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Soldotna’s Luke Trammell and West Valley’s Drew Rizk battle in the air Wednesday, April 28, 2017, at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

West Valley soccer sweeps SoHi

Host Soldotna got to taste some of the best soccer the state has to offer Friday as West Valley came to town. The Wolfpack, whose… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Luke Trammell and West Valley’s Drew Rizk battle in the air Wednesday, April 28, 2017, at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

SoHi baseball holds off Houston to win

The Soldotna baseball team struck early but had to hold off a determined Houston squad Thursday to claim a 14-8 win in nonconference action. SoHi… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2017
  • By Staff Report

Thursday soccer: Homer girls blank Nikiski

The Homer girls knocked off the Nikiski Bulldogs 3-0 in a clash between Northern Lights Conference opponents. The game did not count toward the team’s… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2017
  • By Staff Report

Peninsula lifters win at state championships

A trio of Kenai Peninsula lifters competed at the 2017 Alaska State Powerlifting Championships last weekend in Anchorage. Billie Denison, 27, of Nikiski and Emmanuel… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2017
  • By Staff Report

Kenai’s Beck signs with Rocky Mountain College

Kenai Central senior Abby Beck signed a letter of commitment to play volleyball at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana. Beck announced her commitment April… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2017
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Kenai Central’s Lexy Carrasco at Ketchikan’s Cameron Edwards battle for the ball Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central soccer sweeps Ketchikan

The future of Kenai Central soccer crossed with the present of Kardinals soccer Wednesday. Both are looking bright. On a day when the host Kardinals… Continue reading

Kenai Central’s Lexy Carrasco at Ketchikan’s Cameron Edwards battle for the ball Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Tuesday soccer: SoHi sweeps Nikiski

Tuesday soccer: SoHi sweeps Nikiski

The Soldotna boys won a Northern Lights Conference clash with Nikiski 9-0 Tuesday evening at Justin Maile Field, and if it was presented, they would… Continue reading

Tuesday soccer: SoHi sweeps Nikiski
Soldotna’s Logan Smith slides under the tag of Homer’s Adam Brinster on Tuesday at the Soldotna Little League fields. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna baseball topples Homer

The Soldotna baseball team relied on two of its most experienced players to defeat Homer 6-1 Tuesday at the Soldotna Little League fields in the… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Logan Smith slides under the tag of Homer’s Adam Brinster on Tuesday at the Soldotna Little League fields. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Homer softball rallies to defeat Soldotna

The Homer softball team opened their season with a doozy, rallying from a six-run deficit to defeat Northern Lights Conference opponent Soldotna 15-7 Tuesday evening… Continue reading

  • Apr 26, 2017
  • By Staff Report

Brown Bears’ Lipe named to Midwest Division All-Rookie Team

Chris Lipe of the Kenai River Brown Bears was named to the North American Hockey League Midwest Division All-Rookie Team on Monday. The teams are… Continue reading

  • Apr 25, 2017
  • By Staff Report

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, the fourth-year head coach of the Stars… Continue reading

Soccer roundup

The visiting Kenai Central soccer teams swept Homer on Saturday in Northern Lights Conference Southern Division action. The Kenai boys notched a 4-0 win to… Continue reading

  • Apr 23, 2017
  • By Staff Report
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)

Soldotna soccer sweeps Kodiak

The Soldotna girls soccer program broke out of their slump Friday afternoon in a big way, and did so by breaking out the hats. After… Continue reading

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)
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)

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 Field in Kenai. The Kardinals girls track… Continue reading

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)
Kenai Central shortstop Patricia Catacutan fields a grounder Friday, April 21, 2017, against Wasilla at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Weekend softball: Wasilla takes on Kenai, Soldotna

Pitcher Savannah Jones and the Kenai Central softball team steadied themselves in the face of a fierce Wasilla rally to record a split Friday in… Continue reading

Kenai Central shortstop Patricia Catacutan fields a grounder Friday, April 21, 2017, against Wasilla at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soccer roundup: Nikiski girls win, Homer girls stun SoHi

The Nikiski girls pulled out a 3-0 Northern Lights Conference soccer victory Thursday over Redington. On Wednesday, the Homer girls pulled off an upset over… Continue reading

  • Apr 21, 2017
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.

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 spring. As the 2017 high school baseball… Continue reading

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.

Homer, Kodiak get together for quick meet

Homer, Kodiak get in quick meet The Homer and Kodiak track teams got together in Homer on Thursday for a quick meet before heading north… Continue reading

  • Apr 21, 2017
  • By Staff Report
Kiana Hendricks finished fourth at USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals on April 9, 2017, in San Antonio. (Photo provided by Kiana Hendricks)

SoHi graduate Hendricks takes 4th at collegiate nationals

When 2014 Soldotna High School graduate Kiana Hendricks was competing in track and field, volleyball, basketball and soccer with the Stars, lifting weights was a… Continue reading

Kiana Hendricks finished fourth at USA Powerlifting Collegiate Nationals on April 9, 2017, in San Antonio. (Photo provided by Kiana Hendricks)

Brown Bears goalie Goor commits to Gustavus Adolphus College

Robbie Goor toured a ton of schools this season as the goaltender for the Kenai River Brown Bears. In the end, Gustavus Adolphus College of… Continue reading