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The Weekender: What's Happening in Homer this weekend?

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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Mariners host meet before heading to Boroughs

The Homer boys and girls track and field teams finished in fifth-place overall at their Homer Invitational on Saturday amid sunny skies and a cool north breeze.
In girls’ competition, Anchorage Christian Schools took the top spot, garnering a hefty 190 points to second-place Soldotna’s 118 points.

Dyllan gets his 'Day' at middle school track meet

Homer Husky Middle School eighth-grader Dyllan Day took first place in all four events he entered to lead his team to a second-place finish overall at the Soldotna Middle School Invitational Track Meet on Friday.
Day picked up his first blue ribbon of the day with a 12.8-second time in the 100-meter dash, and followed shortly thereafter with a 26.20-second finish in the 200-meter dash. Day went on to take first in the 400-meter run with a time of 59.01 seconds, and jumped to first place in the boys’ long jump with a distance of 16 feet, 4.5 inches.

Wolverines post strong showing at Homer Invite

Ninilchik tracksters turned in impressive showings over the weekend at both the middle school and high school levels.
Junior High Wolverines saw solid performances from Kaylee Skjold, who placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 52.10 seconds and eighth in the long jump with a jump of 11 feet, 1.75 inches.

Sports Briefs

Soccer teams split against Houston, Wasilla
Homer soccer teams traveled north over the weekend to take on Houston and Wasilla and came back with split decisions against their Northern Lights Conference rivals.
On Friday, both Mariner teams picked up conference wins against the Houston Hawks. The Lady M’s blanked the Lady Hawks 3-0, while the Homer boys’ team edged Houston 3-1.

Mariner Athletic Awards

Mariner Coach of the Year:
Paul Gutzler (Head Cross Country Running, Assistant XC Skiing and Assistant Track Coach):
Coach Gutzler was Homer High’s only three sport coach this season.

Middle School results

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Fast forward

Gordon Parker competes in the 1600-meter race at Saturday's Homer inivtational.