Sports

Ice Dogs defeat Brown Bears

A franchise-worst season ended with a whimper Saturday night for the Kenai River Brown Bears, who succumbed 6-0 to the North American Hockey League leading… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Big C Relays takes over The Dome

The Kenai Peninsula found its share of success Friday and Saturday at the Big “C” Relays at The Dome in Anchorage, the first track and… Continue reading

  • Apr 3, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Soldotna soccer squads open season with sweeps in Kodiak

The Soldotna girls and boys soccer teams opened up the season with Northern Lights Conference victories Friday and Saturday at Kodiak High School.The Soldotna boys… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna junior Daisy Nelson (728) hands off to Stars teammate Olivia Hutchings (719) in the girls 3,200-meter relay at the Class 4A state meet May 30, 2015. Hutchings and Nelson were joined by seniors Sadie Fox and Dani McCormick to set a new state record in the event.

Season track & field preview: How to restock the talent pool

After nine Alaska high school track and field records were set at the season-ending state meet last May, much of the top talent has been… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna junior Daisy Nelson (728) hands off to Stars teammate Olivia Hutchings (719) in the girls 3,200-meter relay at the Class 4A state meet May 30, 2015. Hutchings and Nelson were joined by seniors Sadie Fox and Dani McCormick to set a new state record in the event.

Football coach Marquez departs Kenai

With 20 years of coaching experience under his belt, John Marquez has just one championship ring, but it’s a reminder of the team with which… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Sophomore Rykker Riddall sets the record in the Freshmen/Sophomore Clean on Wednesday in the Speed and Strength Training competition. At left, yelling encouragement, is Riddall's father, Ted Riddall.

SST competition continues to gain strength

With music pumping through the air, the bleachers strewn with enthusiastic spectators and a couple of world-champion discoveries to its credit, it was hard to… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Sophomore Rykker Riddall sets the record in the Freshmen/Sophomore Clean on Wednesday in the Speed and Strength Training competition. At left, yelling encouragement, is Riddall's father, Ted Riddall.

Brown Bears lose in OT to Ice Dogs

Points may not mean anything to the Kenai River Brown Bears as far as the North American Hockey League playoff picture is concerned, but as… Continue reading

Oilers Corner: Lohrke named president of Goldpanners

Longtime Alaska Baseball League associate John Lohrke was recently named president of the Alaska Goldpanners board of directors. Lohrke will also occupy the position as… Continue reading

  • Mar 31, 2016
  • By Mike Baxter

SST slated for tonight at Nikiski

The seventh bi-annual Speed and Strength Training competition kicks off at 6 p.m. tonight at Nikiski High School.The event that pits the strongest and fastest… Continue reading

  • Mar 29, 2016
  • By Staff Report

Two Brown Bears battle for NCAA Division III title

Two former players for the Kenai River Brown Bears faced off for the NCAA Division III hockey championship Saturday in Lake Placid, New York.Trace Strahle,… Continue reading

  • Mar 28, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Area athletes help Alaska win ulu count, Hodgson Trophy at Arctic Winter Games

Area athletes help Alaska win ulu count, Hodgson Trophy at Arctic Winter Games

Kenai Peninsula athletes helped Team Alaska take the most ulus and take the Hodgson Trophy at the Arctic Winter Games, held from March 6 to… Continue reading

Area athletes help Alaska win ulu count, Hodgson Trophy at Arctic Winter Games
Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Jake Hartje (4) and goalie Nick Nast successfully keep the puck from going in the net Friday, March 25, 2016, against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Knights pull off sweep of Brown Bears

The happy homecoming continues for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) coach Tom Kowal. Kowal, who was born and raised in Anchorage, pulled three points out of Fairbanks last… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Jake Hartje (4) and goalie Nick Nast successfully keep the puck from going in the net Friday, March 25, 2016, against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski senior Hunter Holloway moves in for a layup against Delta Junction in Friday's Class 3A boys state tournament consolation semifinal contest at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.

Nikiski boys fall to Bethel in 4th-place game

The Nikiski boys basketball team ended their state tournament run about the same their predecessors did. In their first state appearance in 14 years, the… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski senior Hunter Holloway moves in for a layup against Delta Junction in Friday's Class 3A boys state tournament consolation semifinal contest at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Homer senior Aurora Waclawski dribbles around Mt. Edgecumbe defender Julie Amaktoolik in Friday's Class 3A girls state semifinal at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.

Homer girls reach Class 3A championship

The Homer Mariners haven’t seen a girls basketball squad play in a state championship game since 1991, when the Mariners pulled off a three-year string… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Homer senior Aurora Waclawski dribbles around Mt. Edgecumbe defender Julie Amaktoolik in Friday's Class 3A girls state semifinal at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Homer sophomore Alissa Cole and senior Aurora Waclawski trap Barrow's Kuutuuq Danner in Saturday's Class 3A state championship final at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.

Barrow girls top Homer in 3A title game

It had been 25 years since the Homer Mariners had a girls basketball team appear in a state championship game, and a semifinal win Friday… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Homer sophomore Alissa Cole and senior Aurora Waclawski trap Barrow's Kuutuuq Danner in Saturday's Class 3A state championship final at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.

SoHi graduate Blackburn knocks down major barrier needed to make Olympics in discus

In her quest to throw the discus in the Rio Summer Olympics, it’s one step down, one step to go for 2008 Soldotna High School… Continue reading

  • Mar 26, 2016
  • By Staff Report
Homer senior Aurora Waclawski dribbles around Mt. Edgecumbe defender Julie Amaktoolik in Friday's Class 3A girls state semifinal at the Alaska Airlines

Homer girls stifle Mt. Edgecumbe to earn 3A state final

The Homer Mariners haven't seen a girls basketball squad play in a state championship game since 1991, when the Mariners pulled off a three-year string… Continue reading

Homer senior Aurora Waclawski dribbles around Mt. Edgecumbe defender Julie Amaktoolik in Friday's Class 3A girls state semifinal at the Alaska Airlines
Nikiski senior guard Nathan Carstens drives to the paint against Delta Junction defenders Martese Blankenship (2) and Jean Gonzalez (20) Friday in the Class 3A boys state consolation semifinals at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.

Friday: Nikiski boys beat Delta to advance to 4th-place game

Against a top-seeded state powerhouse Barrow Whalers team on Thursday, the Nikiski boys did everything they could but failed to get what they wanted. Friday… Continue reading

Nikiski senior guard Nathan Carstens drives to the paint against Delta Junction defenders Martese Blankenship (2) and Jean Gonzalez (20) Friday in the Class 3A boys state consolation semifinals at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.
Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski senior Nathan Carstens drives along the baseline against Barrow defender Kekoa Ahgeak in Thursday's Class 3A boys state quarterfinal at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.

Barrow boys overcome Nikiski’s tough defense

The Nikiski boys pulled out all the stops Thursday in a Class 3A state tournament quarterfinal, but the powerful Barrow Whalers proved to be too… Continue reading

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski senior Nathan Carstens drives along the baseline against Barrow defender Kekoa Ahgeak in Thursday's Class 3A boys state quarterfinal at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage.

Oilers Corner: Team once again offers scholarships

The Oilers are once again offering college scholarships to area graduating seniors. One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded by the Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club, Inc.,… Continue reading

  • Mar 24, 2016
  • By Mike Baxter