Jeff Helminiak

Kenai Golf Course to open Thursday

Kenai Golf Course to open Thursday

The Kenai Golf Course will open to the public Thursday. Mark Griffin at the course called it a “soft opening,” saying walking the front nine… Continue reading

Kenai Golf Course to open Thursday
Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai

Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai

The Soldotna baseball team notched an 11-1 victory over Kenai Central in five innings on Tuesday in Southcentral Conference play at the Soldotna Little League… Continue reading

Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai
Soldotna soccer sweeps Nikiski

Soldotna soccer sweeps Nikiski

The Soldotna girls soccer team avoided a slow start Monday at Nikiski, while the Stars boys overcame one. The SoHi girls received five goals from… Continue reading

Soldotna soccer sweeps Nikiski
Weekend softball: Palmer sweeps Kenai, Kodiak sweeps Homer

Weekend softball: Palmer sweeps Kenai, Kodiak sweeps Homer

Defense cost the Palmer softball team its opening game of the season, but defense won the Moose their second game of the season Friday at… Continue reading

Weekend softball: Palmer sweeps Kenai, Kodiak sweeps Homer
Soccer: SoHi girls top Ketchikan; Homer girls defeat Voznesenka

Soccer: SoHi girls top Ketchikan; Homer girls defeat Voznesenka

The Soldotna girls soccer team started a Southeast road trip with a 2-0 victory over nonconference foe Ketchikan. Margarida Mendoca notched the shutout in net… Continue reading

Soccer: SoHi girls top Ketchikan; Homer girls defeat Voznesenka
Refuge to provide campfire cooking lessons at Sport Show

Refuge to provide campfire cooking lessons at Sport Show

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will provide hook to table, hands-on campfire cooking lessons at the Kenai Peninsula Sport Rec and Trade Show, which is… Continue reading

Refuge to provide campfire cooking lessons at Sport Show
Skis and poles, ready for crust skiing, sit at the Dale Clemens Cabin above Resurrection Bay and Seward on April 12, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Out of the office: Winter to summer

In January, it took allusions to neuroscience, the Green Bay Packers and Metallica for me to explain in this space how the Culture of the… Continue reading

Skis and poles, ready for crust skiing, sit at the Dale Clemens Cabin above Resurrection Bay and Seward on April 12, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Weather causes shuffling of softball schedule

Weather causes shuffling of softball schedule

Snowy weather around the state has caused a shuffling of the softball schedule for Kenai Peninsula teams. Homer was originally supposed to host Kenai Central… Continue reading

Weather causes shuffling of softball schedule
Kenai boys soccer tops Soldotna; girls game ends in draw

Kenai boys soccer tops Soldotna; girls game ends in draw

Monday when Kenai Central’s Ed Hollier Field hosted a Peninsula Conference soccer battle between the Kardinals and Soldotna, two things were classic — the fierce… Continue reading

Kenai boys soccer tops Soldotna; girls game ends in draw
The adults at Redemption MMA in Soldotna. (Photo provided by Redemption MMA)

Redemption MMA takes kids, adults titles at state jiu-jitsu tourney

Part of being an incredible mentor is comfort with the fact that doing a great job means the student may one day pass the teacher.… Continue reading

The adults at Redemption MMA in Soldotna. (Photo provided by Redemption MMA)
Colony Track Invite canceled due to weather

Colony Track Invite canceled due to weather

The Colony Track Invitational for Friday and Saturday has been canceled due to weather. Area squads Cook Inlet Academy, Homer, Kenai Central, Nikiski, Seward and… Continue reading

Colony Track Invite canceled due to weather
Team Hollywood to perform at Cook Inlet Academy

Team Hollywood to perform at Cook Inlet Academy

The Team Hollywood Celebrity Streetball team will be at Cook Inlet Academy at 7 p.m. Thursday. The squad travels around the world with the goal… Continue reading

Team Hollywood to perform at Cook Inlet Academy
Homer, Kenai play to ties in girls, boys games

Homer, Kenai play to ties in girls, boys games

Score a win for the wind. The host Kenai Central and Homer girls played to a scoreless tie Tuesday in Peninsula Conference action. As it… Continue reading

Homer, Kenai play to ties in girls, boys games
Pair of area runners compete in Boston Marathon

Pair of area runners compete in Boston Marathon

Derek Gibson of Soldotna and Bill Wood of Kenai represented the Kenai Peninsula on Monday at the Boston Marathon. Gibson, 26, crossed at 2 hours,… Continue reading

Pair of area runners compete in Boston Marathon
Kodiak softball topples Kenai Central

Kodiak softball topples Kenai Central

The Kenai Central softball team dropped a pair of Northern Lights Conference games Monday in Kodiak. The Kardinals (0-2 in the NLC, 0-3 overall) were… Continue reading

Kodiak softball topples Kenai Central
Believers in the power of music

Believers in the power of music

Artists to perform music created by man diagnosed with ALS

Believers in the power of music
Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens shoots in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman.com)

Area seniors cap hoops careers at All-Star Games

The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches held their Senior All-Star Games on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, giving seniors from throughout the… Continue reading

Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens shoots in the Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at Wells Fargo Arena in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman.com)
Kodiak track wins tri meet with Colony, Homer

Kodiak track wins tri meet with Colony, Homer

The host Kodiak track teams controlled a tri meet with Colony and Homer on Friday and Saturday. Friday, the Bears boys scored 69.99 points, while… Continue reading

Kodiak track wins tri meet with Colony, Homer
Colony softball tops Kenai, Soldotna

Colony softball tops Kenai, Soldotna

Friday’s nonconference softball game at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park between host Kenai Central and Colony would have been a great warm-up for the season,… Continue reading

Colony softball tops Kenai, Soldotna
Brown Bears name Murdock as head coach, Bogdan as associate head coach

Brown Bears name Murdock as head coach, Bogdan as associate head coach

The Kenai River Brown Bears, set to embark on their 13th season next fall, named Kevin Murdock, 28, on Thursday as the eighth head coach… Continue reading

Brown Bears name Murdock as head coach, Bogdan as associate head coach