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1 week ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
In games next Friday and Saturday, the Kayhi boys and girls soccer teams will host Soldotna in their final contests against varsity teams before the state tournament, and the Kings’ baseball team hosts Sitka in a Southeast Conference series in its final home games before the Region V Championships. Meanwhile the Kayhi softball and track and field teams are in action in Sitka this weekend.
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1 week ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
It wasn’t the Hills from Hell, but it was still a hell of a lot of hills that runners had to negotiate over this year’s provisional 13.1-mile Totem to Totem course that rolled along the Tongass Highway and through neighborhoods around Point Higgins on Sunday.
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2 weeks ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
When the Division I Wasilla Warriors scored just two minutes into the Kenai Cup championship game on Saturday, it appeared as though the Kayhi boys soccer team might be in trouble. But the early goal didn’t phase the Kings, who quickly regrouped and controlled the vast majority of the contest, storming back to claim an impressive 3-1 victory in the prestigous Kenai tournament.
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3 weeks ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
All of the Kayhi spring sports teams are in action this weekend, with the majority of teams playing on the road. The Kings baseball squad, which will play four games in three nights against Chugiak, is the lone Kayhi team playing in Ketchikan, but there are a couple of community runs in town on Saturday and Sunday for families looking to be active, and the Ketchikan Little League kicks off play on Saturday.
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4 weeks ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
It is easy to see why the Kayhi boys soccer team was hoping to be able to play junior varsity games this year. A young, talented Kings JV beat Juneau-Douglas Yadaa.at Kale 4-1 on Tuesday at Fawn Mountain Field, showcasing the skills that has Kayhi coaches Jacob Potts and Juan Robles optimistic for the present and the future of Kings’ soccer.
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4 weeks ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
The bats came alive for the Kayhi softball team on Saturday as the Lady Kings hammered out 26 hits in 11 innings, leading to the team winning two out of three games in the Sitka Tournament to complete the weekend with a 5-2 mark. After winning three of four games on Friday, Kayhi opened Saturday with a 12-3 victory over Wasilla. The Lady Kings lost 10-3 against Sitka before rebounding with a 12-4 victory over Juneau-Douglas Yadaa.at Kale.
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1 month ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
Playing under conditions that would cause most high schools across the nation to cancel their games, the Kayhi and Petersburg baseball teams not only continued through a relentless cold rain Saturday night, but went into extra innings before the Kings emerged with a 9-8 victory.
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1 month ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
Ketchikan claimed seven first-place finishes at the Neah-Kah-Nie Invitational in Rockaway, Oregon, on Saturday. Despite having limited numbers — seven boys and 10 girls — the Kayhi track and field team more than held its own at the 13-team invitational.
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1 month ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
Johnson Central jumped out to a 10-1 lead after three innings and went on to hand the Kayhi softball team a 14-1 defeat at the Grand Strand Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Thursday. The Golden Eagles, out of Paintsville, Kentucky, used a trio of big innings to earn the victory. Johnson Central scored four runs in the second and sixth in the third before tacking on four more runs in the seventh inning.
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1 month ago | 
ketchikandailynews.com | Richard Larson
Last year was a dream finish for the Kayhi boys and girls track teams with the girls winning the Region V championship outright on the track at Fawn Mountain, and the boys tying for the region crown before going on to finish sixth at state. Winning the region will be a little tougher this year, as Juneau-Douglas Yadda.at Kale brings a new super team of athletes after the combination of the Thunder Mountain and Juneau high schools, but Kayhi brings plenty of talent back.
