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Colony teams sweep Colony Invite; SoHi’s Boonstra wins girls race

The Colony girls and boys cross-country teams swept the Colony Invitational at Colony High School on Saturday.

Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett and Kenai Central’s Greg Fallon, trailed by Grace’s Simon Nelson and Palmer’s Fischer Adams, lead the boys varsity race at the Ted McKenney Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hopkins, Annett capture Ted McKenney Invite

By Jeff Helminiak

The Homer varsity football team played against the Redington Huskies in the second home game of the season on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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2 for 2: Mariners beat Huskies

The Homer varsity football team earned a second win this season with a 66-18 victory over Redington on…

Soldotna sophomore Tania Boonstra runs to victory in the freshman-sophomore girls race at the Class Races on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Class Races, run by Kenai cross-country, return to Nikiski

The Class Races returned to Nikiski High School on Monday after not being held last season.

Homer hoists the Division III state championship trophy Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at Service High School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Football preview 2023: Conference shakeup alters landscape

The high school football season kicks off this weekend with each of the five Kenai Peninsula schools affected…

Harrison Metz of the Peninsula Oilers delivers to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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From Little League to the Oilers

Homer’s Hayes, Metz are on the same team again

Photos by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Ruairi Tuite of the Kenai River Wolfpack tries to break the tackles of Edgar Luna (top) and Keith McDaniel of the Fairbanks SunDawgs on Saturday at the Between the Tides Rugby Tourney at Millennium Square Field in Kenai.

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‘A close kinship’

Homer Irish Lords honored at Between the Tides Rugby Tourney

Photo provided Kenai’s Hayden Kumfer.

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Area wrestlers compete at national events

A number of local wrestlers competed at the USA Wrestling Western States Championships and USA Wrestling Kids Nationals…

The start of the junior Mount Marathon Race on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Norris wins 4th title, Marvin captures 3rd at muddy Mount Marathon

Palmer’s Christy Marvin, 42 and a mother of boys 16, 14 and 11, overcame a muddy lower mountain…

Skyline Trail, June 25, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Mind game

Sunday at the Skyline Trail, a lost jacket gave me a chance for an endurance experiment.

Runners participating in the Homer Spit Run 10K to the Bay race begin the course at Homer High School on Saturday, June 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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A perfect day to run

Historic Homer races to the ‘end of the road’ had 160 participants

A racer flies through the air at the Alaska State Motocross Race 3 on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Twin City Raceway in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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State motocross sees increased numbers

State races were held last weekend in Kenai

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State endurance events roundup

Aldridge wins North Pole Tri, Arneson wins Bird Ridge, Atkinson leads area at Mayor’s Marathon