Rawson Lifting Compine

The Roger Rawson lifting combine is going on from 3/5/13 to 3/8/13. In these three days any students will test their strength in three different lifting exercises to see what the maximum weight they can lift. The three exercises were being tested are bench press, squat and dead lift. The top 3 lifters over all pounds for pound where Alec Bush, Zach Clark and the winner over all was Adam  Raymond. All three of these impressive student athletes made it into the 1,000 pound club. The 1,000 pound club is an exclusive club for student athletes whose combined weight sum in all three lifting events equal 1,000 or more. After talking to the winner Adam Raymond he said that he was proud of getting into the 1,000 club and being the overall pound for pound winner, and is excited to test next year to try and beat his record so that he can come in first once again.

Basketball banquet

On Monday 3/6/13 the Homer varsity boy’s basketball team had their end of season banquet. After taking to senior captain Casey Cleary he said that it was an enjoyable ceremony that left him pondering his past 4 magical years on the Homer varsity basketball team. The awards that were given out this year were MIP (most improved player) and MVP (most valuable player). The MIP award was given to senior Alec Sovocool. Alec ended this year with 101 total points making his career total points 163. The MVP award was given to senior captain Casey Cleary who ended this season with 225 total points which made his total career points 695. Casey is also the three-point shot record holder with 85 total career three-point shots made. After talking to head coach Sean Malone he said that he was very much so proud of his team and will miss this year seniors, and that he hopes they continue to play basketball where ever they go after high school.

preseason is here

On Monday 2/24/13 there was a great preseason run for any Homer high school student athlete  who wants to play lacrosse or get in shape. This run was not mandatory but was very much so encouraged but the 3 team captains, Alec Sovocool, Beau Riley and Jon Cottrell. After talking to them they said that the point of the run wasn't to get the team in shape but it was a good way for some preseason team bonding. This was only one of the many team bonding activities that will be happening this season, for instance there will be a “football/ turf clean up” on  Friday 3/1/13. This is following the same leadership that was left by senior last year Anthony Contento who believed strongly in team bonding and team activities in hope to unify the team.

Golden Eagles make sectionals!!!!!!!!!!!!!

           The Golden Eagles varsity ice hockey team cough a lucky break this year when they made sectionals on a technicality after the team FM got disqualified after the league found out that they played 21 games when the maximum is 20. The Cortland-Homer Golden Eagles will be facing Rome on 2/15/13 at Kennedy arena at 7:00pm. Rome’s record is currently 17-2-1 ( 12-0 in their division).If the Eagles win, their current record will change from 6-12-2 (5-9-1 in their division) to 7-12-2 and give them another sectional game. But this will be a difficult task because senior defense-man number 10 Nick Burton will be missing this game do to prearranged agreements with close family friends. Senior captain Nick Burton has been a key player this year in the Golden Eagles success with 3 goals and 7 assists this year making his total carrier point 27. Also there are rumors that key player senior defense-men Casey Dailey will be missing this game as well do to prearranged trips.

Homer vs Onondaga

Senior night for the homer boy’s basketball team on 2/4/13 led them to a victory over Onondaga. The final score was 49-54, making the homer boys record new 4-12. According to www.Syracuse.com sophomore Jayden Gavidia led the team in total points for the night with 18.while senior Casey Cleary had 12 total points and has had an impressive carrier at Homer high school with his breaking the schools three-point shot record which is now currently 81. After talking to Casey about his accomplishments he said that he was proud of the record and he also hopes to make 100 career free throws, he is currently at 94. The senior Alec Sovocool in second with 11 points for the night and who also had an impressive crud pleasing 2 handed dunk. After talking to the senior Alec Sovocool he said that “I don’t even remember going up for the dunk. All I can remember is looking down from the rim and seeing someone under me”. The team hopes to finish the season 5-12 with a victory over Fulton at Fulton on 2/12/13 at 5:30pm.  
                                                HOPE TO SEE ALL YOU HOMER FANS THERE =D