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2 days ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
Jared Hutchings won the Mini Stock Dirty 30 on Saturday at Twin City Raceway in Kenai in an event put on by the Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions – Circle Track Division. Hutchings, who also won Heats 1 and 2, raced to a dominant victory in a 30-lap race in which three were able to finish. The class started the day with 12 cars. Also pulling off sweeps of both heats and the feature were Alex Schwochert in the Late Models and Clay Petersen in Modifieds.
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2 days ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
Kenai’s Jason Parks took third place in the Mayor’s Marathon on Saturday in Anchorage. Parks finished in 2 hours, 37 minutes and 8 seconds, ticking off a mile every 6 minutes. Nic Maszk of La Grande, Oregon, won at 2:32:42, while Anchorage’s Preston Wethington was second at 2:33:00. There were 399 finishers in the men’s marathon.
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3 days ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
The Soldotna track and field team nabbed medals in three events and set two school records at Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon, from Thursday through Sunday, June 19 to 22. Nike Outdoor Nationals is a premier high school meet held at Hayward Field, which hosted the world track and field championships in 2022, and has been the site of numerous United States national championships and Olympic trials.
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5 days ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
Madisonville (Kentucky) Post 6 defeated the Post 20 Twins 2-0 in the championship game of the Lance Coz Wood Bat Tournament on Sunday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. The Twins have now been to seven championship games at the tournament, which began in 2004. Post 20 did not win any of those games, with six losses and one rainout. The most the Twins lost by in any of those game is three runs.
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6 days ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
The Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center put on the second Kenai Summer Solstice Fun Run on Saturday. The event, with 5- and 10-kilometer options, drew 47 runners. Samantha Springer, executive director of the chamber, said the first year drew a similar number of entrants. “June is kind of an opening month for us,” Springer said.
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6 days ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
The American Legion Post 20 Twins and Madisonville (Kentucky) Post 6 will play for the Lance Coz Wood Bat Tournament title Sunday at 1 p.m. at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. Auke Bay Post 25 and South Post 4 will play for third place at 10 a.m.The tournament is named for Coz, the former Twins manager and head coach who was the rock of the program from 1975 until his death in 2020. Coz did not get his named attached to the tournament until 2022, but the event has been around since 2004.
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1 week ago | 
juneauempire.com | Mary Willson |Klas Stolpe |Jeff Helminiak
From 1975 until his death in 2020, former Twins manager and head coach Lance Coz built a Post 20 Twins program known for great baseball and even better hospitality. That legacy continues Friday through Sunday at the Lance Coz Wood Bat Tournament at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. Friday saw South Post 4 defeat Auke Bay Post 25 13-5, the Twins defeat South 11-2 and Madisonville (Kentucky) Post 6 defeat Auke Bay 9-2.
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1 week ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
ABC Life Choices held the Celebrate Life! 5-kilometer run Saturday, June 14, on a course starting and finishing at Soldotna Bible Chapel. The victories went to Joshua Nyitrai in 19 minutes, 51 seconds, in the men’s run, Maddie Yakos in 22:44 in the women’s run, Benjamin Blossom in 23:17 in the youth boys run and Camille Burke in 23:00 in the youth girls run. Complete results follow:Men’s 5K: 1. Joshua Nyitrai 19:51; 2. John Jantzi 19:54; 3. Silas Barnes 21.08; 4. Father Ed Burke 21:14; 5.
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1 week ago | 
homernews.com | Jeff Helminiak
The strong family ties that bind motocross racing were on display at the Alaska State Motocross Races 3 and 4 on Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, at Twin City Raceway in Kenai. Back in 2002, Rick Bailey, the charter president of the Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions - Motocross Division, spent about five hectic days building the motocross track at the raceway.
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1 week ago | 
peninsulaclarion.com | Jeff Helminiak
Soldotna’s Marc Dixson was the top male survivor at the Alaska Men’s Run on Saturday in Anchorage. According to the event, the race uses entry fees to fund educational activities, health awareness, promote early detection, and provide financial aid to men and agencies fighting prostate and testicular cancer. In the 5-mile men’s race at Kincaid Park, Dixson finished 33rd overall with a time of 51 minutes, 57 seconds.
