Boys drop game to Grace

A shorthanded Mariner boys basketball team stayed with a good 3A squad from Grace Christian for the first quarter on Saturday before getting outgunned.

The Grizzlies managed a 21-18 lead after the first quarter behind 11 points from their 6-foot, 8-inch center, Kellan Moll.

Only eight varsity players suited up for the Mariners as Noah McWilliams, Jesse Leman, Dan Stafford and newcomer Adam Trieweiler all missed the game due to injury.

Grace stretched its lead to 63-35 after three quarters and won by 15 points, 65-50.

Homer&rsquo
s Jake Katelle led the way with 11 points including three three-pointers. Josh Gilbert added 10 and Deonte Powe and Corey Sutherland scored eight apiece.

Moll scored 20 for Grace and Arnold added 15.

Girls beat Skyview

The Mariner girls basketball team outscored Skyview in every quarter Tuesday night en route to a 61-43 Northern Lights Conference victory.

Four Mariners finished the game in double figures led by Allison Horazdovsky&rsquo
s 17 points. Rachel Bornheimer scored 13 and Claire Siekaniec and Reba Temple each added 10.

The Mariners took control early scoring on three of their first four possessions and built a 14-4 lead in the first quarter.

The Homer girls&rsquo
next game is scheduled for Feb. 9 at Soldotna.

Skiers compete at relays

The top Mariner girls cross country ski relay team finished fourth and the boys finished ninth at the Nikiski Relays in Nikiski on Saturday.

For complete results, visit www.homernews.com.

Nikiski Relays

Saturday

at Nikiski Community Trails

Girls 4-by-3.5-kilometer classic relay

1. Kenai A (Becca Ford, Maya Johnson, Kristi Louthan, Molly Watkins), 57 minutes, 3 seconds
2. Colony A (Emily Dougherty, Erin Skvorc, Heather Kelahan, Heidi Doner), 58:44
3. Soldotna A (Jasmine Clock, Emily Smola, Amanda Smith, Kailey Mucha), 59:04
4. Homer C (Gillian Maryott, Molly Warburton, Alina Rykaczewski, Erika Klaar), 1:00:00
5. Palmer A (Kiersten Dahms, Kimberly Delfrate, Jessica Odegard, Rachel Wintz), 1:00:03
6. Seward A (Katie Peck, Meghan O'Leary, Tekla Backlund, Sarah Glaser), 1:00:12
7. Homer A (Jaclyn Arndt, Katie Miller, Frances Bursch, Kristin Vantrease), 1:01:31
8. Homer B (Thorey Munro, Claire Laukitis, Enali Critchett, Emma Laukitis), 1:01:34
9. Colony B (Kaija Klauder, Ellen Van Gorder, Caitlin Skvorc, Jaclyn Pace), 1:04:45
19. Palmer B (Catherine Steward, Amanda Delfrate, Claire Woodings, Dottie Hoople), 1:05:02.

11. Palmer C (Mollie Mangelsdorf, Stephanie Stephens, Raelyn Quinn, Laura Whitmore), 1:10:04
12. Colony C (Katie Gonski, Crystal Wood, Sydney Stewart, Maria Wick), 1:10:41
13. Homer D (Maggie McCarron, Oshi Wills, Katie Arsenault, Morgan Edminster), 1:12:08
14. Colony D (Katelyn Truax, Shannon Van Bavel, Hannah Bulovsky, Clare Murray), 1:13:01
15. Soldotna/Colony/Palmer (Carole Hanke, Hannah Chase, Else Nagel, Lyssa Frohling), 1:16:12
16. Colony E (Sarah Mastroyanis, Kelsey Powell, Danielle Blair, Abby Nagel), 1:17:24
17. Seward B (Samara Johnson, Emily Capra, Nicole Feemster, Nicole Hewitt), 1:21:28
18. Kenai B (Mercedes Hughes, Deandra Latz, Keirsten Carlson, JoJo Chang), 1:22:28
19. Skyview/CIA (Kendra Merkes, Greta Danielson, Dani Rehm, Heather Roesing), 58:52
20. Seward/CIA (Allison Barnwell, Sugyong Kim, Katerina Krischok, Hilary Domke), 1:27:28.

21. Homer/mixed (Corinne Ogle, Emily Henkelman, Dutch Stewart, Samantha Arndt), 1:28:54.

Boys 4-by-5-kilometer classic relay

1. Colony A (Mason Wick, Jeff Ford, Nick Whitmore, Ryan Van Gorder), 1:06:07
2. Kenai A (Trent Semmens, Kirk Louthan, DC Reid, Chris Hall), 1:07:48
3. Skyview A (Tommy Honer, Kelly Skipwith, Taylor Karnikis, Erick Romig), 1:08:42
4. Soldotna A (Gabe Murray, Caleb Gordon, Eddie French, Max Milliron), 1:13:16
5. Palmer A (Brian Senta, Ryan Cunningham, Davis Dunlap, Dunnie Strickland), 1:15:40
6. Colony B (Robert Wise, Sean Boyden, Ethan Van Bavel, Evan Walker), 1:16:12
7. Nikiski A (Thomas Wheeler, Ancel Ware, Bryan Bakk, Aaron Bakk), 1:16:40
8. Skyview B (Jordan Merkes, Anthony Silva, Yuzhun Evanoff, Harley Maxson), 1:17:49
9. Homer B (Gus Beck, Sterling Gillon, Tyler Hass, William Jasper), 1:18:15
10. Kenai B (Anders Nyquist, Ben Phillips, Alex Sonnichsen, Quinn Stoops), 1:20:15.

11. Homer A (Will Anderson, Patrick Schneider, Jack Anderson, Dylan Critchett), 1:20:18
12. Soldotna B (Ryan Sanders, Stryker McLane, Jacob Franzmann, Aaron Chase), 1:20:56
13. Skyview C (Hunter Jackinsky, Ben Wild, Alec Sweetland, Sam Kilfoyle), 1:21:12
14. Palmer B (Wylie Mangelsdorf, Richard Barnhart, Mack Lewis, Kevin Smith), 1:22:35
15. Seward A (Kevin Talens, Mike Zweifel, Aaron Sarka, Mark Chase), 1:22:59
16. Colony C (Jon Mastroyanis, Dave Gray, Kameron Walters, Josh Clyde), 1:25:16
17. Su Valley A (Tyler Figley, Ian Mannix, Hannah Hamler, Galen Johnston), 1:25:37
18. Seward B (Matt Nyholm, Koal Backlund, Joe Nyholm, Andrew Ferkinoff), 1:28:54
19. Homer C (Garrett Hoanin, Conner Smith, Peter Hendrickson, Peter Walsworth), 1:33:38
20. Colony/Palmer (Colin Reisterer, Mark Bailey, Jarrid McAuliff, Christophe Johnson), 1:35:33.

21. Palmer C (Bob Simon, Daniel Van Hoomissen, Arm Kunapornasujit, Ted Hoople), 1:36:21
22. Kenai/Nikiski (Brad Denesen, Dylan Wannamaker, Ronny Miller, Leo Pennison), 1:38:49
23. Homer/Seward (Emerson Quarton, Wyatt Rehder, Ben Blue, Sean Moline), 1:40:24
24. Soldotna/Skyview/Seward (Justin Marsh, TJ Earll, Zachary Truesdell, Billy Markowicz), 1:46:06.