blues

The Kenai River Brown Bears hope to solve their five-on-five problem when they face the Springfield (Illinois) Jr.…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Kyle Wells reacts after hyperextending his wrist while wrestling Colony's Chayse Eby on Saturday in the championship dual at the Peninsula Duals at Nikiski High School. Wells fought through the injury to score a 7-6 victory.

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Homer wins Peninsula Duals

The brain will overcome pain if the “Why?” is strong enough. That “Why?” is pretty strong for the…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River's Alex Dingeldein gets taken into the boards by Jack Gates of the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Jets score weekend sweep of Brown Bears

The Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets swept the Kenai River Brown Bears on Friday and Saturday in North American Hockey…