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Seldovia’s Dylan Waterbury, 23, and Aidan Philpot, 33, keep the ball away from Scammon Bay during State championship play in Anchorage, March 18. More photos can be found at HomerNews.com.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Seldovia wins State

You can call them the Seldovia Sea Otters boys basketball team and you’d be correct. Better yet, and…

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Kevin Bell Day, Ash Cup keep arena ice hot

There will be plenty of action at the Kevin Bell Arena as 10 teams and about 120 skaters…

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KSC hosts last home meet Saturday

The Kachemak Swim Club will have its last home meet of the season on Saturday.  The South Central…

The Kenai Ice Hawks, a team a team made up of players from Homer and the Kenai area who are used to facing each other as rivals, joined forces last weekend and brought home the second place trophy from the Alaska Girls Hockey Championship in Anchorage. Posing with the trophy are, back row from left, Coach Scott Shelden, Claire Bryant, Corsica Skibinski, Rian Runyan, Rachel Bolin, Tammy Frates, and Coach Ward Bishop; in middle, from left, are Haylee Owen, Libby Miller, Katerina KuZmin, Delilah Harris and Fiona Hatton; and in front is Jordan Stock.

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Homer-Kenai team places 2nd at girls hockey tourney

A collection of young female hockey talent from the Kenai Peninsula earned the second place trophy from the…

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Lady Mariners gear up for State

For the first time in nine years, the Lady Mariners, recently crowned as the 2015 Region III champions,…

The Homer Hockey Pee Wee C team claimed the state championship trophy last weekend. At back, from left, are Terry Gilliland, coach Chris Owen, JJ Williamson, Phinny Weston, Claire Bryant, Rachel Bolin and coach Dave Bolin; in the middle, from left, are Karl Wickstrom, Austin Shafford, Casey Otis, Dylan McBride, Haylee Owen and Fiona Hatton; in the front is Keegan Strong.

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Homer Peewee C Team wins championship
 

It takes a lot to become a champion. Hard work, patience and the tenacity to get through the…

Nikolaevsk Warrior Megan Hickman, 25, maneuvers the ball down the court beyond the reach of Akiak Thunderbolt’s Miranda Demientieff during team competition at the State 1A tournament in Anchorage on Saturday.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky

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South peninsula teams immersed in state tourney action

With the Homer Mariner girls basketball team poised to head to the 3A State Tournament in Anchorage this…

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Nikolaevsk, Seldovia head to State b-ball tournament

After last week’s Peninsula Conference Tournament, with four days of play and 24 total basketball games, the Nikolaevsk…

The Mariner girls basketball team celebrate their victory at Regions last weekend. The girls head to the State tournament next week.-Photo by Lindsay Olsen

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Mariner girls celebrate Region win; boys miss ticket to State by 1 point

By Lindsay Olsen For the Homer News The Lady Mariners were crowned Region III champions on Saturday after…

Weather calls for wait-and-see attitude

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Weather calls for wait-and-see attitude

“… and o, the winds do blow. …” Cold winds. Single digits for the next five days or…

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Three Chapman wrestlers come home as champions

Six wrestlers from Chapman School particpated in the Middle School State Tournament at Tanana Middle School in Fairbanks…

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Southern peninsula schools find place in this weekend’s conference tourney

Last week’s basketball games wrapped up the Peninsula Conference season. Almost. This weekend is the conference tournament. Next…

Mariner Jeremy Tedesco shoots over a Houston opponent.-Photo by Lindsay Olsen

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Mariners host Regions, games under way today

March 11, 2015: In the photo, the name of Mariner player no. 32 has been corrected; he is…