Voznesenka senior and Homer quarterback Anthony Kalugin resists Kenai tackler Aiden Milburn during a Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 football game between the Mariners and Kardinals in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer football falls to Kenai in season opener

The Kenai Central football team has once again established itself as one of the teams to beat on…

Homer opens XC season in Kodiak

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Homer opens XC season in Kodiak

The Homer Mariners got in their first cross-country meet of the season Saturday at Fort Abercrombie in Kodiak,…

CIA soccer opens fall season with draw

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CIA soccer opens fall season with draw

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team opened its fall season by playing to a scoreless draw Saturday…

Hall, Aldridge win Soldotna Cycle Series week 7

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Hall, Aldridge win Soldotna Cycle Series week 7

Jim Hall biked to the 12-kilometer race victory Thursday night at the Soldotna Cycle Series week 7 race…

Redington football notches big win over Nikiski

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Redington football notches big win over Nikiski

WASILLA — During their first three meetings with Nikiski, the Redington Huskies were outscored a combined 114-6 in…

Kahakauwila has lead at Morgan Club Championship

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Kahakauwila has lead at Morgan Club Championship

Chris Morin will have to overcome four players if he wants to win his fifth Donald R. Morgan…

Friday football: SoHi routs West; Nikiski, Seward lose

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Friday football: SoHi routs West; Nikiski, Seward lose

The bad memories of last year’s season-opening loss are now a distant memory for the Soldotna Stars football…

Ostrander becomes 1st to win 3 straight MW Female Athlete of Year awards

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Ostrander becomes 1st to win 3 straight MW Female Athlete of Year awards

Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander earned another award after leaving Boise State to turn pro, earning the Mountain West Conference…

The campsite at mile 65 of the Grand Canyon trip on the Colorado River. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: What 187 miles in the Grand Canyon showed me

My heart will always live in Alaska. It’s where I’ve spent most of my life, growing up among…

Nikiski junior Noah Litke scans the field for an open receiver Aug. 18, 2018, against Valdez at Nikiski High School. Litke returns this year to quarterback the Bulldogs. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Season preview: Trio of peninsula teams eyeing return to Div. III playoffs

Football is back on the peninsula, which means teams at Nikiski, Homer and Seward are back on the…

Season preview: Can SoHi reach 8 straight state crowns?

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Season preview: Can SoHi reach 8 straight state crowns?

Week 1 of the prep football season has become an annual discourse of the same question — can…

Coming into the Country: Ticks

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Coming into the Country: Ticks

While on a family vacation to Florida this spring we took a short walk through a lush, beautiful…

Twin City Raceway sees youth vs. experience

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Twin City Raceway sees youth vs. experience

In leaving the field in his dust, 15-year-old Clay Petersen of Seward continued to prove Saturday night at…

Rutledge, Millay take victories at 32nd Kenai Run for Women

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Rutledge, Millay take victories at 32nd Kenai Run for Women

The 126 runners signed up for Saturday’s 32nd annual LeeShore Center Run for Women enjoyed not only a…

Former Kenai football player one to watch at Adams State

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Former Kenai football player one to watch at Adams State

Three years and change from walking at Kenai Central’s 2016 graduation, Conner Johnson has reinvented himself as one…

Ostrander falls ill, scratches from Pan Am games

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Ostrander falls ill, scratches from Pan Am games

Pro runner Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, was forced to scratch from a women’s 3,000-meter…

Simmering scrimmages: Prep football teams get ready for opening weekend

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Simmering scrimmages: Prep football teams get ready for opening weekend

The Kenai Peninsula’s prep football programs scrimmaged Saturday in temperatures in the 70s to get ready for next…

Owens, Aldridge win cycle series week #6

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Owens, Aldridge win cycle series week #6

Soldotna’s Tyle Owens cruised to his fourth victory in six races at Thursday’s Soldotna Cycle Series race No.…

There are a lot of paths to choose from in Seward, like the Lost Lake Trail. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Too many roads to travel

The idea of multiverses has been big lately, in this one at least.

The Skyline trail appears brushed out Aug. 2, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Popular peninsula hiking trails reopen after wildfire

Now that the Swan Lake Fire is slowly fizzling out, the majority of mountain trails and wilderness areas…