The Soldotna and Nikiski wrestling teams faced off during the Battle for the Bird at Soldotna High School last Wednesday, Nov. 26. The Stars and Bulldogs both had an extra incentive to win — the winners of each weight class took home frozen chickens for Thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of the All American Training Center and […]
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The Homer hockey team travelled to Kodiak last weekend for conference play. The Mariners lost both games against the Bears — 4-1 on Friday and 4-2 on Saturday. They are now 0-2 overall. Head coach Spencer Warren said via text Monday that the start of a season “can be a grind,” with having only practices […]
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The Kenai Central High School varsity volleyball team brought home the Class 3A state title following a 3-2 victory against Nikiski in the final championship bracket of the Alaska School Activities Association 3A/4A Volleyball State Championships, held Nov. 13-15 in Anchorage. This is the third state championship title that the Kards have brought home in […]
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Soldotna High School wrestlers continued their winning streak at the Lancer Smith Memorial wrestling tournament in Wasilla last weekend. All schools from all divisions in Alaska were invited, making the tournament the largest in the state. Over 1,100 wrestlers participated in the two-day event, which is named after who SoHi head coach Pete Dickinson referred […]
Read MoreThe Homer High School varsity volleyball team took third place in the Southcentral Conference Tournament this past weekend, improving to 30-17-3 overall. However, the Lady Mariners will not travel to Anchorage this week for the state tournament. Homer defeated Mountain City Christian Academy 3-2 on Thursday, Nov. 6, but fell 3-1 to Nikiski. The Lady […]
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The Homer High School varsity football team took first place in the silver bracket of last weekend’s Dimond/Service Tourney, held in Anchorage. Head coach Brenna Dornellas said that Homer made it into the silver bracket on Saturday based on results of their pool play Friday. Teams could be placed in gold, silver or bronze brackets. […]
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Players on the Homer High School Mariners varsity football team were selected for Division III football awards last week. The Mariners took their second straight Division III state title earlier this month in the championship game against Barrow. Homer High senior and quarterback CJ Burns was named Offensive Player of the Year. Head football coach […]
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The Mariners varsity football team took the Division III State Champions title for the second year in a row following their 20-0 win against Barrow on Saturday, Oct. 18 in Wasilla. Homer has won the state championships three times in the last four years. Head coach Justin Zank said that the game was tough and […]
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The Homer varsity volleyball team competed last weekend in the Grace Christian Tournament, making it into the highest competition bracket and placing fourth overall. Eighteen teams participated in the tournament. During pool play on Friday, the Lady Mariners beat out Houston, Su-Valley, Grace Christian, Nikiski, Kodiak and Sitka. The team went into bracket play Saturday, […]
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The Homer Mariners varsity football team will advance to the Division III state championships this weekend, after taking down Redington in the semifinals game last Saturday, Oct. 11 at home. Homer beat the Huskies 26-6 in what head coach Justin Zank called “a great game.” “We scored on special teams and offense and our defense […]
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Both the Homer girls and boys cross-country teams were named the 2025 Division II State Champions on Saturday, Oct. 4. The meet was hosted by Palmer High School on the Michael Janacek Running Trail. Homer placed first in the Division II girls team race with 41 points. Seward took second place with 54 points, while […]
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The Mariners varsity football team took down the Kodiak Bears with a 48-8 score in an away conference game on Friday. Homer finished the regular season 7-1 overall and 4-1 in conference. Kodiak fell to 0-7 overall. Head coach Justin Zank said Friday evening that the Bears “played us very tough.” “They were very physical […]
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The Homer football team defeated Kenai Central 44-6 on Saturday in Mid Alaska Conference action at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School. The Mariners move to 3-1 in the league and 6-1 overall, while Kenai is 2-2 and 3-4. Barrow leads the league at 4-0 and has the top seed no matter what […]
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The Homer girls and boys cross-country teams swept the Division II team titles Friday at the Region 3 cross-country meet at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. In addition to both Mariners squads, the Soldotna girls, Seward girls, and Kenai Central girls and boys all qualified for the state cross-country meet Saturday, Oct. 4, at Palmer High […]
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The Kenai Central swimming and diving teams swept the Kenai Invitational on Friday and Saturday. On the girls side, the Kardinals scored 119 points to beat the 83 of runner-up Palmer. Soldotna was third with 40, while Homer was fifth with 32. For the boys, the Kards scored 116 while Palmer had 81, SoHi had […]
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The host Soldotna volleyball team defeated Homer 29-31, 25-17, 25-16 and 25-21 on Tuesday in nonconference action. The Stars move to 5-0 in nontournament play, while the Mariners lost their first nontournament match of the season. Homer came in riding high after defeating defending Class 3A state champ Nikiski for third place at the 18th […]
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On Saturday, more than 100 community members gathered at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer Spit for the 3rd Run for Recovery, an annual fun run hosted by Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection. Top finishers of the race included Andrew Peters, who won both overall and for the men with a finish time of 17:38. […]
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An inaugural 5K fun run along the trails at Eveline State Recreation Site was hosted by Kachemak Bay Running Club this past weekend. Seventeen runners and walkers competed in the event on Saturday, Aug. 9. Organizer Jack Wiles said in an email that runners enjoyed the view of Kachemak Bay along Old East End with […]
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The Homer football team will open defense of its Division III state title Friday with a 7 p.m. nonconference game at Houston. The Mariners lost about nine to graduation, but return a number of key pieces. Homer head coach Justin Zank, who begins his seventh season with two state titles in his last three years […]
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Twenty-seven runners and 10 hikers completed this year’s annual Kachemak Bay Mountain Classic race on Saturday. The annual event raises money for Friends of Kachemak Bay State Parks and awareness of “trails lost to overgrowth.” The 9.2-mile race was the fifth year the Friends hosted it at Grace Ridge Trail, with an elevation gain of […]
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Seldovia’s annual Jakolof Bay 10 Miler race lets both runners and cyclists compete on a course of 10 “tough” miles of hilly gravel road, starting from the Jakolof Bay Dock and following the south shore of Kachemak Bay to the finish line at the Seldovia Harbor. Held this year on July 26, the event is […]
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On Saturday morning, 138 Salmonfest attendees gathered for the 3rd Annual Great Salmon Run. The 5K fun run is hosted by Thrive Ninilchik, a local nonprofit geared towards creating a healthy community through “the transformative power of dance, art, music, and athletics.” Profits from the annual race entries go toward supporting Ninilchik youth programming. In […]
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It was a beautiful day for the annual Kachemak Bay Highland Games on Saturday, July 5. Athletes and enthusiasts alike gathered at Karen Hornaday Park for the festivities, which included food vendors, live music and various traditional sporting events. In the afternoon, there were musical performances by the Harp Twins and the Volfgang Twins. 2025 […]
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The annual Seldovia Salmon Shuffle, part of our neighbor-across-the-bay’s Fourth of July celebrations, saw more than 250 participants this year. Sponsored by the Seldovia Arts Council, cash prizes were awarded for first-, second- and third-place winners in four categories: adult female, adult male, juvenile (12 years and under) female and juvenile male. Arts council co-secretary […]
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The 2025 Ninilchik Rodeo kicked off last weekend with a beach race and the crowning of this year’s rodeo queens. The fifth annual horse race on the beach, which organizers noted as the only one of its kind in the state, was held at Ninilchik Beach, with 2025 Rodeo Queen Candace Campbell placing first on […]
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The American Legion Post 20 Twins lost 14-1 in five innings to Madisonville (Kentucky) Post 6 on Sunday in the semifinals of the Alaska 529 Midseason Classic at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. The Rangers would go on to defeat Klamath Falls (Oregon) for the championship 1-0. Jax Lee, who shut the Twins out with a […]
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Conditions were practically perfect Saturday morning for the annual Homer Spit Run, organized by the Kachemak Bay Running Club. Nearly 250 runners and walkers participated in the event between the Cosmic Hamlet Half Marathon and the 10K to the Bay, making this Spit Run one of the largest in recent years. KBRC also debuted a […]
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The strong family ties that bind motocross racing were on display at the Alaska State Motocross Races 3 and 4 on Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, at Twin City Raceway in Kenai. Back in 2002, Rick Bailey, the charter president of the Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions – Motocross Division, spent about five hectic […]
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The weather at the Division I state track meet Saturday at Dimond High School in Anchorage lurched back and forth between sunny brilliant and rainy cold. So did the performance of the Soldotna boys track and field team. In the end, the skies cleared just in time for the Stars boys to win a team […]
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