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Seldovia b-ball tourney crown goes to Nikolaevsk

It was three days of basketball on the south side of Kachemak Bay last week at a tournament…

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Skiers wrap up season at state

After battling a season of little snow and lots of ice, Homer Mariner skiers spent three days wrapping…

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Wrestlers return from borough championship

Homer Middle School’s Huskies journeyed to Seward for the 2014 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Wrestling Championships. The…

Mariner Head Coach Connie Akers, center, and members of her varsity team celebrate Monday night’s victory against the Nikiski Bulldogs. Mariners, from left, are Madison Akers, Samantha Draves, Tayla Cabana, Larsen Fellows and Maggie Koplin.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Mariner wins over Bulldogs top Senior Night

Homer Mariner seniors on the basketball boys and girls teams, as well as the cheer squad were honored…

Participants in last weekend’s Big Fat Bike Fest enjoy a ride and camaraderie at Bishop’s Beach. Funds raised from the festival will go into an educational bike safety campaign.-Photo by Aryn Young

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Sloppy weather proves mettle of fat bikes

Cold temperatures and wet sand didn’t stop the cyclists at Bishop’s Beach last Friday as they celebrated 2014’s…

Gardening season begins in earnest

Outdoors & Recreation

Gardening season begins in earnest

February. The days are certainly noticeably longer. The weather certainly noticeably strange. Winter started three weeks ago. Does…

Robert Archibald, center, awards raffle prizes during Sunday’s Kachemak Nordic Ski Club’s Wine and Cheese and Wooden Ski Tour.-Photo provided

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Tour has ‘perfect’ conditions

Last-minute snowfalls made for good skiing for the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club’s Wine and Cheese and Wooden Ski…

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Popeye wrestlers head for Seward

The Homer Middle School Husky and Chapman School Eagle wrestling teams went to Soldotna on Friday for a…

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Let it snow

Local snowshoers celebrated the annual Special Olympics Winter Local Competition on Saturday. Among those participating were, front row…

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Nikolaevsk girls maintain long b-ball winning streak

Nikolaevsk’s Warrior Dome welcomed basketball teams from King Cove and Cook Inlet Academy recently.  In games on Feb.…

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Sports in Brief

After a brief timeout, the Homer Mariner high school basketball teams head back into competition this week, with…

Homer’s Aspen Daigle turns onto the Beaver Loop midway through the girls five-kilometer freestyle Friday at the Region III Nordic Ski Championships at Tsalteshi Trails.-Photo by Jeff Helminiak, Peninsula Clarion

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Skiers wrap up regions, ready for state races

The Homer Mariner Nordic ski team took one step closer to state competition at the Region III Nordic…

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Tok tourney provides wins, growth for Ninilchik squads

As Olympic athletes prepared for the long road to Sochi, so did basketball teams from Ninilchik as they…