Local 4A and 3A prep volleyball squads will hit the court for region championship weekend starting Thursday. Colony, Wasilla and Palmer are in Soldotna for the Northern Lights Conference Championships ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.