Jeff Helminiak

Pair of home wins move CIA to 12-1 overall

Pair of home wins move CIA to 12-1 overall

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team moved to 12-1 overall and 10-0 in the Borealis Conference with wins Friday and Saturday at the Kenai… Continue reading

Pair of home wins move CIA to 12-1 overall
Birch Ridge Golf Report: Results for final Par 3 Tournament of season

Birch Ridge Golf Report: Results for final Par 3 Tournament of season

On Sept. 8, the Birch Ridge Golf Course played the final Par 3 Tournament of the 2018 season. It was a beautiful evening and 12… Continue reading

Birch Ridge Golf Report: Results for final Par 3 Tournament of season
Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Cam McDonald fires a shot Feb. 16, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex against the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Tomahawks. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Eagle River’s Cam McDonald commits to Providence

The good news kept coming for the Kenai River Brown Bears on Monday. Fresh off a season-opening sweep Friday and Saturday at the Janesville (Wisconsin)… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears defenseman Cam McDonald fires a shot Feb. 16, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex against the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Tomahawks. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
The autumn tones of the Mystery Hills sit above the Sterling Highway on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on an overcast day. The forecast calls for similar cloudy conditions, with highs in the upper 50s and lows in the lower 40s, throughout the rest of the week as autumn colors reach their peak. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Magical mystery tour

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion… Continue reading

The autumn tones of the Mystery Hills sit above the Sterling Highway on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on an overcast day. The forecast calls for similar cloudy conditions, with highs in the upper 50s and lows in the lower 40s, throughout the rest of the week as autumn colors reach their peak. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Knotek, Youngren lead peninsula at Equinox Marathon

Knotek, Youngren lead peninsula at Equinox Marathon

Miles Knotek of Moose Pass and Megan Youngren of Soldotna led the Kenai Peninsula at the 56th Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks on Saturday. Youngren finished… Continue reading

Knotek, Youngren lead peninsula at Equinox Marathon
Palmer girls, Kodiak boys swimmers win Kenai Invite

Palmer girls, Kodiak boys swimmers win Kenai Invite

The Palmer girls and Kodiak boys won the Kenai Invitational swimming meet Saturday at Kenai Central High School. The Moose girls scored 73 points, while… Continue reading

Palmer girls, Kodiak boys swimmers win Kenai Invite
Brown Bears topple Jets in opener

Brown Bears topple Jets in opener

The Kenai River Brown Bears opened the season by going into the home of one of the North American Hockey League’s top franchises and emerging… Continue reading

Brown Bears topple Jets in opener
Football roundup: Soldotna wins; Nikiski, Seward, Homer lose

Football roundup: Soldotna wins; Nikiski, Seward, Homer lose

The Soldotna football team notched a 57-16 Northern Lights Conference victory in Kodiak on Saturday. The Stars, who moved to 2-0 in the NLC and… Continue reading

Football roundup: Soldotna wins; Nikiski, Seward, Homer lose
Soldotna’s Mekbeb Denbrock lead the boys race at the Kenai Peninsula Borough cross-country meet Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Nikiski. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai girls, SoHi boys, Calvert, Dunham win borough cross-country

The faces have changed a little bit on the Kenai Peninsula Borough cross-country scene, but the results haven’t. For the second straight year, Kenai Central… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Mekbeb Denbrock lead the boys race at the Kenai Peninsula Borough cross-country meet Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Nikiski. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Results posted for Cyclocross 1

Results posted for Cyclocross 1

The Chainwreck Cyclocross Series kicked off Thursday at Tsalteshi Trails with Tyle Owens, Morgan Aldridge, Landen Showalter and Will Morrow getting the victories. Owens finished… Continue reading

Results posted for Cyclocross 1
Preston Weeks of the Gold and Emils Ezitis of the Brown battle for the puck Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in the Brown-Gold Game at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Brown Bears ready to open season against Janesville

The Kenai River Brown Bears open their 2018-19 campaign on the road tonight with a roster rich in experience and Alaskans. The Bears drop the… Continue reading

Preston Weeks of the Gold and Emils Ezitis of the Brown battle for the puck Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in the Brown-Gold Game at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Homer senior Luciano Fasulo crosses the finish line of the 5K men’s Spit Run tot take first place in the cross-country Homer Invitational on Sept. 7, 2018 on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

XC roundup: Kenai girls stay undefeated at Division II

The Kenai Central girls cross-country team stayed undefeated against Division II competition by winning the Division II race at the Palmer Invitational on Saturday. The… Continue reading

Homer senior Luciano Fasulo crosses the finish line of the 5K men’s Spit Run tot take first place in the cross-country Homer Invitational on Sept. 7, 2018 on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Nikiski teammates and sisters Bethany (10) and Lillian Carstens team up for a block on Soldotna’s Bailey Leach, Tuesday at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski escapes with 5-set win over SoHi

So far, so good for the losing thing for the Nikiski volleyball team. The Bulldogs shook off their first loss of the season by defeating… Continue reading

Nikiski teammates and sisters Bethany (10) and Lillian Carstens team up for a block on Soldotna’s Bailey Leach, Tuesday at Soldotna High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Volleyball roundup: SoHi, Kenai, Seward sweep on road

The Soldotna volleyball team defeated Palmer on Friday and Saturday to move to 4-0 in the Northern Lights Conference at 6-0 overall. Soldotna coach Sheila… Continue reading

Palmer girls, Kodiak boys win Homer Invite

The Palmer girls and Kodiak boys won the Homer Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Homer High School. The Moose girls rolled up 65 points… Continue reading

Ostrander wins Sundodger Invitational

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School, and the Boise State cross-country team got their season off to a successful start Saturday… Continue reading

Hunting slows down golfing — temporarily

Hunting season is upon us, so for a couple of weeks golfing slows down, but in spite of that nine Senior Men showed up on… Continue reading

Filip Karlsson of the Brown, Preston Weeks of the Gold and Emils Ezitis of the Brown battle for the puck Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in the Brown-Gold Game at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Petrich lauds community support at Brown-Gold Game

On a gorgeous, late-summer night on a Kenai Peninsula rife with hunting, fishing and hiking opportunities, a group of about 10 fans showed up at… Continue reading

Filip Karlsson of the Brown, Preston Weeks of the Gold and Emils Ezitis of the Brown battle for the puck Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in the Brown-Gold Game at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Blackwater Railroad Company performs in the Marathon Bowl on Sunday, Sept. 2, drawing a crowd up the trails and to their live performance. (Photo by Derek Johnson)

Tangled Up in Blue: Talk of the weather

Seward trails have been getting plenty of foot traffic lately. I have a friend who ran three of the major ones last week — in… Continue reading

Blackwater Railroad Company performs in the Marathon Bowl on Sunday, Sept. 2, drawing a crowd up the trails and to their live performance. (Photo by Derek Johnson)
Rothera Research Station, the largest British Antarctic base, where about 100 people live and work in the summer and 25 stay for the winter. (Photo provided by Sue Mauger)

Polar Connections: Peace and science

Research stations in Antarctica look a lot like coastal villages in Alaska. Metal roofs, multipurpose shipping containers and above-ground pipes apparently work just as well… Continue reading

Rothera Research Station, the largest British Antarctic base, where about 100 people live and work in the summer and 25 stay for the winter. (Photo provided by Sue Mauger)