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High School Sports

Myles Wilson, left, and Joey Mauer keep Kodiak’s scorebook during a high school baseball game against Homer Saturday at Baranof Field. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Grab a pencil: Players learn to keep score
As a pitcher, Kodiak’s Brandon Mahle knows how important a good scorekeeper is — whether he is playing or keeping score himself. “You have to learn how to mark errors to help the pitchers out,” the junior said. “Otherwise they are going to get m...

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KHS sends 19 to state track meet
Kodiak qualified 19 athletes to the 4A State Track and Field Championships that begin Friday at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. Headlining the group is Cole Christiansen, the only Kodiak runner in four events —the 800, 1,600, 3,200 and the 3,2...

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Kodiak softball heats up in the Valley
It might have been cold in the Mat-Su Valley over the weekend, but Kodiak’s bats were on fire. The Bears scored 36 runs and pounded out 25 hits in a pair of softball wins over Houston and Palmer on Friday and Saturday. “They threw a lot of str...

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Kodiak s Levi Thomet leads a group of runners during the 3,200-meter run at the Brian Young Invitational. Thomet won the 3,200 at Friday s Region III Track and Field Championships. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Kodiak boys best in Region III, again
Kodiak’s boys are once again tops in Region III. The Bears captured their seventh straight team title Saturday in the Region III Track and Field Championships at Palmer High. Jordan Fogle (400), Cole Christiansen (1,600) and Levi Thomet (3,200...

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Kodiak’s Brandon Mahle pitches during a high school baseball game Friday against Homer at Baranof Field. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Mahle powers Kodiak past Homer (video)
With one of Kodiak’s all-time greats in the opposite dugout, current Bear Brandon Mahle displayed his talents on the mound. The junior right-hander was reminiscent of Mark Putney, now an assistant coach for Homer, in a dominating performance ove...

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Playbook

Playbook: May 11
Today Baseball: Kodiak vs. Homer at Baranof Field. Junior varsity, 3 p.m.; varsity, 6 p.m. Softball: Kodiak vs. Houston at Houston. Junior varsity, 6 p.m.; varsity, 7:45 p.m. Track: Kodiak at the Region III Track and Field Championships at Pa...

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Parks and Rec: May 11-18
May 11-18 EARTH DAY TRIATHLON The Earth Day Triathlon will take place Saturday, May 12, as follows: 9 a.m. — Early start for participants who think they need extra time to complete the course. 9:30 a.m. — Pre-race briefing in swimming pool l...

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Playbook: May 10
Today Softball: Kodiak vs. Bartlett in Anchorage. Varsity, 4 p.m.; junior varsity, 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 11 Baseball: Kodiak vs. Homer at Baranof Field. Junior varsity, 3 p.m.; varsity, 6 p.m. Softball: Kodiak vs. Houston at Houston. Junior ...

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Playbook: May 9
Thursday, May 10 Softball: Kodiak vs. Bartlett in Anchorage. Varsity, 4 p.m.; junior varsity, 5:45 p.m.

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Parks and Rec: May 4-11
May 4-11 EARTH DAY TRIATHLON The Earth Day Triathlon will take place Saturday, May 12, as follows: 9 a.m. — Early start for participants who think they need extra time to complete the course. 9:30 p.m. — Pre-race briefing in swimming pool lo...

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Scoreboards

Softball: Northern Lights Conference


Homer	4-0
Soldotna	3-3
Kenai	2-4
Kodiak	1-3
Skyview	0-3

Baseball: Southcentral Conference


South
Kenai	6-0
Soldotna	7-2
Homer	3-3
Kodiak	3-4

North
Colony	3-2
Wasilla	2-5
Palmer	2-6
Houston	1-5

Local Sports

Deb Cawthorn runs through the East Elementary playground during Saturday’s Earth Day Triathlon. Cawthorn finished second overall. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Lund, Zinn take Earth Day titles
Nearly four hours before Saturday’s Earth Day Triathlon, Betsy Lund was having second thoughts about competing. “It was snowing, and I was like, ‘Oh good, I don’t have to do it,” she said. The weather cleared, and Lund decided to give it the K...

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Alumni update: Dunbar places at Pac-12 meet
University of Oregon’s Trevor Dunbar came just short of adding a Pac-12 title to his resume. Dunbar finished third in the men’s 1,500-meter run during Sunday’s Pac-12 Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Oregon. The sophomore cloc...

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Bigley, Llorente win state wrestling titles
The Kodiak Kid Wrestling Club snagged three first-place trophies at the Alaska USA Wrestling Tournament May 3-5 in Wasilla. Hunter Bigley accounted for two titles by winning the school boy 175-pound class in the folk-style and greco divisions. ...

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Playoff push
Jose Cortez, left, and Michael Parnell battle for the ball during a City of Kodiak Parks and Recreation Youth Soccer League playoff game Wednesday evening at Baranof Park. The league ends this weekend with the playoff rounds. (Derek Clarkston phot...

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Dan McFarlin practices his golf swing at the Bear Valley Golf Course driving range Tuesday afternoon. Several people took advantage of the nice weather to work on their game after the long winter. (Derek Clarkston photo)

Course opens this weekend
A true sign that it is spring in Kodiak is when golfers dust off their clubs and head to the Bear Valley Golf Course. Golfers did just that last week when the driving range opened on the nine-hole course located 2.8 miles back on Anton Larsen Ro...

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