In review:
High school sports
Basketball: The boys’ and girls’ Homer basketball teams competed last weekend at the Southcentral Conference Championships held at Colony High School. Both teams took fourth place overall in the conference. Below are the breakdowns of each game.
Thursday
Girls: Mariners 40, Seahawks 32
Seward points: 6, 9, 8, 9 — for a total of 32; Homer points: 6, 3, 11, 20 — for a total of 40
3-point goals — Seward had 1 (VonBorstel); Homer had 2 (Veldstra).
Team fouls — Seward had 23, Homer had 18. Fouled out — Sullivan, Carroll.
Boys: Homer boys 54, Redington 25
Redington points: 8, 7, 6, 4 — for a total of 25; Homer points: 12, 11, 14, 17 — for a total of 54
3-point field goals: Redington had 2 (Conaway), Homer had 8 (Etzweiler with 5); Total fouls: Redington had 3, Homer had 11. No one was fouled out.
Friday
Girls: Anchorage Christian School 79, Mariners 32
Homer points: 8, 8, 6, 10 — for a total of 32; ACS points: 33, 25, 15, 6 — for a total of 79
3-point goals — ACS had 6 (Parks, Tebbits, Davis, Reimers, Pickard and Carr). Team fouls — Homer had 17, ACS had 12. No one was fouled out.
Boys: Grace Christian 44, Mariners 31
Homer points: 11, 7, 9, 4 — for a total of 31; Grace points: 12, 10, 8, 14 — for a total of 44
3-point goals — Homer had 3 (Etzweiler); Grace had 8 (Goforth with 6, plus one each from Ivanoff and Karlberg). Team fouls — Homer had 10, Grace had 10. No one was fouled out.
Saturday
Girls: Mariners 36, Redington 26
Redington points: 5, 10, 10, 1 — for a total of 26; Homer points: 7, 10, 13, 6 — for a total of 36
3-point goals — Redington had 4 (Aperezuk). Team fouls — Redington had 12, Homer had 16. No one was fouled out.
Grace Christian 39, Mariners 31
Homer points: 3, 8, 4, 16 — for a total of 31; Grace points: 11, 8, 8, 12 — for a total of 39
3-point goals — Grace Christian had 2 (Salima).
Team fouls — Homer had 13, Grace Christian had 11. No one was fouled out.
Boys: Mariners 52, Seahawks 42
Seward points: 7, 14, 9, 12 — for a total of 42; Homer points: 18, 12, 11, 11 — for a total of 52
3-point goals — Seward had 4 (S. Estes with 2, with one each from Ingalls and Pfeiffenberger); Homer had 6 (Etzweiler with 3, Rohr with 2, and J. Beachy with 1). Team fouls — Seward had 12, Homer had 12. No one was fouled out.
Bulldogs 55, Mariners 49, (Overtime)
Nikiski points: 4, 7, 8, 21, 15 — for a total of 55; Homer points: 12, 8, 11, 9, 9 — for a total of 49
3-point goals — Nikiski had 9 (N. Litke with 4, Ellis with 2, Kornstad with 2, and Handley with 1); Homer had 6 (Beachy with 2, Carroll with 1, Reutov with 1, Etzwiler with 1, and Rohr with 1).
Team fouls — Nikiski had 19, Homer had 17. Fouled out — Kornstad.
Other sports
Wrestling: In addition to Homer High School’s wrestling team and other youth clubs, Homer has the Popeye Wrestling Club. Their season has started, and below is a recap of a recent tournament from Storm Hanson-Cavasos:
“Popeye Wrestling club is having a great start to our 2018 wrestling season. This last weekend, Popeye Wrestling club took wrestlers to compete at the Kenai River Rumble Tournament, (in the) Greco, Freestyle and girls’ tournament.
“In Friday night’s Greco tournament, Lucas Barnard took gold with two pins. Jessica Clucas and Alex Hicks both placed first with an exhibition match to bring home gold.
“Alice Clucas brought home bronze and Declan Barnard wrestled great with one win a technical fall, 11-0.
“Saturday, Popeye had a good showing for the freestyle and girls tournament. Mina Cavasos brought home gold in the girls division with a pin and technical fall giving.
“Cecilia Fitzpatrick brought home gold as well in the girls’ division with two pins and an exciting final match. Alex Hicks also brought home gold and had a great exhibition match.
“In second place for Popeye were: Seth I’nama, McKenzie Hansen, Timmy Cissney, Emma Cissney, Gabe Bradshaw and Luca Fitzpatrick.
“In third place for Popeye were: Josh Bradshaw, Burke Mellen, Branson Mellen, Kanin Kumfer, Murph Farmer, and Jocelyn White. Popeye wrestling also had Hayden Kumfer, Grayson Hansen, Flora Fitzpatrick, Allen white, Beck Mellen, Brooks Mellen and Cayleb Diaz.
“Next weekend there will be a scrimmage between, Popeye Wrestling and the Anchor Kings.”
Skiing: Skiers all the way from Anchorage joined several familiar Homer faces to tackel this year’s Kachemak Bay Nordic Ski Marathon. Below are the full results:
13 kilometer race
Men — 1. Davy Amick, 1 hour, 1 minute, 5 seconds; 2. Lake Alexson, 1:27:46; 3. Roger Watney, 1:30:50; 4. Richard Gustufson, 2:09:43; 5. Hudson Loboy, 2:11:28; 6. Charlie Trowbridge, 2:15:44; 7. Pete Alexson, 3:55:46.
Women — 1. Janeice Amick, 1:07:52; 2. Janelle Moerlein, 1:08:30; 3. Jasmine Maurer, 1:08:31; 4. Alina R-ski, 1:13:03; 5. Jamie Yager, 1:25:56; 6. Kristine Moerlein, 1:26:00; 7. Marie Alexson, 1:45:50; 8. Emily Sloth, 2:11:29; 9. Rebecca Trowbridge, 2:15:37; 10. Annie Ridgely, 3:06:37; 11. Joy Ridgely, 3:06:40; 12. Mia Alexson, 3:55:46.
25K race
Men — 1. Bradley Walters 1:30:43; 2. Joey Klecka, 1:50:57; 4. Ryan Peterson, 1:51:21; 5. Daniel Perry, 1:55:06; 6. David Kaufmann, 2:02:28; 7. David Litchfield, 2:05:47; 8. Bob Gengler, 2:09:12; 9. Dan Miotke, 2:12:51; 10. Alan Gnad, 2:23:50; 11. Hal Shephard, 2:56:36.
Women — 1. Sadie Oswald, 1:33:18; 2. Abby Amick, 1:33:19; 3. Becky Hauser, 1:40:56; 4. Morgan Aldridge, 1:44:24; 5.Adria Bender, 1:44:48; 6. Gabriela Husmann, 1:44:49; 7. Carly Syren, 2:01:08; 8. Ruth Dickerson, 2:27:14; 9. Kat Sorensen, 2:27:30; 10. Nicole McKenney, 2:35:46; 11. Colette Ireland, 3:04:08.
42K race
Men — 1. Gavin Kentch, 2:25:02; 2. Josh Mumm, 2:26:25; 3. Dan Brokaw, 2:28:02; 4. Red Cheetah, 2:33:15; 5. Jan Spurkland, 2:35:07; 6. Carl Oswald, 2:42:04; 7. Joshua Shuler, 2:43:07; 8. Scott Hauser, 2:44:46; 9. Steven Bergt, 2:45:35; 10. Brad Marden, 2:47:48; 11. Peter Oswald, 2:49:01; 12. Fred Dickerson, 2:52:21; 13. Kenny Daher, 2:55:25; 14. Charles Lindsay, 2:58:06; 15. Konrad Schaad, 3:07:57; 16. Kyle Lints, 3:20:23; 17. Jeffrey Helminiak, 3:20:56; 18. Eric Schallock, 3:24:13; 19. Chip Treinen, 3:26:24; 20. Michael McGuire, 3:56:13; 21. Derek Bynagle, 4:20:39; 22. Johnie Krening, 4:31:38; 23. Denver Waclawski, 4:31:38; 24. Jon Berryman, 4:44:48; 25. Matt Haakenson, 5:29:12.
Women — 1. Emily Lints, 2:40:59; 2. Stacey Buckelew, 2:43:50; 3. Stephanie Schmit, 2:51:17; 4. Katia Holmes, 2:57:31; 5. Jane Wiebe, 3:11:28; 6. Melissa Smith, 3:13:58; 7. Jennisso Budd-Amick, 3:19:07; 8. Alison Ohara, 3:21:04; 9. Claire Neaton, 3:25:17; 10. Jaclyn Arndt, 3:25:37; 11. Kathy Sarns-Irwin, 3:29:24; 12. Maddie O’Laire, 3:51:57; 13. Autumn Daigle, 4:31:37.
