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Wrestling roundup: Results from Mountain City, Monster Mash Duals

Bethel won the Mountain City Wrestling Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Anchorage.

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Soldotna captures Top Dog tourney

The Homer boys wrestling team took sixth place

Tela O’Donnell Bacher coaching wrestling in Sept. 2022 at Newhalen School in Dillingham. Photo provided by Tela O’Donnell Bacher

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Homer coach visits Azerbaijan with wrestling delegation

Wrestle Like a Girl, led by Homer resident Tela Bacher, is participating in a 10-day U.S. Department of…

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Anchor Kings wrestle at Nikiski weekend tournament

The Anchor Kings Wrestling Club is a nonprofit organization committed to teaching the youth of Homer, Chapman, McNeil…

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Tela Bacher (55kg) with fellow 2004 Olympian Usukhbayar Gelegjamts (120kg) square off during a Wrestle Like a Girl Sports Diplomacy Exchange in Mongolia in April 2023.

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Promoting girls wrestling at home and across the nation

Long-time Homer wrestling coach steps into lead role at middle school

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Homer Middle School’s Flora Fitzpatrick competes with a Kenai student at the borough wrestling tournament in Seward last weekend.

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Middle school wrestlers compete in Seward

Homer Middle School wrestlers took second place at the borough meet at Seward Middle School last weekend. The…

Homer’s Brayden Woods wrestles to a 6-1 loss to Wrangell’s Keegan Hanson in the Division II finals at 152 pounds Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at the state wrestling tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna girls, Seward boys win state wrestling titles

Kenai Peninsula sweeps Most Outstanding Wrestler awards

Homer’s Brayden Woods wrestles Nikiski’s Frank St. Denis in the championship at 152 pounds at the Kachemak Conference wrestling tournament at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. Woods won by pin. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai boys, Redington girls wear Kachemak wrestling crowns

The Kenai Central boys and Redington girls won Kachemak Conference titles Saturday at Kenai Central High School.

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SoHi girls, boys wrestlers take 2nd at Grace

Local squads tune up for conference tourneys

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Homer senior Roane Cook works to turn Service’s Keasiya Luedde during the girls 185-pound final of the Lancer Smith Memorial on Saturday in Wasilla.

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2 Homer wrestlers win titles at Lancer Smith Memorial

The Soldotna girls wrestling team won the Lancer Smith Memorial on Friday and Saturday at Menard Arena in…

Homer's Bryce Hagge competes against Soldotna's Grady Abrams at 112 pounds at the Homer Round Robin Rumble on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Finn Heimbold/Homer News)

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Homer Round Robin Rumble survives weather shakeup

The Best Western Bidarka Round Robin Rumble survived a winter weather shakeup to take place Saturday in Homer.

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Homer boys place 8th, girls 11th at Mountain City Wrestling Invite

Mariners have several finalists, including two first-place champions and two second-place finishes.

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Homer wrestling competes in Nikiski Top Dog tourney

Mariners’ take 5th place overall, have three first place finishers