Even though school fall sports practices don’t start until August, Monday and Thursday nights are already buzzing at the Homer High School turf field. At the beginning of June, the city’s Community Recreation Program kicked off its first summer of organized ultimate frisbee, and participation continues to grow as the summer wears on.
All Sports
Adult Sports
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If women in Homer have been looking for a way to combine a love of comradery, female empowerment and smashing into stuff, they might just be in luck. A small group of local women is working to create Homer’s first roller derby team.
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Mother nature must have known there would be visitors in town over the weekend, because she pulled out all the stops and granted a clear, sunny day for participants in the annual Homer Spit Run race.
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The inaugural End of the Road Pickleball Tournament and Clinics will be held this coming Monday through Saturday at Homer High School.
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The Lavaman Triathlon, held Sunday at the Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii, would seem to make a lot of sense for Alaskans.
Youth Sports
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The girls received the Academic Award at state w a combined gpa of 3.5 & my step-daughter Hannah Hatfield, a freshman, made the all tournament team.
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The Homer Mariners will have to wait another year for that elusive and overdue state softball title after a double-elimination day at the Division II tournament at the South Davis Park Complex in Fairbanks.
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Emily Pieh knew the moment the 2.2-pound discus flew out of her hand, it was going to be a big one.
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The Kenai Central boys are back in a state championship final, and they intend to finish what they started two years ago.
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In a wacky Southcentral Conference baseball tournament in Homer, one trend was solid — power gravitated to the north.