Peninsula Conference football awards announced

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Peninsula Conference football awards announced

Peninsula teams were represented well in the Peninsula Conference football All-Conference awards released this week.

Soldotna volleyball sweeps Kenai Central

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Soldotna volleyball sweeps Kenai Central

Soldotna volleyball coach Sheila Kupferschmid made her seniors earn a triumphant finale on their archrival’s home floor.

Soldotna girls win Valdez Invitational

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Soldotna girls win Valdez Invitational

The Soldotna girls swimming and diving team won the Valdez Invitational on Saturday morning, while the boys finished…

Kenai girls cross-country picks up academic award

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Kenai girls cross-country picks up academic award

After the Kenai Central girls won the Division II cross-country state title Saturday at Bartlett High School, the…

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge intern Kyra Clark rakes masses of the invasive waterweed elodea from the Soldotna-area Sport Lake on Tuesday, May 16. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Refuge notebook: Elodea plant species sees intriguing explosion

Kenai River Marathon runners treated to brilliant autumn day

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Kenai River Marathon runners treated to brilliant autumn day

As one of the best mountain runners and backcountry racers Alaska has to offer, it’s not surprising that…

Golfer continue to enjoy Indian summer

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Golfer continue to enjoy Indian summer

On. Sept. 24, 11 senior men came out to play their own games (handicapped) and the winner was…

Football roundup: Homer, Ketchikan notch wins

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Football roundup: Homer, Ketchikan notch wins

The visiting Homer football team took advantage of a blocked punt late in the game to notch a…

Calvert, Kenai girls win state

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Calvert, Kenai girls win state

A summer of hard work paid dividends when Kenai Central senior Jaycie Calvert left the field in her…

SoHi offense scores on all 10 possessions in swamping Kenai

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SoHi offense scores on all 10 possessions in swamping Kenai

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to reflect Soldotna scored on all 10 possessions Saturday.

Nikiski grad Thompson stars in goal for No. 9 Washington State

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Nikiski grad Thompson stars in goal for No. 9 Washington State

Rachel Thompson, a 2015 Nikiski High School graduate, was named the Pac-12 netminder of the week Tuesday after…

Chainwreck Cyclocross thrives on wet course

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Chainwreck Cyclocross thrives on wet course

Tyle Owens, Morgan Aldridge, Dylan Hogue and Will Morrow prevailed in the rain Thursday in the third race…

Seward freshman posts unofficial state record

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Seward freshman posts unofficial state record

Seward freshman Lydia Jacoby continued her torrid run of domination in the pool Saturday with an unofficial state…

Friday volleyball roundup: Kenai, Homer win; SoHi, Seward lose

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Friday volleyball roundup: Kenai, Homer win; SoHi, Seward lose

The visiting Kenai Central volleyball team defeated Seward in Southcentral Conference play Friday by scores of 25-13, 19-25,…

CIA coed soccer takes 4th at Borealis tourney

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CIA coed soccer takes 4th at Borealis tourney

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team took fourth place at the Borealis Conference tournament, the de facto…

Ostrander leads Boise State to 2nd in loaded Nuttycombe field

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Ostrander leads Boise State to 2nd in loaded Nuttycombe field

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School, finished fifth at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on…

Brown Bears split weekend series with Jr. Blues

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Brown Bears split weekend series with Jr. Blues

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears split a weekend series with the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues on Friday…

Nikiski netters pull off sweep over Houston

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Nikiski netters pull off sweep over Houston

The Nikiski volleyball squad got the Bulldogs homecoming weekend off to a high start with a three-game sweep…

When Herring gull nestlings peck at the red dot on their parentճ bill, the parents regurgitate food. Is this an instinctive or learned behavior? (Photo credit by Todd Eskelin/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge notebook: Why seagulls have a red dot on their bill

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Week 8 football: Kenai, SoHi clash; Nikiski sees 11-year playoff run done

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Week 8 football: Kenai, SoHi clash; Nikiski sees 11-year playoff run done

Just like the unusual late-season summer weather, the Kenai Central football team doesn’t intend to go away.