Jeff Helminiak

Kenai’s Ostrander makes The Bowerman preseason watchlist

Kenai’s Ostrander makes The Bowerman preseason watchlist

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School, is on the watchlist for collegiate track and field’s top honor for the third time.… Continue reading

Kenai’s Ostrander makes The Bowerman preseason watchlist
Tyle Owens rides to victory Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, in Freezer Food Series Race 5, a six-mile fat bike race at the Slikok Trails outside of Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Owens, Aldridge, Showalter win Freezer Food fat bike race

Tyle Owens, Morgan Aldridge and Landen Showalter braved the cold to win a Freezer Food Series fat bike race Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. The format… Continue reading

Tyle Owens rides to victory Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, in Freezer Food Series Race 5, a six-mile fat bike race at the Slikok Trails outside of Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Homer hockey tops Kenai

Homer hockey tops Kenai

The host Homer hockey team notched a 7-4 Railbelt Conference victory over Kenai Central on Tuesday. The Mariners took a 4-0 lead after the first… Continue reading

Homer hockey tops Kenai
Kenai boys basketball has 1st-round game change

Kenai boys basketball has 1st-round game change

The Kenai Central boys basketball team had its opening-round game change at the Alaska Prep Shootout at Dimond High School in Anchorage. The Kardinals will… Continue reading

Kenai boys basketball has 1st-round game change
Weekend hoops: Kenai girls take 2nd, Nikiski girls take 3rd at ACS Invite

Weekend hoops: Kenai girls take 2nd, Nikiski girls take 3rd at ACS Invite

The Kenai Central girls scored a 42-41 overtime victory over Nikiski on Friday in the semifinals of the ACS Pepsi Invitational in Anchorage before falling… Continue reading

Weekend hoops: Kenai girls take 2nd, Nikiski girls take 3rd at ACS Invite
Nikiski, Kenai girls win at ACS tourney

Nikiski, Kenai girls win at ACS tourney

The Nikiski and Kenai Central girls won first-round games Thursday at the ACS Pepsi Invitational in Anchorage, while the Kenai Central and Soldotna boys dropped… Continue reading

Nikiski, Kenai girls win at ACS tourney
Owens, Bethe, Showalter win at Freezer Food Series

Owens, Bethe, Showalter win at Freezer Food Series

Tyle Owens, Amber Bethe and Landen Showalter won the sixth race of the Freezer Food Series on Sunday at the Slikok Trails. The race was… Continue reading

Owens, Bethe, Showalter win at Freezer Food Series
Klekotka nabs Divisional Star of the Week

Klekotka nabs Divisional Star of the Week

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Alex Klekotka has been named the Bauer Hockey Midwest Division Star of the Week by the North American Hockey League.… Continue reading

Klekotka nabs Divisional Star of the Week
Owens, Bethe win Freezer Food Series 5

Owens, Bethe win Freezer Food Series 5

Tyle Owens and Amber Bethe won Freezer Food Series Race 5, a six-mile fat bike race, Sunday at Slikok Trails just outside of Soldotna. Owens… Continue reading

Owens, Bethe win Freezer Food Series 5
John Loranger, Ruby Glaser, Linda Loranger and Alice Main snowshoe on Headquarters Lake during a winter solstice event at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

‘There’s something about snow’

The first few steps in snowshoes for Theo Carroll, 75, of Soldotna did not go well. Carroll was just steps out of the parking lot… Continue reading

John Loranger, Ruby Glaser, Linda Loranger and Alice Main snowshoe on Headquarters Lake during a winter solstice event at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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