Homer Sports and Outdoors
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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 -
Beginning today, Homer is host to the three-day Homer Winter Carnival basketball tournament. It includes scrimmages of the Bruins, elementary school-aged teams organized through Homer Parks and Recreation. Following is the schedule. Thursday: 2:30 p.m. Tikigaq girls vs. Grace 4 p.m....
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:54am -
When there’s no snow in Homer, what do Mariner skiers do? Look for some place that has some. And when they find it, what do they do? Prove they know what to do when they slip into their skis....
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:52am -
The Whaler Invitational took the Mariner boys and girls varsity teams all the way to Barrow last week for three days of basketball. With the Barrow boys taking first place in the tournament, the Mariner boys took second in the event. In the girls competition, Mt. Edgecumbe took the title, with the H...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:51am -
The Ninilchik Invitational Championship Tournament began Wednesday and continues through Saturday, with teams from Chevak, Ninilchik, Noatak, Noorvik, Skyview and Unalakleet. The tournament started with games between the girls and boys teams from Chevak and Noorvik in the afternoon and Ninilchik gir...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:50am -
Wrapping up a storm of nearly non-stop basketball, the Nikolaevsk Warriors played the Ninilchik Wolverines at the Warrior Dome on Jan. 28. The Nikolaevsk girls claimed a 55-17 win and the boys a 53-24 victory. The following day, Lumen Christi teams were guests of Nikolaevsk, with the Warriors ...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:50am -
Region III Hockey Tournament kicks off today at the Kevin Bell Arena. “This is a very special event that only comes around every six years,” said John Carlin, Homer High’s head hockey coach. “I told the athletes, from freshmen to seniors, that they’ll never experience this at this ri...
Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:49am -
Even with spring-like weather, it’s isn’t spring-like enough to move from Homer Community Recreation’s indoor soccer program to an outdoor setting. Unless you’re one of the handful of Homer hockey players intent on developing what they’ve learned about the sport at home. That’s exactly w...
Wed, 01/29/2014 - 3:57pm
