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The Homer girls celebrate second place and a Class 3A state berth Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Peninsula Conference tournament at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer girls, Seward boys take 2nd in Peninsula Conference to earn state berths

The Homer girls and Seward boys basketball teams took second place Saturday at the Peninsula Conference tournament in…

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Saturday hoops: Grace Christian tops Homer in conference play

Grace Christian girls 56, Homer 10

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Friday hoops: Homer gains nonconference victory over Houston

Homer girls 64, Houston 47

Dylan Dahlgren, Galen Brantley III and Adarra Hagelund at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Brookings, South Dakota. (Photo provided)

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College: Brantley III, Hagelund earn All-American honors; Jacoby, Longhorns dominate Big 12

Two former members of the Soldotna track and field team earned All-American honors at the NAIA Indoor Track…

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Peninsula basketball teams seek to extend seasons

This past weekend, the Cook Inlet Academy boys basketball team secured a spot in the Class 1A/2A state…

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Soldotna’s Tania Boonstra skis in the 5-kilometer skate race at the state Nordic ski meet at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.

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State skiing: Kenai girls, boys take DII honors

The Kenai Peninsula had plenty to shout about Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the state Nordic ski meet…

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Mariner girls and Ninilchik boys take top spots in Winter Carnival tourney

The Homer girls won the Winter Carnival basketball tournament with a 3-0 record, while Ninilchik came out on…

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Daniel Matveev celebrates his goal at the Division II state hockey tournament Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

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Houston defeats Soldotna for Division II state hockey crown

Top-seeded Houston defeated No. 3 Soldotna 7-0 for a second Division II state hockey title in three years…

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Weekend hoops: CIA boys win NIT, Seward boys win Seahawk Classic

The Cook Inlet Academy boys basketball team won the Nenana Invitational Tournament on Saturday by defeating Bristol Bay…

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Area skiers qualify for Junior National, Arctic Winter Games

The Besh Cup series, used to select skiers for Junior Nationals and the Arctic Winter Games, concluded with…

Kenai Central's Logan Mese celebrates after clinching the game with an empty-net goal Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Central’s Mese named MVP of NLC

Kenai Central junior Logan Mese was named the Most Valuable Player in the Northern Lights Conference in voting…

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Homer’s Daisy MossWalker coasts down a hill at the Kardinal Klassic on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska.

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SoHi’s Boonstra, Kenai’s Fallon lead teams to Kardinal Klassic victories

Soldotna’s Tania Boonstra and Kenai Central’s Greg Fallon led their respective teams to Kardinal Klassic team victories Friday…

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Kenai Central’s Avery Martin exhales into the frigid air Friday at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility.

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State hockey comes to Soldotna

There hasn’t been a state tournament on the peninsula since late 2011