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Trevor Dunbar (right) competes in the Adrian Martinez Classic this year. (Photo by Justin Britton) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak-born distance runner Trevor Dunbar is joining a team in Boston. The 27-year-old says this weekend he’s moving to the east coast, where he’s found sponsorship through Adidas as a member of the Boston Athletic Association. Dunbar says he’ll be training beside other …

Now that students are back in class, the high school basketball season has gotten underway in earnest. The Kodiak High School Bears split a home-and-away series with the arch-rival Stars of Soldotna over the weekend. On the Kenai Peninsula, the visiting Lady Bears kept it close on Friday, but fell 26-22. Saturday, Kodiak led by 3 after the first quarter, …

Though they weren’t favorites to defend, the Kodiak High School boys cross country team won the Region III title for the 15th consecutive year on Saturday. The feat happened, as it often has, on the TsalteshiTrails in Soldotna. The Bears were led by senior Keith Osowski, who became the 11th straight region winner from Kodiak. He finished the 5-kilometer course …

A pair of Kodiak High School juniors defended their swimming titles at the SoHi Pentathlon. The event brings swimmers together and they each compete in five events and the lowest combined score wins. Kodiak’s Marina Cummiskey and Talon Lindquist had total combined finishing times of 3-minutes 3.29-seconds and 2-minutes 29.4-seconds, respectively. Lindquist swept all five races and set new records in …

In volleyball, the defending Northern Lights Conference champion Kodiak High School Bears opened the 2016 season with a pair of home losses to the rival Soldotna Stars. The Stars won Friday 25-19, 25-21 and 25-15. Saturday, SoHi won 25-18, 21-25, 25-18 and 25-22. For Kodiak, Ryana Recustodio had seven kills and 22 digs, Zennia Chia had six blocks and Kyla …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak High School boys track and field team repeated as large school state champions over the weekend. The Bears were led by senior hurler Kordel Pillans, who ran away with both the shot-put and discus throw to be voted Male Athlete of the Meet. Pillans’ dominating performance was worth 20 points to the Bears, who racked up …