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Kenai Central’s Alyssa Stanton watches a high pitch fly over her head against Palmer, Friday at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Friday: Palmer beats Kenai in sloppy game

The Kenai Central softball team can look back on Friday’s nonconference loss against Palmer and pick out several…

Nikiski junior Isaac Averill races to a victory in the boys 100-meter sprint alongside Teddy Croft of Homer (left) and Josh Jackman of Kenai Central (right) Saturday at the Homer Invite at Homer High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Stars sweep team titles at unique Homer Invite

Editor’s note: This story corrects the original story, which did not reflect field events added into the team scores…

Tuesday soccer: SoHi sweeps Nikiski

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Tuesday soccer: SoHi sweeps Nikiski

The Soldotna boys won a Northern Lights Conference clash with Nikiski 9-0 Tuesday evening at Justin Maile Field,…

Cook Inlet Academy’s Noah Leaf (left) races Soldotna’s Brenner Furlong in Saturday’s boys 200-meter sprint at the Kenai Invitational at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Track & field teams converge for Kenai Invite

Girl power prevailed among peninsula teams at Friday and Saturday’s annual Kenai Invitational track meet at Ed Hollier…

Soldotna’s Sam McElroy (22) gets his head on a corner kick against Kodiak Friday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna soccer sweeps Kodiak

The Soldotna girls soccer program broke out of their slump Friday afternoon in a big way, and did…

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Northern Lights Conference teams welcome new region tournament

2016 was a great year for Soldotna softball coach Kelli Knoebel, both professionally and personally. In the spring,…

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna pitcher Matthew Daugherty delivers a strike to a Kenai Central batter May 2016 at the Kenai Little League Fields.

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2017 prep baseball preview: Loss of senior stars likely to shake up Southcentral Conference

The top of the food chain in the Southcentral Conference baseball field will be getting a curveball this…

Kenai Central’s Luke Beiser (24) heads a ball towards the Soldotna net early in Tuesday’s conference game at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tuesday: Kenai soccer sweeps Soldotna

What was supposed to be a tight rivalry game Tuesday afternoon turned into a lopsided win for the…

Kenai Central’s Luke Beiser (24) prepares for a shot against Palmer goalie Caden Brown and defender Alex Coyne in Saturday’s contest at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai boys sweep weekend, Kardinal girls split

The Kenai Central boys soccer team has received its fair share of challenges this spring. The Kardinals opened…

Soldotna junior Eli Sheridan (31) fights for the ball in the Palmer goalie box against Palmer’s Isaiah Montoya, Friday afternoon at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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SoHi soccer teams sweep Palmer, lose to Colony

Soldotna’s fusion of youth and experience blended together Friday afternoon at a sun-splashed Justin Maile Field to produce…

Kenai Central’s Julieanne Wilson competes in the 4A girls long jump event in May 2016 at the state track and field championships at Dimond Alumni Field in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Track and field season opens without Big C Relays

As the spring track and field season shifts to the center of attention, there is a noticeable absence…

Soldotna’s Abi Tuttle (29) shields Wasilla’s Hayley Brandon from the ball May 7, 2016, at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Northern Lights girls soccer preview: Peninsula teams look for supremacy

The battle between the north and the south is reaching a fever pitch in the Northern Lights Conference…

Forward Brad Duwe controls the puck in a game against Bowling Green on Oct. 31, 2015. (Photo provided by UAA Athletics)

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Soldotna native Duwe wraps up college hockey career

Hot off a three-year run with his hometown Kenai River Brown Bears, Soldotna skater Brad Duwe took his…

A crowd of onlookers watch as Soldotna freshman Ateliano Faletoi-Eli attempts a squat lift Wednesday evening at the 11th biannual CrossFit Competition at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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CrossFit pumps life into prep sports

A staple of high school physical education since 2012, the biannual CrossFit competition has quickly popularized fitness in…

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Nikiski falls to Barrow, finishes 5th at state

With both teams ranked in the top five of the Winning Percentage Index standings for most of the…

Kenai River’s Evan Butcher hoists up a salmon in a victory salute after the Brown Bears scored the opening goal Saturday night against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Bears fans hold out hope

This will either be remembered as the weekend that saved the Kenai River Brown Bears or one heck…

Nikiski’s Emma Wik (right) tries to force a turnover on Sitka’s Marlis Boord in Friday’s Class 3A state semifinal at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Friday state hoops: Nikiski girls drop semifinal to Sitka

A sluggish start doomed the Nikiski girls from the opening tip in Friday’s Class 3A state tournament semifinal…

Nikiski’s Brianna Vollertsen (left) looks for a shot against Grace Christian’s Makenna Shamburger in the Class 3A state quarterfinal contest Thursday, March 23, 2017, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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State hoops: Nikiski girls stave off Grace on 1st day

Under the bright lights at the spacious Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, the Nikiski girls drowned out the…

Nikiski’s Rylee Jackson dribbles down the court Friday against Grace Christian at the Southcentral Conference basketball tournament at Nikiski High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikiski girls prepare for state tourney without Carstens

As the opening minutes rolled out from tipoff of the Southcentral Conference tournament semifinal game, the home team…

Ninilchik senior Austin White holds the championship trophy high above his head after the Class 1A state championship game Saturday, March 18, 2017, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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On Repeat: Ninilchik boys win 2nd straight state hoops crown

Rare is it that a sports team comes along with the ability to dominate its competition to a…