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Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News Homer’s Daisy Kettle takes the ball down the field during the Mariners’ game against Nikiski Middle-High School on Tuesday, April 17 in Homer. The Mariners beat the Bulldogs 3-0.

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Homer soccer rolls over Nikiski in conference play

Both Homer soccer teams established themselves in Peninsula Conference play Tuesday, winning games against Nikiski High School. The…

Photo provided Homer freshman and volleyball player Laura Inama holds her Alice Witte Memorial Volleyball Scholarship award.

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Homer freshman awarded volleyball scholarship

A freshman volleyball player for Homer High School has been selected from her peers to advance her skills…

Photo by Lisa Linegar Willem Hakala swims across the pool during an invitational held by the Kachemak Swim Club on Friday and Saturday, April 6-7 at the Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center in Homer.

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Kachemak Swim Club dominates at Homer invite

The Kachemak Kings helped Mother Nature this weekend by heating up the waters at Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center…

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Homer soccer earns win, draw against SoHi

The Homer soccer program came out ahead in its first Peninsula Conference meeting of the 2018 season Tuesday…

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Weekly sports highlights

Upcoming events: Soccer: The girls varsity soccer team will face off against Nikiski in a home game on…

A plastic bottle hangs from a spiel to collect birch sap. (Photo by Jennifer Tarnacki)

Outdoors & Recreation

It’s birch sap season, the forest’s spring tonic

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the average sugar content of maple trees. Tapping birch…

Laura Inama crosses the finish line first in the 2.6 mile category in the first ever Trot to the Top event held by the Homer High School soccer team over the weekend in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Karin Sonnen)

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Soccer team creates new fun run

The Homer High School girls’ soccer team held our inaugural “Trot to the Top” fun run this past…

Photo submitted Wayne Newman takes Isaac Rodman of the Arctic Warriors Wrestling Club off his feet in a match Newman won 12-2 by technical fall at the Anchorage Freestyle Wrestling Club Tournament the weekend of March 31-April 1 in Anchorage.

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Weekly sports highlights

Upcoming events: Soccer: The boys’ soccer team will play Soldotna High School at 6 p.m. in Homer on…

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Area athletes help Alaska invasion of Hawaii triathlon

The Lavaman Triathlon, held Sunday at the Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii, would seem…

Jennifer Bando skis to the finish line of this year’s Sea to Ski Triathlon at the Roger’s Loop Trailhead on Sunday, March 25, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. Bando finished first for the female individual participants with a time of 1 hour, 17 minutes, 48 seconds. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer High senior wins Sea to Ski Triathlon

Some outdoor enthusiasts are satisfied with a traditional swim, bike, run style triathlon. Not Homerites. While there is…

Charlie Edwards of the Optimist holds his trophy after winning this year’s Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday, March 24, 2018 on the Spit in Homer, Alaska. His winning fish weighed 24.6 pounds. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Thousands head to Kachemak Bay for Winter King tourney

More than 1,200 anglers descended on Homer’s harbor on Saturday to try their luck in the 2018 Winter…

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Weekly sports highlights

Upcoming events: Soccer: The boys’ soccer team will play Soldotna High School at 6 p.m. in Homer on…

A raven, back, and a northwestern crow, front, perch next to each other, showing the differences in the two species. (Photo by Randy Weisser)

Outdoors & Recreation

Year of the Bird Meet the Corvids – Part 1: common raven and northwestern crow

Following is the first in a new monthly series of articles about birds and birding, celebrating The Year…