Homer Sports and Outdoors
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For more than 100 years people have been doing amazing things with bicycles, in Alaska. In 1898 a handful of hardy souls rode over 1,000 miles from Dawson to Nome — well before cars, trains or even roads. ...
Thu, 02/13/2014 - 11:15am -
Now that there’s some snow on the southern peninsula, Snomads, a local snowmachine club, has announced its annual Fun Run on March 8. Registration begins at noon that day at the Homer High School parking lot and the race begins at 1 p.m. Early registration is available at All Seasons Honda, Homer ...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:49pm -
The Popeye Wrestling Club is beginning practices for wrestlers as young as five years old. There is a $100 registration fee. For more information, contact Larry Croft at 399-3144 or popeyewrestling2012@gmail.com. • Ages 5-9, HERC bu...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:48pm -
Stepping off the peninsula for some b-ball action, the Nikolaevsk Warriors traveled north last week for the Nenana Invitational Tournament. With the boys playing three games and the girls playing three, each team won two and lost one. Other teams at the tournament represented Cook Inlet Academy, For...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:48pm -
The Homer High School Mariner ski team found some snow Friday and Saturday, as well as blasts of wind and breaks of sunshine, at the two-day Boroughs competition. Held at the Tsalteshi Trails, behind Skyview High School, skiers from Kenai, Skyview, SoHi and Homer competed. In overall team competitio...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:47pm -
Five teams turned out for the Homer Winter Carnival Wiffle Ball Tournament, a fundraiser organized by Mike Illg for the Children’s Tumor Foundation....
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:31pm -
It was a sweep for the Unalakleet Wolfpack on the girls’ and boys’ side of the ball at the 2A Ninilchik Invitational Tournament held at Ninilchik School, Feb. 5-8. Unalakleet’s two teams handled the competition with ease and won their respective championships. They beat Skyview 39-36 on the gi...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:28pm -
With the Homer Winter Carnival in full swing, and weather bouncing from blizzard to blue skies, Homer High School’s Alice Witte Gymnasium was filled with three days of basketball action last week. Teams representing Delta Junction, Grace Christian, King Cove, Tikigaq kept the court busy beginning ...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:26pm -
The bad news is that in a disappointing, but hard-fought, end of the 2013-2014 hockey season, the Homer Mariners suffered a 4-1 loss to the Kenai Kardinals in Thursday’s quarterfinal round of the Region III North Star Conference Tournament at the Kevin Bell Arena. The good news is that Head Coach ...
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:25pm -
Middle school teams traveled to Soldotna to participate in the legendary “Rubber Chicken Classic” last week. The winner of each weight bracket is awarded a rubber chicken, something most middle-schoolers adore, rather than another medal or ribbon. Teams from Palmer, Glennallen and Grace Christia...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:57am
