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    Articles by Jeff Helminiak
    Kenai Centralճ Jacob Joanis delivers a pitch during a high school baseball game against Kodiak on Friday, April 18, at Baranof Field in Kodiak, Alaska. (DEREK CLARKSTON/Kodiak Daily Mirror)
    Baseball roundup: Homer notches wins
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 24, 2025 1:01 am

    Friday

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    Boys line up for their first running event of the day on Friday, April 18 at the Homer High School Invitational Track Meet. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Colony track and field teams sweep Homer Invitational
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 24, 2025 1:01 am

    The Colony girls and boys track and field teams swept the Homer Invitational on Friday at Homer High School.

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    Homer’s Julianne Techie and Kenai Central’s Christine Goering battle for the ball Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Thursday: Kenai girls top Homer; boys play to...
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 18, 2025 1:01 am

    The Kenai Central girls defeated Homer 3-0, while the Kardinals and Mariners boys played to a scoreless tie, Thursday in…

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    Kristen Faulkner, who won two gold medals for cycling at the Paris 2024 Olympics, speaks to Andrew Elam during a meet and greet hosted by the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce at the Cannery Lodge in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Homer’s Faulkner, Snaric win Alaska Sports Hall of...
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 17, 2025 2:30 am

    All the award winners and inductees will be honored June 5 in the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony.

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    Homer baseball tops Petersburg, Ketchikan at round robin
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 16, 2025 1:30 am

    The Mariners are now 3-1 overall and finished 3-1 at the tournament.

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    SoHi gets 2 individual wins, 4 relay wins...
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 10, 2025 1:01 am

    The Soldotna track and field team took two individual titles and four relay titles, while Seward nabbed an individual title,…

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    Rachel Johnson kicks the ball in May 2014 for the Nikiski soccer team at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Clarion file)
    3 area athletes make Alaska High School Hall...
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 3, 2025 2:30 am

    Kenai Central’s AJ Hull, Nikiski’s Luke Johnson and Nikiski’s Rachel Johnson are a part of the 2025 Alaska High School…

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    Seward's Ava Jagielski drives on Glennallen's Brejanay Stone-Jordan at the Class 2A girls state championship game Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Peninsula puts 3 players on 1st-team all-state teams
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 3, 2025 1:01 am

    The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches announced its All-State Teams last week, with three Kenai Peninsula players making first team.

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    Kenai’s Evelyn Cooper defends Grace Christian’s Poppy Wiggers-Pidduck (4) during the Kardinals semifinal loss to the Grizzlies on Thursday, March 20, 2025, in the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 3A/4A Basketball State Championships at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
    Thursday: Kenai girls lose in 3A semifinals; Kenai...
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 27, 2025 1:01 am

    The Kenai Central girls basketball team lost to Grace Christian in the Class 3A state semifinals on Thursday at the…

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    Saturday: Seward boys come back for 3rd at...
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 20, 2025 2:30 am

    The No. 4-seeded Seward boys defeated No. 2 Metlakatla 52-49 on Saturday to earn third place at the Class 3A…

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    Seward’s Ava Jagielski drives on Glennallen’s Brejanay Stone-Jordan at the Class 2A girls state championship game Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward girls cruise past Glennallen for 2nd hoops...
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 20, 2025 2:30 am

    The Seward girls basketball team defeated Glennallen 51-29 for the Class 2A state title Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Center…

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    Saturday: Cannava, Boonstra, Laker help Team Alaska to...
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 20, 2025 1:01 am

    Soldotna senior Ariana Cannava, Soldotna junior Tania Boonstra and Kenai Central junior Chase Laker helped Team Alaska to a second-place…

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    Kenai Central’s Sierra Hershberger drives on Grace Christian’s Jaden Helton on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at the Peninsula Conference tournament at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Grace girls, Kenai boys capture Peninsula Conference crowns
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 13, 2025 1:01 am

    The Kenai Central boys and Grace Christian girls won Peninsula Conference titles Saturday at Nikiski Middle-High School.

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