Jeff Helminiak

Brown Bears invite fans to meet team

The Kenai River Brown Bears have reorganized their staff and their training camp in order to become an even bigger part of the community.The Bears… Continue reading

Runners battle hills at Nikiski Class Races

Before she burst out of the forest and onto the football field for her finishing kick at the Nikiski Class Races on Monday at Nikiski,… Continue reading

Morin defends Donald Morgan Memorial title

For Homer’s Chris Morin, it was all about staying low and dry.Battling nearly constant showers Saturday and Sunday, Morin won his second-straight Donald Morgan Memorial… Continue reading

Kodiak beats Nikiski in constant rain

Kodiak head coach Bill McGuire got the victory, and not the weather, for which he was looking Saturday afternoon in the season opener at a… Continue reading

Locals shine at Junior State Championships at Birch Ridge

Spurred by home-course advantage, Birch Ridge Golf Course won four of the eight divisions contested at the Alaska Junior State Championship on Monday and Tuesday.Birch… Continue reading

Birch Ridge hosts Junior Masters

Sudden, inconvenient, unexpected growth spurts are to be expected when dealing with junior golfers. It’s just that the shooting up usually occurs in height, and… Continue reading

Ostrander selected for US Junior Mountain Running Team

Recent Kenai Central graduate Allie Ostrander has been named to the U.S. Junior Mountain Running Team, meaning she will get to compete this fall in… Continue reading

Sunday: Miners top Oilers in finale

It wasn’t a win, but it was a lot better than things looked for the Peninsula Oilers a little under a year ago.At that time,… Continue reading

Oilers drop crucial game to Panners

The Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks defeated the Peninsula Oilers 6-1 on Tuesday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai in a game that the Oilers… Continue reading

Friday: Bucs take down Oilers

The last time Mike Grahovac rolled through town, he was coaching not only a different team, but a different kind of team.As head coach of… Continue reading

With summer still in full swing, Bears head into main camp Wednesday

After finishing with the worst record in the North American Hockey League in 2014-15, the Kenai River Brown Bears could hardly wait for next season… Continue reading

Late comeback gives Twins big win

The American Legion Twins rallied from two runs down with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to notch a crucial, 5-4 league… Continue reading

Jorgenson, Nelson take All-Alaskan Skins Game

Running off birdies on five of the first six holes, Travis Jorgenson of Fishhook Golf Course in Palmer and Rob Nelson of Fox Hollow Golf… Continue reading

Sunday: Rain halts Oilers-Pilots game while it is still scoreless

The skies, the Peninsula Oilers and the Anchorage Glacier Pilots all did plenty of threatening Sunday afternoon at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai.Only the… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Emelie Forsberg

Emelie and Kilian’s conquest: What I learned from the 88th Mount Marathon

The power of competition was easy to behold at the 88th running of Mount Marathon in Seward on Saturday. The power of joy proved harder… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Emelie Forsberg

Castellano breaks more lifting records

Cipriana Castellano, a senior at Kenai Central High School, has gone where few, if any, 18-and-under powerlifters have ever gone before.After setting three world records… Continue reading

Legion Twins drop pair of games on opening day of Wood Bat tourney

The American Legion Twins lost their first two games in the Bill Miller Big Fish Wood Bat Tournament on Tuesday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Dean Scroggins and Jimmie Hale go head to head during an A-Stock race at the Twin City Raceway on Friday July 3, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.

Fans get unscheduled fireworks at Twin City Raceway

Fans got some unscheduled fireworks as well as a night of dominant racing Friday in dirt-track action at Twin City Raceway. The fireworks came courtesy… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Dean Scroggins and Jimmie Hale go head to head during an A-Stock race at the Twin City Raceway on Friday July 3, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.

Sunday: Oilers come back to beat Chinooks

Oilers first baseman Bennett Oliver caught up just in time Sunday in Alaska Baseball League action at Coral Seymour Memorial Park, and so did the… Continue reading

Forsberg, Jornet rewrite Mount Marathon record book; Ostrander dazzles in debut

Forsberg, Jornet rewrite Mount Marathon record book; Ostrander dazzles in debut

Given the choice between an even firmer grip on Alaska immortality or competition, it tells you everything you need to know about Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander… Continue reading

Forsberg, Jornet rewrite Mount Marathon record book; Ostrander dazzles in debut