Jeff Helminiak

Ninilchik boys, Nikolaevsk girls pick up wins

Ninilchik boys, Nikolaevsk girls pick up wins

The Ninilchik and Nikolaevsk basketball teams split Peninsula Conference games Wednesday in Ninilchik. In the girls game, Nikolaevsk pulled off a 61-16 victory. The Warriors… Continue reading

Ninilchik boys, Nikolaevsk girls pick up wins
Allie Ostrander competes in a women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase preliminary heat Thursday, June 6, 2019, at the NCAA Div. I Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas. (Photo provided by Boise State Athletics)

Ostrander runs at USATF meet, Carstens scores big for Chicago State

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central high school, took seventh place in the women’s 3,000-meter run at the USATF Indoor Championships on Feb.… Continue reading

Allie Ostrander competes in a women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase preliminary heat Thursday, June 6, 2019, at the NCAA Div. I Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas. (Photo provided by Boise State Athletics)
Kenai boys survive historic shooting night from Nikiski’s Stafford

Kenai boys survive historic shooting night from Nikiski’s Stafford

The Kenai Central boys survived a historic shooting effort from Nikiski’s Austin Stafford on Tuesday to secure a 71-67 overtime victory over the Bulldogs in… Continue reading

Kenai boys survive historic shooting night from Nikiski’s Stafford
Weeks ties NAHL games record as Bears get swept

Weeks ties NAHL games record as Bears get swept

On a weekend where Soldotna’s Preston Weeks tied the North American Hockey League record for most games played, the Kenai River Brown Bears were swept… Continue reading

Weeks ties NAHL games record as Bears get swept
Homer’s Clayton Beachy pressures Redington’s Tony Rogers during a Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 basketball game in the Alice Witte Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Friday, Saturday hoops roundup for Peninsula

The host Colony boys basketball team completed a weekend sweep over Soldotna with a 50-25 Northern Lights Conference victory. Colony led 11-9 after the first… Continue reading

Homer’s Clayton Beachy pressures Redington’s Tony Rogers during a Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 basketball game in the Alice Witte Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
Nikiski girls, Houston boys get conference wins

Nikiski girls, Houston boys get conference wins

The Nikiski and Houston basketball teams split a pair of Southcentral Conference games Friday in Nikiski. The Bulldogs girls eventually broke free in a tight… Continue reading

Nikiski girls, Houston boys get conference wins
Hoops roundup: SoHi boys get best of Houston

Hoops roundup: SoHi boys get best of Houston

After being stuck in Turnagain Pass for a few hours due to weather, the Soldotna boys basketball team made its way to Houston and won… Continue reading

Hoops roundup: SoHi boys get best of Houston
SoHi boys, Homer girls have solid start at state ski

SoHi boys, Homer girls have solid start at state ski

The Homer girls and Soldotna boys got off to a promising start at the state Nordic ski meet Thursday at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. The… Continue reading

SoHi boys, Homer girls have solid start at state ski
Area skiers set for state meet

Area skiers set for state meet

The Kenai Peninsula’s ski teams will compete at the state ski meet at Kincaid Park in Anchorage from today to Saturday. The meet begins today… Continue reading

Area skiers set for state meet
Peninsula residents endure at Susitna 100, Little Su 50K

Peninsula residents endure at Susitna 100, Little Su 50K

The Kenai Peninsula was well-represented at the Susitna 100 and Little Su 50K races held Saturday, and running into Sunday, in the Matanuska-Susitna valleys. The… Continue reading

Peninsula residents endure at Susitna 100, Little Su 50K
Klecka, Smith rule Tour of Tsalteshi

Klecka, Smith rule Tour of Tsalteshi

Another year, another totally different Tour of Tsalteshi. Avid skiers of the roller-coaster trails on the edge of Soldotna say the charm is in how… Continue reading

Klecka, Smith rule Tour of Tsalteshi
Leftover hoops: Nikiski splits with Nome on Saturday

Leftover hoops: Nikiski splits with Nome on Saturday

The visiting Nikiski girls claimed a 67-58 victory in double overtime Saturday in nonconference play. The Bulldogs led 14-6 after the first quarter, but Nome… Continue reading

Leftover hoops: Nikiski splits with Nome on Saturday
Hoops roundup

Hoops roundup

The host Homer boys basketball team notched a 61-51 victory over Kenai Central on Friday in Southcentral Conference action. The Mariners grabbed a 13-12 lead… Continue reading

Hoops roundup
Homer goes 0-2 at state tourney

Homer goes 0-2 at state tourney

The Homer hockey team was eliminated from the Division I state hockey tournament at the Curtis Menard Sports Center in Wasilla on Friday after an… Continue reading

Homer goes 0-2 at state tourney
SoHi relay ski squad takes borough title

SoHi relay ski squad takes borough title

The Soldotna relay team of Quinn Cox, Cameron Blackwell, Erika Arthur and Bradley Walters won the Kenai Peninsula Borough Nordic ski championships at Tsalteshi Trails… Continue reading

SoHi relay ski squad takes borough title
South tops Homer at state hockey

South tops Homer at state hockey

A slow start cost the Homer hockey team in a 4-2 loss to South to start the Division I state hockey tournament at the Curtis… Continue reading

South tops Homer at state hockey
Thursday hoops roundup: Area teams open play in tourneys

Thursday hoops roundup: Area teams open play in tourneys

The Homer girls basketball team opened up play at the Grace Hardwood Classic in Anchorage with a 69-44 victory over Aniak. The Mariners move into… Continue reading

Thursday hoops roundup: Area teams open play in tourneys
Eventual race winner Morgan Aldridge chases Libby Jensen, who finished third, and is chased by Amy Anderson, who took second, at the Ski for Women on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Out of the office: Romance gone cold

The original plan on this Valentine’s Day was to pen a paean to the cold. According to the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska’s largest… Continue reading

Eventual race winner Morgan Aldridge chases Libby Jensen, who finished third, and is chased by Amy Anderson, who took second, at the Ski for Women on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Wednesday hoops roundup: Nikolaevsk girls, boys; CIA boys pick up conference wins; Nikiski, King Cove split

Wednesday hoops roundup: Nikolaevsk girls, boys; CIA boys pick up conference wins; Nikiski, King Cove split

Staff report The pressing, skilled-shooting King Cove girls basketball squad notched a 48-42 victory over host Nikiski on Wednesday. Nikiski led 15-9 after the first… Continue reading

Wednesday hoops roundup: Nikolaevsk girls, boys; CIA boys pick up conference wins; Nikiski, King Cove split
Anchorage’s Lars Arneson, a 2009 graduate of Cook Inlet Academy, finishes third in the men’s Mount Marathon Race on Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Mount Marathon Race announces changes to increase lottery odds

Seward’s Mount Marathon Race announced changes this month in order to increase the odds of racers gaining entry by the lottery and to make the… Continue reading

Anchorage’s Lars Arneson, a 2009 graduate of Cook Inlet Academy, finishes third in the men’s Mount Marathon Race on Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)