Jeff Helminiak

Ninilchik volleyball tops CIA

Ninilchik volleyball tops CIA

The Ninilchik volleyball team scored a five-set victory over Cook Inlet Academy on Monday at Cook Inlet Academy. The scores were 23-25, 25-9, 25-16, 19-25… Continue reading

Ninilchik volleyball tops CIA
Jets avoid sweep by topping Bears

Jets avoid sweep by topping Bears

Of the 42 players suited up for Sunday’s 6-3 victory by the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets over the Kenai River Brown Bears, 26 are in their… Continue reading

Jets avoid sweep by topping Bears
SoHi volleyball takes 2nd at Lady Grizzly Invitational

SoHi volleyball takes 2nd at Lady Grizzly Invitational

The Soldotna volleyball team took second in the platinum bracket Saturday at the 24th Lady Grizzly Invitational in Anchorage, while Nikiski won the gold bracket.… Continue reading

SoHi volleyball takes 2nd at Lady Grizzly Invitational
Homer’s Story, Seward’s Jacoby gets wins at massive Bartlett/Chugiak meet

Homer’s Story, Seward’s Jacoby gets wins at massive Bartlett/Chugiak meet

The Homer and Seward swim teams competed at the massive Bartlett/Chugiak Swimming Diving Invitational on Saturday at Bartlett High School. The meet had 480 athletes… Continue reading

Homer’s Story, Seward’s Jacoby gets wins at massive Bartlett/Chugiak meet
Beeson, Aldridge, Showalter capture Chainwreck race

Beeson, Aldridge, Showalter capture Chainwreck race

The Chainwreck Cyclocross Series wrapped up with Brian Beeson, Morgan Aldridge and Landen Showalter on top at the fifth race. This one took place at… Continue reading

Beeson, Aldridge, Showalter capture Chainwreck race
Brown Bears defeat Jets in home opener

Brown Bears defeat Jets in home opener

The Kenai River Brown Bears received three pivotal goals from the line of Zach Krajnik, Theo Thrun and Logan Ritchie in defeating the Janesville (Wisconsin)… Continue reading

Brown Bears defeat Jets in home opener
Brown Bears set for home opener

Brown Bears set for home opener

Soldotna’s Preston Weeks, 20, has been on the Kenai River Brown Bears for five straight seasons and the team has improved in every one of… Continue reading

Brown Bears set for home opener
Soldotna’s Youngren perseveres through going off course, finishes 2nd at Portland Marathon

Soldotna’s Youngren perseveres through going off course, finishes 2nd at Portland Marathon

Soldotna’s Megan Youngren, 28, has big goals for her marathon running. Fortunately, Sunday’s second-place finish in the Portland Marathon was not a big part of… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Youngren perseveres through going off course, finishes 2nd at Portland Marathon
Hannah Lafleur of Seward, Alaska, runs at the top of the cliffs at the Mount Marathon Race on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Seward. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Seward’s Lafleur wins Girdwood Trail Marathon

Seward’s Hannah Lafleur won the Girdwood Trail Marathon on Saturday, finishing in 3 hours, 41 minutes, 13 seconds, to defeat men’s winner Ryan McLaughlin and… Continue reading

Hannah Lafleur of Seward, Alaska, runs at the top of the cliffs at the Mount Marathon Race on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Seward. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
CIA coed soccer places 5th at Borealis tourney

CIA coed soccer places 5th at Borealis tourney

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team dropped their final match of the Borealis Conference tournament in Palmer on Saturday. The Eagles lost 2-0 to… Continue reading

CIA coed soccer places 5th at Borealis tourney
Homer girls, Kodiak boys sweep weekend swim dual meets

Homer girls, Kodiak boys sweep weekend swim dual meets

The Homer girls and Kodiak boys swept swimming dual meets in Kodiak on Friday and Saturday. Friday, the Homer girls won 80-77, while the Bears… Continue reading

Homer girls, Kodiak boys sweep weekend swim dual meets

CIA coed soccer falls in Borealis semis

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team lost 2-1 in overtime to Susitna Valley on Friday in the semifinals of the Borealis Conference tournament in… Continue reading

Chilson, Aldridge, Showalter take Chainwreck race

Chilson, Aldridge, Showalter take Chainwreck race

Jordan Chilson, Morgan Aldridge and Landen Showalter claimed victory at the fourth race of the Chainwreck Cyclocross Series on Thursday at Tsalteshi Trails. In cyclocross,… Continue reading

Chilson, Aldridge, Showalter take Chainwreck race
From left, Brandiee, Helen, Donalen, Donald and Candice Bowers. (Photo provided by Bowers family)

KCHS volleyball to raise funds for family battling cancer

“Just knowing the people I’ve volunteered for and helped out are helping me back is special.”

From left, Brandiee, Helen, Donalen, Donald and Candice Bowers. (Photo provided by Bowers family)
Kenai swimmers sweep Seward Invitational

Kenai swimmers sweep Seward Invitational

The Kenai girls and boys swimmers swept the Seward Invitational on Saturday in Seward. The Kardinals girls scored 404 points, while Soldotna had 391 and… Continue reading

Kenai swimmers sweep Seward Invitational
Soldotna football tops Kenai, finishes perfect regular season

Soldotna football tops Kenai, finishes perfect regular season

On Oct. 3, 2015, a Kenai Peninsula Pop Warner Jr. Midget team quarterbacked by an eighth-grader named Jersey Truesdell played a scrimmage at halftime of… Continue reading

Soldotna football tops Kenai, finishes perfect regular season
Nikiski football tops Seward, clinches playoff spot

Nikiski football tops Seward, clinches playoff spot

Clinching a spot in the playoffs. A homecoming victory. A win on senior day. Taking the first Fish Bowl trophy. The first home triumph of… Continue reading

Nikiski football tops Seward, clinches playoff spot
State cross-country preview: Daigle hopes hard work pays off

State cross-country preview: Daigle hopes hard work pays off

This summer, despite working long hours commercial fishing with her family, Homer senior Autumn Daigle would take a boat to areas where she could get… Continue reading

State cross-country preview: Daigle hopes hard work pays off
Runners conquer rain, wind at Kenai River Marathon

Runners conquer rain, wind at Kenai River Marathon

A women’s running group from Homer, a pair prepping for the California International Marathon, and rainy, windy conditions prevailed Sunday at the Kenai River Marathon.… Continue reading

Runners conquer rain, wind at Kenai River Marathon
SoHi graduate Newbould takes 10th at U.S. Mountain Running Championships

SoHi graduate Newbould takes 10th at U.S. Mountain Running Championships

Brandon Newbould, a 2000 graduate of Soldotna High School, took 10th in the 2019 U.S. Mountain Running Championships on Sunday in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire.… Continue reading

SoHi graduate Newbould takes 10th at U.S. Mountain Running Championships