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Kenai baseball drops opener to Kodiak

The Kenai Central baseball team fell behind 7-0 in dropping its opener 8-2 in Kodiak on Thursday in…

Kodiak goalie Dexter Smith and Kenai Central's Sawyer Vann battle for the ball Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Prep soccer season quickly hits full speed

A prep soccer season slowed by the slow retreat of snow hit full speed Thursday with the first…

Graehm LeFevre watches the ball soar through the air during SoHi’s Rocket League match against Thunder Mountain High School on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 at Skyview Middle School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Esports: Stars knocked out in Rocket League semifinals

The Soldotna High School Rocket League team was swept by Steller Secondary School in Anchorage and eliminated from…

A Nintendo Switch and its controller are seen at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska on April 14, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Esports: Kenai Mario Kart eliminated in quarterfinals

Kenai Central’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe team saw their playoff run brought to an end Wednesday with a…

Soldotna's Liberty Miller controls the ball in front of Kenai Central's Kori Moore and Soldotna's Alex Lee on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai girls top Soldotna; boys tie

The Kenai Central girls soccer team defeated Soldotna, while the boys played to a tie, Tuesday in nonconference…

Cook Inlet Academy senior Tatum Rozak competes in the Class 1A/2A girls game in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches senior all-star games Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Grace Christian School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Peninsula has 7 compete in basketball all-star games

The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches held its senior all-star games Saturday at Grace Christian School in Anchorage,…

Marathon and half marathon runners begin the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. At the front are women's marathon winner Amanda Cherok (28), men's half marathon winner Lee Frey (third from right), women's half marathon winner Kristin Davis (242) and men's marathon winner and new event record holder Lars Arneson (36).

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Area runners compete at Boston Marathon

Four Kenai Peninsula runners, including past marathon and half marathon champions at the Kenai River Marathon, competed in…

Lydia Jacoby, of the United States, reacts after winning the final of the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Jacoby wins 50, 100 breaststrokes at Pro Series meet

Lydia Jacoby, a 2022 graduate of Seward High School, won the 50- and 100-meter breaststrokes at a Pro…

Kenai sophomore Alyssa Bucho (right) hands the baton off to senior teammate Tekaiya Rich in the girls 400-meter sprint relay Saturday at the Kenai Invitational at Ed Hollier Field. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Results posted for Kenai-SoHi track mini meet

The Kenai Central track and field team hosted Soldotna in a mini meet Monday.

The Kenai River Brown Bears celebrate a goal by Parker Lockwood on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Wolverines take season finale from Brown Bears

The Anchorage Wolverines defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 5-3 on Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex…

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Brown Bears set franchise record for wins

The Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Anchorage Wolverines 5-4 in a shootout Friday in North American Hockey…

Kenai Central’s Koen Pace competes against Valdez High School in a playoff match for Alaska high school Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Friday, April 14, 2023 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Esports: Peninsula Smash teams score sweeps, advance to quarterfinals

All three Kenai Peninsula Super Smash Bros. Ultimate teams won with a sweep in playoff matches Friday, and…

An orange-crowned warbler is one of the bird species that likes to nest in slash and wood piles. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/FWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Nesting birds can use your help

Editor’s note: This article has been slightly updated from the original version that ran on April 22, 2022.

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Parker Lockwood attacks against the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Living the dream

Kenais Lockwood rode passion from Brown Bears clinic at 7 all the way to a spot on team

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Brown Bears ready to host Wolverines

The Kenai River Brown Bears host the Anchorage Wolverines in the final games of the regular season at…

Snow falls on tire tracks and puddles of water in the mud outside the home of Jake Dye in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (Photo courtesy Sarah McMinn)

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Out of the Office: Bring on summer

Though it may not look like it outside right now — snow is falling outside the window as…

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Wolverines top Bears, clinch Club 49 Cup

The Anchorage Wolverines defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 2-1 in overtime Saturday in North American Hockey League…

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Brown Bears clinch spot in playoffs

The Kenai River Brown Bears clinched a spot in the North American Hockey League playoffs with a 3-1…

Eli Castro, Blake Gillis and Kaizen Fuller either celebrate victory or cry out in defeat at the end of a practice match of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate played ahead of a scheduled game at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Esports Week 8: Kenai, Nikiski, Soldotna make playoffs

The regular season for Alaska high school esports came to a close this week, and Kenai Peninsula teams…

A moose cow and calf walking toward a wildlife crossing structure. (Photo by C. Canterbury/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: New technology increases efficiency of refuge cameras

When you first become interested in the world of biology, wildlife biology in particular, you never picture yourself…