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Nickels strikes with 9.9 seconds left to snap Bears’ 14-game skid

The Coulee Region (Wisconsin) Chill have to start being more wary of rookie defensemen looking for their first career North American Hockey League goal in… Continue reading

Thursday hoops roundup

The Nikolaevsk girls opened the ConocoPhillips/Warrior Rumble with a 41-21 win over Fort Yukon Thursday at the Warrior Dome in Nikolaevsk.Megan Hickman and Serafima Kalugin… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2015
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Davis wins bronze at X Games

Soldotna snowmachiner Cory Davis isn’t done wowing the crowd just yet.Davis took home another X Games medal Thursday in Aspen, Colorado, adding to his burgeoning… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2015
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Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Soldotna High School Star James Gallagher tries to knock Kenai Central High School Kardinal Dylan Carter off his feet during the 182 weight-class match, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska.

Soldotna takes dual win over Kenai

After being handed a dual loss by Kenai earlier this season, the Soldotna Stars wrestling team was looking for redemption before the season comes to… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Soldotna High School Star James Gallagher tries to knock Kenai Central High School Kardinal Dylan Carter off his feet during the 182 weight-class match, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska.

Sanarov shines as Homer hockey cruises past Kenai

Kiril Sanarov scored four goals as the Homer hockey team topped Kenai Central 7-1 in Northstar Conference action at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2015
  • By Staff Report
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this Sept. 11, 2014 file photo Brown Bears' Ben Campbell practices before the team's season at the Soldotna Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

Ironies work out for Brown Bears’ Campbell in the end

The career of Brown Bears defenseman Ben Campbell has been marked by two ironies that worked out in the end.Both can be tied to his… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this Sept. 11, 2014 file photo Brown Bears' Ben Campbell practices before the team's season at the Soldotna Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Coulee Region Chill

The Coulee Region (Wisconsin) Chill have gone five games without a win. The Kenai River Brown Bears have gone 14 games without a win.The two… Continue reading

Ninilchik splits hoops games with Fort Yukon

The Fort Yukon basketball teams continued their Kenai Peninsula trip with a pair of games against Ninilchik on Wednesday. A day after being beaten by… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2015
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Stassel takes gold in slopestyle

Stassel dominates to win slopestyle goldRyan Stassel, an Anchorage snowboarder who holds Peninsula connections, took home the top prize in Wednesday’s slopestyle finals in Kreischberg,… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2015

Seward’s O’Leary claims gold in swim relay

Former Seward swimmer Ryan O’Leary is still making waves on the collegiate scene.O’Leary — a senior on the University of Wyoming swim squad — joined… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2015

CIA tops Ft. Yukon with buzzer-beater shot

The Fort Yukon boys had rebounding and a vicious defensive press, but the Cook Inlet Academy boys had Timmy Smithwick. Smithwick, a junior, nailed a… Continue reading

Soldotna hockey holds off Homer

The Soldotna hockey team held off host Homer 3-2 in Northstar Conference action Tuesday.The win moves Homer and Soldotna to identical 2-6-1 marks in the… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2015
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Gibson leads the way for area at Besh Cup

Kenai Central High School’s Addison Gibson led area skiers at Besh Cup racing Sunday in Fairbanks.In the Under-16 girls five-kilometer mass start classic race, Gibson… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2015
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Weekend wrap of Bears-Dogs series

Weekend wrap of Bears-Dogs series

While the Brown Bears were away losing 12 of 13 games on a road trip, fans heard of a team playing pretty good hockey for,… Continue reading

Weekend wrap of Bears-Dogs series

Kenai, SoHi claim top-10 finishes at Glenn Vandergaw tourney

The Soldotna and Kenai Central wrestling squads racked up top-10 finishes at the 2015 Glenn Vandergaw Invitational tournament in Anchorage. Soldotna took home eighth place… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2015
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Weekend prep hockey roundup

A full weekend of North Star Conference hockey on the Kenai Peninsula ended with the three teams from the Matanuska-Susitna valleys bunched on top of… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2015
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Weekend hoops roundup

Bartlett High School basketball coach Greg Fullmer fully enjoys the annual trip down to the Kenai Peninsula each winter when his boys team faces local… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Nikiski Bulldog Cade Anderson tries to block a pass by Houton High School Hawks Lai Saechao, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska.

Nikiski Tip-Off Tournament wrapup

The Nikiski boys and girls basketball teams came within seconds Saturday of sweeping their own Nikiski Tip-Off tournament for the first time in 17 years,… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Nikiski Bulldog Cade Anderson tries to block a pass by Houton High School Hawks Lai Saechao, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska.

Fox leads Peninsula at Besh Cup

Soldotna skier Sadie Fox led Kenai Peninsula skiers by taking third in the “A” final in classic sprint skiing at the Besh Cup in Fairbanks.The… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2015
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Friday hoops roundup: SoHi swept by 2 different teams

Bartlett High basketball coach Greg Fullmer fully enjoys the annual trip down to the Kenai Peninsula each winter when his boys team faces local competition.… Continue reading