Jeff Helminiak

Friday hoops roundup: Kenai sweeps Homer; Seward, Nome split

Friday hoops roundup: Kenai sweeps Homer; Seward, Nome split

The visiting Kenai Central boys came back from a 40-32 deficit in the fourth quarter to edge Homer 48-47 in Southcentral Conference action Friday night.… Continue reading

Friday hoops roundup: Kenai sweeps Homer; Seward, Nome split
Nikolaevsk basketball sweeps Ninilchik

Nikolaevsk basketball sweeps Ninilchik

The host Nikolaevsk girls and boys basketball teams swept Ninilchik in a key early season Peninsula Conference matchup. The Wolverines were playing their first games,… Continue reading

Nikolaevsk basketball sweeps Ninilchik
Class 1A basketball preview: Coaches expect parity

Class 1A basketball preview: Coaches expect parity

Preseason prognostication at the Class 1A level can either be really easy or really hard. Easy is when there is a team so dominant that… Continue reading

Class 1A basketball preview: Coaches expect parity
Kenai’s Cooper has best World Cup biathlon result of season

Kenai’s Cooper has best World Cup biathlon result of season

Travis Cooper, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central in his first year at the World Cup biathlon circuit, had his best result of the season… Continue reading

Kenai’s Cooper has best World Cup biathlon result of season
Results posted for Homer Candy Cane ski meet

Results posted for Homer Candy Cane ski meet

The Homer Candy Cane ski meet was held Dec. 14 at the Lookout Mountain ski trails. The meet, which featured the freestyle technique, was moved… Continue reading

Results posted for Homer Candy Cane ski meet
Brown Bears promote Hedlund to Associate General Manager

Brown Bears promote Hedlund to Associate General Manager

The Kenai River Brown Bears have promoted Chris Hedlund from Director of Hockey Operations to Associate General Manager. According to a press release from the… Continue reading

Brown Bears promote Hedlund to Associate General Manager
Kenai Central graduate Danielson leads area at loaded Besh Cup

Kenai Central graduate Danielson leads area at loaded Besh Cup

Karl Danielson, a 2018 graduate of Kenai Central High School who currently skis for the University of Alaska Fairbanks, led the Kenai Peninsula at Besh… Continue reading

Kenai Central graduate Danielson leads area at loaded Besh Cup
Kenai’s Cooper helps US to 12th in World Cup biathlon relay

Kenai’s Cooper helps US to 12th in World Cup biathlon relay

Travis Cooper, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, helped the U.S. biathlon team to 12th place in a World Cup 4-by-7.5-kilometer relay Sunday in Hochfilzen,… Continue reading

Kenai’s Cooper helps US to 12th in World Cup biathlon relay
Aldridge, Helminiak take Freezer Food Series 4

Aldridge, Helminiak take Freezer Food Series 4

Morgan Aldridge and Jeff Helminiak took victories at Race 4 of the Freezer Food Series on Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. Aldridge was the top woman… Continue reading

Aldridge, Helminiak take Freezer Food Series 4
Steel sweep Brown Bears

Steel sweep Brown Bears

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears dropped two games to the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel on Friday and Saturday in North American Hockey League play. The… Continue reading

Steel sweep Brown Bears
Saturday hoops: Area teams claim titles

Saturday hoops: Area teams claim titles

The Nikiski girls defeated Houston 55-11 to roll to the Craig Jung Kenai River Challenge championship on Saturday, while the Kenai Central boys topped Kotzebue… Continue reading

Saturday hoops: Area teams claim titles
Juneau loses to SoHi, beats Kenai

Juneau loses to SoHi, beats Kenai

The Soldotna hockey team improved to 3-0 in the Railbelt Conference with a 1-0 victory over Juneau-Douglas on Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.… Continue reading

Juneau loses to SoHi, beats Kenai
Cooper finishes 100th in World Cup biathlon

Cooper finishes 100th in World Cup biathlon

Travis Cooper, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, finished 100th of 106 finishers Friday in a World Cup biathlon 10-kilometer sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria. Norway’s… Continue reading

Cooper finishes 100th in World Cup biathlon
Trevor Davis skates on Bottenintnin Lake on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Hit the ice

Some central Kenai Peninsula outdoors enthusiasts have found a silver lining to the slow snow start to winter. And it looks a lot like a… Continue reading

Trevor Davis skates on Bottenintnin Lake on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna hockey shuts out Juneau

Soldotna hockey shuts out Juneau

The Soldotna hockey team notched a 3-0 victory over Juneau-Douglas on Thursday in Railbelt Conference play at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Corbin Wirz had… Continue reading

Soldotna hockey shuts out Juneau
Kenai River Brown Bears goaltender Gavin Enright denies Fairbanks Ice Dogs forward Parker Brown on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Brown Bears goalie Enright secures Division I commit

Kenai River Brown Bears goalie Gavin Enright sacrificed his senior year of high school to learn what it takes to be successful in the North… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears goaltender Gavin Enright denies Fairbanks Ice Dogs forward Parker Brown on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
‘Evening of Christmas’ concert continues to grow

‘Evening of Christmas’ concert continues to grow

In 2003, the Redoubt Chamber Orchestra held its first “Evening of Christmas” concert at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna in front of an audience of… Continue reading

‘Evening of Christmas’ concert continues to grow
Seward’s Terry excels for Hardin-Simmons

Seward’s Terry excels for Hardin-Simmons

So far, so good for the transfer of Seward’s Jalen Terry from Humbolt State to Division III Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Terry, a 6-foot-7… Continue reading

Seward’s Terry excels for Hardin-Simmons
Magicians nip Bears on Friday, Saturday

Magicians nip Bears on Friday, Saturday

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears lost a pair of 4-3 games to the Minnesota Magicians on Friday and Saturday in North American Hockey League… Continue reading

Magicians nip Bears on Friday, Saturday
Kenai Central grad Cooper makes biathlon World Cup debut

Kenai Central grad Cooper makes biathlon World Cup debut

Travis Cooper, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School, made his International Biathlon Union World Cup debut Thursday in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Cooper finished 105th… Continue reading

Kenai Central grad Cooper makes biathlon World Cup debut