Sticky enough to stride up the steepest uphills and slick enough to power through everything else. That’s the type of skis Alaska Winter Stars coach… Continue reading
The Kenai River Brown Bears won one period on a Friday night where they badly needed to win the whole game, and lost one period… Continue reading
Juneau-Douglas High School senior Cully Corrigan wisely held off celebrating what appeared to be a game-winning goal on Friday night at Treadwell Arena. Standing 6… Continue reading
The Kenai Central boys lost 59-36 to Monroe Catholic on Saturday at the Joe T. Classic at Lathrop in what amounted to the championship game… Continue reading
Karl Danielson led all peninsula skiers Saturday at the Besh Cup race No. 3 freestyle sprints at the Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna. Danielson, a 2018… Continue reading
For a third year in a row, the Nikiski girls won the Rus Hitchcock Nikiski Tip Off tournament title on their home court, but for… Continue reading
A long drought was quenched Friday night for the Soldotna girls basketball program. The Stars defeated Northern Lights Conference rival Colony for the first time… Continue reading
By MATT CONNER A couple of weeks ago, I drove a friend from Georgia around the Kenai Peninsula. He used to work as a park… Continue reading
By TRACY MELVIN I spent considerable time this summer trekking around grasslands in the Caribou Hills with a giant red hula hoop (to survey vegetation),… Continue reading
By LAURA BASHOR What do gardeners and biologists have in common? We both want plants to grow! From the native trees and plants on the… Continue reading
With Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues head coach Tyler Rennette missing on the bench with an illness, it was up to assistant coach Josh Dallmann to… Continue reading
The Nikiski girls basketball team opened with a huge win, while the Bulldogs boys started with a tight loss, Thursday at the Rus Hitchcock Nikiski… Continue reading
First, a few confessions. On Nov. 10, 2018, I marked the first snowfall of the season by getting off work and immediately bolting to the… Continue reading
The Soldotna Stars rebounded from a tough loss to Homer one night earlier to post a resounding 7-0 Railbelt Conference win over Kenai Central on… Continue reading
After a disappointing weekend sweep at the hands of the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel, the Kenai River Brown Bears don’t have to wait long for a… Continue reading
The next five weeks at Tsalteshi Trails feature eight scheduled ski races — encompassing everything from two races for some of the best skiers in… Continue reading
The visiting Soldotna girls basketball team notched a 65-21 victory over Homer on Tuesday in nonconference play. The Stars had a 30-7 lead after one… Continue reading
The loss of eight key Homer seniors coupled with the returning cast of rising Soldotna skaters left the debate of who would stand as the… Continue reading
The host Soldotna girls basketball team cruised past Grace Christian 70-27 in nonconference action Saturday. Soldotna had a 49-8 lead at halftime. Brittani Blossom had… Continue reading
Travis Cooper, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, competed for the United States in the World Cup biathlon this weekend in Oberhof, Germany. In Friday’s… Continue reading
