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Cook Inlet Academy’s Addie Nelson drives on Nikolaevsk’s Justina Fefelov on Friday, March 1, 2019, in the Peninsula Conference finals at Cook Inlet Academy. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikolaevsk girls, boys focus on 1st day at state

The Nikolaevsk girls are making a seventh trip to the state basketball tournament in eight years, while the…

The top ten girl skiers from Homer Middle School pose for a photo at a borough-wide ski meet the weekend of March 2-3, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo submitted)

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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race defending champion Joar Ulsom, of Norway, talks to fans before the ceremonial start of this year’s race Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. Ulsom and 51 other mushers will officially start the race Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen

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Norwegian maintains Iditarod lead

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Norwegian musher Joar Ulsom retook the lead in the world’s most famous sled dog race,…

CIA girls stifle Nikolaevsk for Peninsula Conference title

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CIA girls stifle Nikolaevsk for Peninsula Conference title

The adage of defense winning championships has been proven time and time again.

Nikolaevsk coach Steve Klaich celebrates with his team after winning his first Peninsula Conference title in his 30th season at the helm Friday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikolaevsk boys top Ninilchik for 1st Conference crown

The first season Nikolaevsk Warriors head coach Steve Klaich started trying to win the Peninsula Conference championship —…

Homer’s Rylee Doughty tries to block Tessa Binder from Grace Christian School during a Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 game in Homer, Alaska. Grace is one of three private school teams in Region 3A basketball. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer girls basketball among teams to protest playing private Anchorage school

Members of several high school girls basketball programs in the Southcentral Conference are protesting games that were scheduled…

Homer’s Rylee Doughty tries to block Tessa Binder from Grace Christian School during a Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 game in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Members of the Homer girls cross-country ski team pose with their first place award for the small schools division for the state skiing championship meet held in Fairbanks, Alaska the weekend of Feb. 22-23, 2019. (Photo courtesy Alison O’Hara)

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Homer girls, Salzetti earn small-schools honors at state skiing

Kenai Central senior Maria Salzetti earned first-place honors among small-schools skiers Friday at the state ski meet at…

The Homer Husky girls at the starting line during a Friday, Feb. 16, 2019 ski meet near Homer, Alaska. Left to right: Leah Dunn, Lawson Alexson-Walls, Sidney Flora, Hannah Stonorov, Bryce Glidden, Elsa Otis, Alana Houlihan, Eryn Field, Elena Badajos, Frida Renner and Ireland Styvar. Homer High School skier and the sweeper for the race, Katia Holmes, is in the background. (Photo courtesy Mike Gracz)

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SoHi boys, Homer girls win borough ski meet relays

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SoHi boys, Homer girls win borough ski meet relays

Saturday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Nordic ski championships offered a small dose of redemption for the Soldotna boys team…

Photo by Brian Mazurek                                The sign announcing the start of the Alaska Highway in Dawson’s Creek, British Columbia, taken in August 2018.

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Out of the Office: What a long, strange trip it’s been

If there’s one lesson I’ve learned this past year, it’s that sometimes you have to change your life,…

Palmer girls, Colony boys take Region III ski meet

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Palmer girls, Colony boys take Region III ski meet

The 19-year streak of at least one peninsula team winning a Region III nordic ski championship was broken…

Galena’s Kevin Bergman looks for a way around Homer’s Seth Adkins on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 during the Winter Carnival Basketball Tournament in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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