Sports

The Engineer Lake Public Use Cabin, a favorite cabin to enjoy on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by USFWS/Dan Saxton)

Refuge Notebook: A winter’s night among the stars, wolves of the refuge

“Did you hear that?” I said to my wife and our young son as a lone wolf’s call echoed from the western hills above Engineer… Continue reading

The Engineer Lake Public Use Cabin, a favorite cabin to enjoy on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by USFWS/Dan Saxton)
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Ninilchik boys ready to defend state title

Even with just 27 students in the high school, the Ninilchik basketball team has managed to reload, and not rebuild. That’s why the Wolverines (21-5)… Continue reading

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CIA girls, boys win at state’s first round

The Cook Inlet Academy girls and boys basketball teams both won their first-round games Wednesday at the Class 1A state basketball tournament at the Alaska… Continue reading

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CIA girls, boys ready for state

The Cook Inlet Academy girls and boys basketball teams open up play today at the Class 1A state tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in… Continue reading

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95 finish Homer Epic

The Homer Epic 50- and 100-kilometer races were held Saturday in the Caribou Hills near Homer, featuring runners, bikers and skiers. There were 95 finishers,… Continue reading

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Saturday hoops: Kenai girls, boys basketball punch tickets to state

The Kenai girls and boys basketball teams both defeated Seward on Saturday at the Class 3A Peninsula Conference tournament at Grace Christian to earn berths… Continue reading

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Brown Bears sweep Ice Dogs

Carson Triggs did it again. Triggs scored the game-winner in overtime to defeat the Fairbanks Ice Dogs 4-3 on Saturday night in North American Hockey… Continue reading

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Ninilchik boys defend Interior Conference title

The Ninilchik boys defeated Cordova 60-31 on Friday in Glennallen to win the Interior Conference tournament. Ninilchik (21-5 overall) won its second straight title in… Continue reading

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Brown Bears shut out Ice Dogs

The Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3-0 on Friday night in North American Hockey League action at the Big Dipper Ice… Continue reading

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Hoops roundup: Kenai boys, Seward girls make championship

The Kenai Central boys and the Seward girls advanced to the championship game of the Class 3A Peninsula Conference tournament Thursday at Grace Christian in… Continue reading

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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)

Esports Week 4: Kenai, Nikiski Smash lead state

In Week 4 of Alaska High School esports, Kenai and Nikiski’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate teams rose to the top of the standings. Soldotna’s Rocket… Continue reading

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)
Kenai River goaltender Nils Wallstrom makes a save Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, against the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Bears’ Wallstrom gets Division I commitment

Kenai River Brown Bears goaltender Nils Wallstrom has committed to play Division I hockey at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The commitment was announced… Continue reading

Kenai River goaltender Nils Wallstrom makes a save Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, against the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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Ninilchik girls open with loss

The Ninilchik girls, the No. 5 seed, fell to No. 4 Cordova 37-18 in the first round of the Class 2A Interior Conference tournament at… Continue reading

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Brantley III 3rd at NAIA nationals, Ostrander 6th at 15K championships

Galen Brantley III, a 2020 graduate of Soldotna High School, finished third Saturday in the 16-pound shot put at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field… Continue reading

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Area teams chase Class 3A, 4A state berths

Kenai Peninsula teams are guaranteed a girls and boys state berth at the Class 3A Peninsula Tournament on Thursday through Saturday at Grace Christian School… Continue reading

A bog lemming travels through a tube that mimics natural tunnels and captures remote videos and genetic samples to identify this species from its small mammal cousins. (Photo provided)

Refuge Notebook: Our little-known glacial relict

When I think about the Pleistocene, my mind naturally wanders to the large charismatic megafauna that dominated this period from 2.58 million to 11,700 years… Continue reading

A bog lemming travels through a tube that mimics natural tunnels and captures remote videos and genetic samples to identify this species from its small mammal cousins. (Photo provided)
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Wilderness sweep Brown Bears

The Minnesota Wilderness defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 4-1 on Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex to sweep the two-game North American Hockey… Continue reading

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Soldotna's Josie Sheridan drives on Palmer's Ariana Belk on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna basketball splits with Palmer on senior night

The Soldotna and Palmer basketball teams split on Soldotna’s senior night Saturday in Soldotna. The Soldotna girls won 53-35 to improve to 4-6 in the… Continue reading

Soldotna's Josie Sheridan drives on Palmer's Ariana Belk on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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Saturday hoops roundup: CIA girls earn state berth; Kenai sweeps Homer on senior day

The Cook Inlet Academy girls will go to the Class 1A state tournament for the first time since 2019 after defeating Birchwood Christian 46-21 for… Continue reading

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Kenai Central's Emilee Wilson looks to escape the trap of Grace Christian's Sophie Lentfer and Olivia Jones on Friday, March 3, 2023, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

CIA boys win conference title; Grace sweeps Kenai

The Grace Christian girls basketball team defeated host Kenai Central 58-39 on Friday in Class 3A Peninsula Conferenc action. The Kardinals fall to 3-4 in… Continue reading

Kenai Central's Emilee Wilson looks to escape the trap of Grace Christian's Sophie Lentfer and Olivia Jones on Friday, March 3, 2023, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)