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Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna's Talon Musgrave tries to escape from Kenai Central's Keyshawn McEnerney on Thursday at Soldotna Prep. McEnerney won by major decision in the 160-pound match.

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Wrestling roundup: Soldotna beats Kenai; Homer tops Barrow

The Soldotna wrestling team defeated Kenai Central 48-18 on Thursday in a dual meet at Soldotna Prep. The…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River goaltender Bailey Seagraves prepares to make a glove save on Tyler Antonucci on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Goalie Seagraves finds his form with Brown Bears

Before the season, Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Jeff Worlton likened his team to the “Island of…

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Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Jets

The Kenai River Brown Bears continue a tough early season home slate when the North American Hockey League…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Homer's Tim Blakely and Soldotna's Braxton Urban try to corral the puck Friday in the Peninsula Ice Challenge at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Stars, Hawks pick up Friday wins at Ice Challenge

Soldotna coach Derek Urban said that, in a team huddle with the score tied 3-3 with Homer with…

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Southcentral Conference volleyball tournament preview: Grace, Nikiski, Seward are top 3 heading into play

The regular season in the Southcentral Conference did a clear job of establishing the top three teams in…

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SoHi, Kenai gear up for zany NLC volleyball tourney

If recent performance is any indication of future results, a zany Northern Lights Conference tournament could be on…

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Central middle blocker Cierra King (7) and Caleigh Jensen form a block from Soldotna Tuesday night at Kenai Central High School.

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Kenai volleyball topples SoHi

This is a night they can’t take away from the Kenai Central volleyball team. Home floor with rabid…

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Soldotna sweeps medium schools all-state Player of Year awards

The Soldotna football team is strongly represented on the Alaska Football Coaches Association Medium Schools All-State Team, released…

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Ninilchik forward Austin White (33) shoots amid a scrum of King Cove defenders in March 2015 at the Class 1A March Madness state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Arena in Anchorage.

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Ninilchik’s White commits to UAA

Ninilchik boys basketball coach Nick Finley still recalls the first day of practice he had with Austin White,…

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna outside hitter Ella Stenga bats the ball towards the Seward side Tuesday night at the Soldotna Prep gym.

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Soldotna volleyball sweeps Seward

It was fitting that Tuesday’s volleyball match between Soldotna and Seward was at Soldotna Prep, because both teams…

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Kenai tops Nikiski in Killing Cancer on the Kenai match

The Kenai Central volleyball program punctuated a successful Killing Cancer on the Kenai Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser on…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Samantha Kompkoff and Emily Koziczkowski combine for a stuff block against Wasilla in front of a charged-up student body Friday night at Kenai Central.

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Weekend volleyball roundup: Kenai earns weekend split

The upset-minded Kenai Central volleyball team had won the first set 25-15 and the Kardinals student body was…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion A Kenai Central athlete practices roller-skiing Sunday morning near the Hope Highway junction just off the Seward Highway.

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A little technique goes a long way: Liebner returns to give athletes skiing’s secrets

Andy Liebner, a 2001 graduate of Soldotna High School, has spent a sizable portion of his life scouring…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River forward Evan Butcher skates the puck up the ice against Johnstown (Pennsylvania) defenseman Adam Pilewicz on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Tomahawks pull off weekend sweep of Brown Bears

In the 2012-13 season, Nick Shackford was an assistant for the Kenai River Brown Bears and fans got…

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River defenseman Jordan Holmes (12) deflects the puck away from Johnstown forward Tiernan Seningen Wednesday night at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Brown Bears drop midweek contest to Tomahawks

From the 2005-06 to the 2011-12 seasons, the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Tomahawks organization was located in the Matanuska-Susitna valleys.…

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Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Tomahawks

Kenai River Brown Bears fans have seen both sides of going young. In the 2012-13 season, head coach…

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Oilers hire ABL, SDSU legend Dietz as new head coach

Imagine you were applying to be a chef at a restaurant and found out they chose Emeril Lagasse.…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai quarterback Chase Gillies scrambles under pressure from Soldotna's Jeremiah Lefao on Saturday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna.

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Soldotna football defeats Kenai

After his first game as a head coach against Soldotna — a 54-27 loss Saturday at Justin Maile…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion New Jersey Titans goaltender Brandon Bussi protects the net from Kenai River forward Chad Lopez on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Titans sweep Brown Bears on home-opening weekend

The Kenai River Brown Bears were swept by the New Jersey Titans in the Brown Bears’ North American…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Central junior Braden Olsen finishes seventh Saturday at the Region III meet at Tsalteshi Trails to qualify for Saturday's state meet.

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Kenai Peninsula runners chase titles at state

Kenai Peninsula runners will be a major part of the title chase in three of the four races…