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In spite of the competition, Nikolaevsk High School varsity basketball player Kayla Stafford, 15, and alumnae opponent Ducia Fefelov, 32, enjoy the Jan. 2 game.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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‘Warriors vs. Warriors’ at Nikolaevsk

“Welcome to the Warrior dome,” the voice of Bea Klaich, head coach of the Nikolaevsk High School girls…

Cross country skiers make their way down a steep seciton of the Lookout Mointain Trials during the 2013 Boroughs competition.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Besh Cup returns to southern peninsula

Attracting hundreds of skiers and with a lengthy Homer history, the Besh Cup continues on Homer’s Lookout Mountain…

Doug Yang, left, and his grandfather, Joseph Randolph, right, prepare to snowshoe at Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies’ Wynn Nature Center bonfire on Sunday, with the help of Loretta Brown of CACS.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Winter Sundays warmer with Wynn’s bonfires

Oh, what a difference a few hundred feet in elevation can make. At sea level Sunday, it was…

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Mariners, alumni mix it up in hockey action

Even with a few players out of town for the holidays and sidelined for poor health, the Homer…

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Younger wrestlers prepare for season

Now that the big mat rats have finished their season, it is time for the middle school and…

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Clock error boots Mariner girls into sixth place; boys take fourth at b-ball tourney

In their third and final game at the Clarke Cochrane Christmas Classic in Ketchikan last week, the Homer…

Margit Andersson, 100, second from right, is joined at “Ski Your Age” by Megan Spurkland, left, Ole Andersson and Atz Kilcher.-Photo provided

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‘Ski Your Age’ proves valuable in reversing post-holiday slump

Some people may have awakened Dec. 26 feeling drained of energy and sluggish from too much holiday eating.…

Homer's Tommy Bowe (25) gets to a puck ahead of Juneau-Douglas' Zach Easton (17) during the Crimson Bears 4-1 win over the Mariners on Friday at the Treadwell Arena in Juneau.-KLAS STOLPE

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Mariners overpowered by Crimson Bears

Back on the road after claiming first place in the three-day Christmas Round Robin at Big Lake last…

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Ski Your Age in Kilometers

Ski Your Age in Kilometers Lookout Mountain WHEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 26 WHAT: This non-competitive community event…

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Rowe, Daigle take first in Candy Cane Scramble

Lack of snow for training early in the season hasn’t slowed down Homer Mariner cross country skiers Brian…

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Homer boys, girls take tourney championship

The Mariner girls and boys JV basketball teams took first place in the Lumen Christi basketball tournament in…

Nikolaevsk's Sophia Kalugin, 13, gets a rebound during their game against the Cook Inlet Academy Thursday Dec. 19, 2013 in Soldotna, Alaska. Nikolaevsk won the game 27-26. Nikolaevsk's Nianiella Dorvall, 23, keeps an eye on the action.  -Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

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Nikolaevsk girls play to first in Cook Inlet Classic

On the heels of a fourth-place finish at the Mixed 6 state championship games earlier this month, the…

Breeanna Torsen of the Mariner cheer squad finds an easy fundraising target at the Dec. 12 "Meet the Mariners" night, benefiting the Mariner boys basketball team: her dad, Brant "Boog" Torsen. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Mariner hoops teams break into action

By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer Before Christmas Day is over, the Homer High School Mariner basketball teams —…