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Homer volleyball takes 4th at North/South

The Homer volleyball team took fourth place in the Gold Bracket at the North/South in Houston on Saturday.

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Homer boys, Seward girls runners capture Colony Invite

The Homer boys and Seward girls won titles Saturday at the Colony XC Invitational at Colony High School.

The Homer Mariners varsity football team faces the Kenai Central High School Kardinals on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the Homer High School football field in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer football shuts out Kenai

The Mariners have given up just eight points this season.

The Sea Leg Stilts pose for a photo ahead of the 3rd annual 5K Run for Recovery this Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection)

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Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection to host 3rd annual fun run on Saturday

The festivities will take place at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer Spit.

Salmon anglers prepare for fishing at the Land’s End beach on the Homer Spit. (Homer News file photo)

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Lower Cook Inlet fishing report: Freshwater coho are fair to good

Halibut fishing continued to be more challenging last week.

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Colony girls, boys swimmers sweep Wasilla Invite

The Colony girls and boys swimming and diving teams swept the Wasilla Invitational on Saturday in Wasilla.

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Homer football shuts out visiting Barrow

Returning strong for the season after winning the Division III state title for the second time in three…

Nevada's Claire Nelson, 22, and Anchorage's Taylor Deal, 31, approach the mountain during the women's race at the Mount Marathon Race on July 4, 2025, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Central graduate Deal captures Lost Lake Run

Taylor Deal, a 2012 graduate of Kenai Central now living in Anchorage, won the Lost Lake Run just…

Service's Talia Smith leads the girls varsity pack near the start of the Ted McKenney XC Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Defending state champs Giacobbe, Staples win at McKenney Invite

Last season as sophomores, Wasilla’s Hailee Giacobbe and East’s Katahdin Staples provided landmark victories for their programs at…

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers have entered the streams

Now that we are riding the deeper slide into fall, it’s time to concentrate on those beautiful silvers…

Seward's Olive Jordan runs to victory in the freshmen-sophomore girls race at the Kenai/Nikiski Class Races on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Prep cross-country season opens with brutal test in Nikiski

The course at Nikiski Middle-High School is as tough as ever, but so are the Kenai Peninsula’s cross-country…

Homer's Justus Grimes shifts past a pair of Houston Hawks en route to a kickoff return for a touchdown of more than 80 yards during the second half of a 64-8 win over the Hawks on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Houston High School in Houston, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Homer football rolls past Houston

The Mariners are the defending Division III state champions.

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Northern Kenai fishing report: Sockeye good; coho arriving in local rivers

On the Kenai River, a record-breaking run of sockeye salmon has now crossed 4 million fish counted.