Jeff Helminiak

Turkey Trot tops big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House

Turkey Trot tops big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House

It’s been a big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House, which operates faith-based recovery homes in Soldotna. Freedom House opened a women’s recovery home in May… Continue reading

Turkey Trot tops big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House
Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Dogs

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Dogs

Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich and Fairbanks Ice Dogs head coach Trevor Stewart both are from Elk River, Minnesota, and are good… Continue reading

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Dogs
Andy Walker fits in fast with Brown Bears

Andy Walker fits in fast with Brown Bears

Before trading for Andy Walker prior to this season, Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich looked at the forward entering his last year… Continue reading

Andy Walker fits in fast with Brown Bears
Homer wrestlers blow past Kenai

Homer wrestlers blow past Kenai

The host Homer wrestling team racked up 10 forfeits in notching a 75-6 victory over Kenai Central on Wednesday. Of the four matches that were… Continue reading

Homer wrestlers blow past Kenai
Soldotna wrestlers topple Nikiski

Soldotna wrestlers topple Nikiski

Soldotna coach Neldon Gardner looked at the four forfeits his team would be giving up Tuesday night in a dual meet at Nikiski and had… Continue reading

Soldotna wrestlers topple Nikiski
Freezer Food Series trades darkness for daylight

Freezer Food Series trades darkness for daylight

The Freezer Food Series has come out of the darkness and into the light. Last year’s maiden voyage of the running, biking and skiing races… Continue reading

Freezer Food Series trades darkness for daylight
Lancer Smith lives up to billing as toughest wrestling tourney

Lancer Smith lives up to billing as toughest wrestling tourney

WASILLA — The Lancer Smith Memorial is billed as the toughest wrestling tournament in the state. Saturday, the event, once again, lived up to its… Continue reading

Lancer Smith lives up to billing as toughest wrestling tourney
Ostrander nabs 6th at NCAA Division I Cross Country nationals; McCormick, Bergholtz run at regions; Thompson’s season ends in net

Ostrander nabs 6th at NCAA Division I Cross Country nationals; McCormick, Bergholtz run at regions; Thompson’s season ends in net

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, finished sixth in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. Ostrander, a… Continue reading

Ostrander nabs 6th at NCAA Division I Cross Country nationals; McCormick, Bergholtz run at regions; Thompson’s season ends in net
New Slikok system offers multiuse, ‘swoopy’ singletrack

New Slikok system offers multiuse, ‘swoopy’ singletrack

In preparation for the arrival of the Arctic Winter Games to the Kenai Peninsula in 2006, Dale Bagley, then the borough mayor, and Tsalteshi Trails… Continue reading

New Slikok system offers multiuse, ‘swoopy’ singletrack
True Tales Told Live to cap Startup Week

True Tales Told Live to cap Startup Week

The first True Tales Told Live of the season will cap off Startup Week at 6 p.m. Friday at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. True Tales… Continue reading

True Tales Told Live to cap Startup Week
Magicians sweep Brown Bears

Magicians sweep Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears were swept by the Minnesota Magicians on Friday and Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in North American Hockey… Continue reading

Magicians sweep Brown Bears
Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite

Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite

Bethel won the ACS Denali Auto Glass Invite on Saturday at Anchorage Christian Schools. The Warriors scored 154.5 points, while Homer led the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite
Brown Bears’ Komuls commits to UAF

Brown Bears’ Komuls commits to UAF

When he was just 16, Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Markuss Komuls left his home country of Latvia to come to the United States and… Continue reading

Brown Bears’ Komuls commits to UAF
Nikiski grad Thompson helps WSU into 2nd round

Nikiski grad Thompson helps WSU into 2nd round

The host Washington State soccer team, featuring 2015 Nikiski graduate Rachel Thompson in net, defeated Montana 5-1 on Friday to advance to the second round… Continue reading

Nikiski grad Thompson helps WSU into 2nd round
Kenai Central’s Ostrander wins West Region XC title

Kenai Central’s Ostrander wins West Region XC title

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, turned in a dominant victory Friday at the NCAA West Region championship in Sacramento, California. Ostrander, a… Continue reading

Kenai Central’s Ostrander wins West Region XC title
SoHi, Homer lose at Palmer Hockey Showdown

SoHi, Homer lose at Palmer Hockey Showdown

West Anchorage used a pair of third-period goals to cement a 4-2 nonconference win over Soldotna during the first day of the Palmer Hockey Showdown… Continue reading

SoHi, Homer lose at Palmer Hockey Showdown
Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Magicians

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Magicians

Before the season even started, Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich said the team’s goal is to make the playoffs, and that objective… Continue reading

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Magicians
Sweden’s Bok makes smooth transition to Alaska

Sweden’s Bok makes smooth transition to Alaska

Monday, Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Johan Bok and his teammates hiked just over two miles to Lower Fuller Lake, gaining about 1,300 feet of… Continue reading

Sweden’s Bok makes smooth transition to Alaska
Kostelnick completes run from Anchor Point to Key West

Kostelnick completes run from Anchor Point to Key West

Pete Kostelnick, an Ohio runner, completed his goal of running from Anchor Point to Key West, Florida, on Monday. It took Kostelnick 98 days to… Continue reading

Kostelnick completes run from Anchor Point to Key West
Closeup flute on the keyboard of piano, musical instrument (File photo)

Raften, Allison to perform Friday

The first Performing Arts Society concert of the season showed the international-caliber talent this area can attract in pianist Teresa Walters. The second one will… Continue reading

Closeup flute on the keyboard of piano, musical instrument (File photo)