Anchorage West Captures Alaska Big Schools Football Title

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Anchorage West captured its first Alaska high school football title Saturday with a 6-0 win over Service in the Big Schools championship game at a soldout Anchorage Football Stadium.

The Anchorage Daily News reports the Eagles won the title late in the game on a touchdown run by J'Vonte Buster.

It was a perfect bookend season for West (11-0), which opened the season with a come-from-behind 38-35 win over Service (9-2).

Soldotna Runs to Alaska Small Schools High School Championship

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Soldotna captured its fourth Alaska Small Schools state championship in the last five years beating Kenai 77-42 on Saturday.

The Stars (11-0) finished a perfect season by rushing for a state championship game record 641 yards rushing.  The Anchorage Daily News reports that Soldotna had 11 running plays of 30 yards or longer.

Soldotna and Kenai have combined to win the last nine Small Schools' championships

Alaska High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Semfinals

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, October 9, 2010

Playoffs - Semifinals

Big Schools

Anchorage West  21  Juneau-Douglas  18

Small Schools

Kenai  47  Homer  17

Alaska High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Semfinals

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Half of next week's Alaska high school football championships are set.

Friday night, Service and Soldotna advanced to next Saturday title games at Anchorage Football Stadium.

Service, which won the 2008 Big Schools championship, improved to 9-1 with a 54-26 win over Colony. The Cougars will face the winner of today's game between Anchorage West and Juneau-Douglas.

According to the Anchorage Daily News' game story, Service was led by running back Michael McCrae, who rushed for more than 200 yards and four touchdowns.

Soldotna cruised into its fourth straight Small Schools title game with a 61-27 defeat of Eielson. The Stars won three straight titles from 2006 to 2008.

The Anchorage Daily News' game story notes that this game was decided by halftime, thanks to the Stars great ground game.

Soldotna will face the winner of today's other semifinal between defending state champ Kenai (6-3) and Homer (5-4).


Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, October 8, 2010

Semifinals

Big Schools

Service 54 Colony 26

Small Schools

Soldotna 61 Eielson 27

Alaska High School Football Scores - Playoffs/Quarterfinals

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, October 2, 2010

Playoffs
Quarterfinals

Large Schools

Juneau-Douglas 24 Chugiak 7
Service 31 Palmer 21

Small Schools

Eielson 12 Skyview 6
Homer 34 Nikiski 0
Kenai 25 Barrow 0
Soldotna 55 Thunder Mountain 20

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, October 1, 2010

Anchorage West 20 West Valley 12
Colony 27 Dimond 14

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 8

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 25, 2010

Anchorage West 20 Bartlett 13
Chugiak 34 Anchorage South 27

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 24, 2010

Anchorage East 40 Eagle River 0
Barrow 45 Delta Junction 0
Colony 17 West Valley 13
Homer 50 Houston 0
Juneau-Douglas 40 North Pole 0
Lathrop 44 Monroe Catholic 8
Nikiski 47 Eielson 39
Palmer 26 Wasilla 12
Service 27 Dimond 23
Sitka 48 Ketchikan 26
Skyview 43 Kodiak 34
Soldotna 52 Kenai 8
Thunder Mountain 42 St. Bernard's (CA) 0
Valdez 28 Seward 20

Scores courtesy of SportsPower.com

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 7

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 17, 2010

Chugiak 31, East 0
Colony 32, Palmer 28
North Pole 41, Lathrop 0
Service 41, Bartlett 14
Seward 16, Delta 0
Thunder Mtn. 42, Ketchikan 14
West 20, Dimond 3
West Valley 18, Wasilla 7

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 6

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Anchorage West 35 Anchorage East 3
Barrow 26 Monroe Catholic 14
Bartlett 13 Chugiak 10
Dimond 9 Anchorage South 6
Eielson 53 Delta 13
Kenai 29 Kodiak 0
Nikiski 56 Valdez 8
Service 60 Eagle River 21
Sitka 50 Ketchikan 13
Skyview 60 Houston 38
Soldotna 29 North Pole 18

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 10, 2010

Colony 20 Wasilla 17
Douglas-Juneau 53 Lathrop 0
Homer 39 Seward 6
Palmer 38 West Valley 21
Thunder Mountain 36 Renton (WA) 20

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 5

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 4, 2010

Anchorage West 28 Eagle River 14
Anchorage South 25 Anchorage East 6
Barrow 22 Seward 8
Eielson 55 Valdez 0
Homer 28 Kodiak 6
Houston 53 Delta 6
Kenai 47 West Valley 20
Nikiski 51 Monroe Catholic 12
Thunder Mountain 36 Sitka 13

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 3, 2010

Colony 31 Lathrop 14
Dimond 32 Bartlett 14
Douglas-Juneau 31 Wasilla 14
Earl Marriott (British Columbia) 27 Ketchikan 7
Palmer 47 North Pole 19
Service 30 Chugiak 27
Soldotna 46 Skyview 21

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 4

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

West, the #1 Big Schools team, improved to 4-0 Saturday night with a 20-15 come-from-behind win over South.

Doyle Woody of the Anchorage Daily News reports that West was led again for the second week in a row by sophomore quarterback Conor Feckley, who had a big second half.

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Anchorage West  20  Anchorage South  15
Bartlett  47  Eagle River  7
Delta Junction  12  Valdez  6
Eielson  40  Monroe  7
Kodiak  48  Barrow  6
Nikiski  30  Seward  8
Skyview  32  Homer  8
Thunder Mountain  33  Ketchikan  0

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 4

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Being a highly ranked team continues to be a hazard to the health of  big schools in Alaska.

Friday night, Colony (2-2) beat #2 Juneau-Douglas 26-7 to hand the Crimson Bears their first loss of the season.

The Anchorage Daily News reports its the first time in the history of the series that Colony has walked off the field with a victory.

So far this year,  previous Big Schools' #1's Service and Chugiak have tasted defeat.


Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, August 27, 2010

Chugiak  13  Dimond  7    Game story
Colony  26  Juneau-Douglas  7
Palmer  36  Kenai  32    Game story
Service  36 Anchorage East  21   Game story
Soldotna  70  Houston  0
Wasilla  55  Lathrop  0
West Valley  33  North Pole  22

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 3

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

For the second time in the first three weeks, Alaska's #1 Big Schools high school football team has tasted defeated...and both times at the hands of Anchorage West.

Saturday, the Eagles improved to 3-0 and probably the top of the Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network's high school football poll with a solid 32-16 win over top-ranked Chugiak.

Anchorage Daily New sports writer Doyle Woody reports that the Eagles were led by sophomore quarterback Conor Feckley, who has come-out of nowhere to lead his team to be the only undefeated team left in the Cook Inlet Conference.

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 21, 2010


Anchorage West  32  Chugiak  16
Barrow 42  Valdez  22   Game story
Bartlett  27 Anchorage East  13   Game story
Kenai  44  Houston  14   Game story
Monroe Catholic  28  Delta  14   Game story
Service  44  Anchorage South  26   Game story
Soldotna  26  Homer  20   Game story
Wasilla  44  Kodiak  25   Game story
West Valley  34  Lathrop  13   Game story

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 3

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Juneau-Douglas improved to 3-0 on the young 2010 season Friday night with a solid 17-7 win over Palmer.

The Crimson Bears entered the game ranked #2 among Alaska's Big Schools, while Palmer was rated #4.  The Anchorage Daily News reports that Juneau salted this one away with a strong fourth quarter on offense and defense.

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, August 20, 2010

Colony  48  North Pole  32   Game story
Dimond  34  Eagle River  14   Game story
Eielson  47  Seward  0   Game story
Juneau-Douglas  17  Palmer  7
Thunder Mountain  47  Nikiski  22   Game story

Alaska High School Football Scores
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Skyview  35  Sitka  12   Game Story

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 2

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska HIgh School Football Huddle

After Service's opening week loss to West last week, it was #1 vs. #1 Saturday, but the game still lived up to it's billing as the Cougars beat Kenai, the #1 Small Schools team in the state, 20-13.

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Service, the preseason #1 in Big Schools, didn't put the victory away until the final seconds after trailing 13-0 at the half.


Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Anchorage East  18  Dimond  6   Game Story
Chugiak  27  Eagle River 14   Game Story
Eielson  39  Barrow  0   Game story
Houston  37  Ketchikan  0
Juneau-Dougals  37  West Valley  15
Nikiski  34  Delta  6   Game story
Service  20  Kenai  13
Skyview  74  Service JV's  14
Soldotna  28  Kodiak  0   Game Story
Valdez  28  Monroe Catholic  20  Game story

#1 Chugiak Faces Cross-River Foe

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Top-ranked Chugiak will face the team from across the Eagle River Saturday...the team...Eagle River High School, which is playing only its fifth year of football this season.

Both teams enter the game 1-0, but Chugiak has dominated the first four games between the two.  Chugiak has outscored the Wolves 176-to-13 in the four victories having won 34-0 last year; 41-0 in 2008; 52-7 in 2007 and 49-6 in 2006.

Even though the Mustangs are the more seasoned of the two programs, Anchorage Daily News sports reporter Jeremy Peters writes that this is becoming a rivalry that will last for years.

Saturday's Schedule
August 14, 2010

Barrow at Eielson
Dimond at Anchorage East
Juneau-Douglas at West Valley
Ketchikan at Houston
Nikiski at Delta
Service at Kenai
Sitka at Seward
Soldotna at Kodiak
Valdez at Monroe

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 2

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Defending Big Schools champ Bartlett (1-1, 0-1 CIC) tasted defeat for the first time in eight games as Anchorage South (1-1, 1-0 CIC) beat the Golden Bears 24-12 Friday night the Cook Inlet Conference season-opener for both schools.

Beth Bragg of the Anchorage Daily News reported in her game story that the big play was a 99-yard interception return by a touchdown by Dante Williams.


Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, August 13, 2010

Anchorage South  24  Bartlett  12 Game Story
Anchorage West  7  Colony  6  Game Story
North Pole 21  Wasilla  18 Game story
Palmer  46  Lathrop  0 Game story
Thunder Mountain  23  Homer  12 Game story

New #1 in Alaska High School Football Poll

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Just like last year, it only took the opening week to jumble the Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network's Large School High School Football Poll.

Pre-season #1 Service fell lost in its season opener 38-35 to Anchorage West, which means there's a new #1 this week.

Chugiak, a 31-21 winner over Palmer Saturday, moves from #2 to the top spot this week.  West enters the poll at #3.

Also, sliding out of the Top 5 is Colony, which lost 18-12 to Dimond in OT.  Dimond moves into the poll at #5.  Juneau-Douglas and Bartlett all move-up on notch.

There's one new team in the Small Schools Poll...Thunder Mountain enters at #5.  Previous #3 Eielson leaves the poll after a 33-7 loss to Homer, which moves-up one spot this week.

ASBN Football Poll


Large Schools

1. Chugiak  1-0, LW: #2
2. Juneau-Douglas 1-0, LW: #3
3. Anchorage West 1-0, LW: NR
4. Bartlett 1-0, LW: #5
5. Dimond 1-0, LW: NR

Small Schools


1. Kenai 1-0, LW: #1
2. Soldotna 1-0, LW: #2
3. Kodiak 1-0, LW: #4
4. Homer 1-0, LW: #5
5. Thunder Mountain 1-0, LW: NR

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 1

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Defending Big Schools' champ Bartlett raced-out to an early lead to beat North Pole 32-27 in the season opener for both schools.

Anchorage Daily News reporter Doyle Woody reports that the Golden Bears did it behind a strong running game led by tailback Trent Anthony.



Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 7, 2010

Barrow  14  Anchorage South JV  8  Game story
Bartlett  32  North Pole  27
Chugiak  31  Palmer  21 Game story
Dimond  18  Colony  12  (OT) Game story
Eagle River  14  Lathrop  6  Game Story
Homer  14  Nikiski  8 Game story
Houston  48  Valdez  24 Game story
Juneau-Douglas  55  Anchorage South  14
Kenai  36  Skyview  0 Game story
Ketchikan  26  Delta Junction  24 Game story
Kodiak  33 Eielson  7 Game story
Thunder Mountain  40  Sitka  17 Game story
West Valley  27  Anchorage East  14

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 1

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Why do I always say preseason football poll means nothing?

Just look at last night's 38-35 win by Anchorage West over pre-season #1 Service Friday night to open the 2010 high school football season in America.

The Anchorage Daily News reports that West, which finished the 2009 season with a perfect 8-0 before losing in the opening round of the Big Schools' playoffs, was led by sophomore quarterback Conor Feckley, who passed for over 350 yards while enduring 10 sacks.

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, August 6, 2010

Anchorage West  38  Service 35
Seward  27  Monroe Catholic 0  Click here for game story
Soldotna  15  Wasilla  7 Click here for game story

Service and Kenai Begin Season as Alaska's #1 High School Football Teams

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

The 2010 regular season kicks-off with three games and thirteen tomorrow, and according Alaska's media, Service and Kenai are the top two teams in the two state's two classifications.

The Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network's pre-season poll was released earlier this week with Service, the 2008 champ, begin named the state's #1 team in the Large Schools division.  Defending Small Schools champ Kenai begins the 2010 in the same spot it ended last year.

Here's a look at the rest of the pre-season poll...

ABSN Preseason High School Football Poll

Large Schools

1. Service
2. Chugiak
3. Juneau-Douglas
4. Colony
5. Bartlett

Small Schools

1. Kenai
2. Soldotna
3. Eielson
4. Kodiak
5. Homer

For more on the opening weekend, check-out the Anchorage Daily News story.

Tonight's Games

Monroe at Seward, 6 pm
Wasilla at Soldotna, 6:30 pm
Anchorage West vs. Service at Anchorage Football Stadium, 7 pm

Saturday's Games

Homer at Nikiski, 1 pm
Kodiak at Eielson, 1 pm
Houston at Valdez, 1 pm
Lathrop at Eagle River, 1pm
Anchorage South JV at Barrow, 1pm
North Pole vs. Bartlett at Anchorage Football Stadium, 1 pm
Thunder Mountain at Sitka, 2 pm
Skyview at Kenai, 2 pm
Chugiak at Palmer, 4 pm
Delta at Ketchikan, 6 pm
Anchorage East at West Valley, 6 pm
Colony at Dimond, 7 pm
Anchorage South at Juneau-Douglas, 8 pm

Alaska Kicks-off High School Football's Regular Season on Friday

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Hard to believe, but the regular season is upon us with the eight-week regular season kicking-off Friday night.

Two-a-days began across the state on Monday with every team dreaming of making it to the state championship games in October.

I spent a lot of time on the road this week, but had a chance to check-out good story about new West Valley head coach Daniel Esparaza.  The article from the Fairbanks News-Miner looks at the excitement that the 24-year old coach is brining to the Wolfpack.

West Valley is coming off a 2-6 season in 2009.

Saturday in Juneau, Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas scrimmaged.  The J-D shutout the second-year Falcons, who according to the Juneau Empire have high hopes in 2010 after a 3-4 inaugural season last year.

Meanwhile, Shaun T. Cox of the Juneau Empire reports that the Crimson Bears have some rebuilding to do after losing in the quarterfinal round of the Big Schools playoffs.  Juneau-Douglas finished with a 6-3 record in '09.

Here's a look at the Week 1 match-ups...

Friday

Monroe Catholic at Seward
Service at Anchorage West
Wasilla at Soldotna

Saturday

Skyview at Kenai
Homer at Nikiski
Kodiak at Eielson
Houston at Valdez
Delta Junction at Ketchikan
Thunder Mountain at Sitka
North Pole and Bartlett
Chugiak at Palmer
Colony at Dimond
Lathrop at Eagle River
Anchorage East at West Valley
Anchorage South at Juneau-Douglas

Alaska High School Football Pre-Season Practice Begins August 26th

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Welcome to our new look as the 2010 season is upon us!

Welcome to the new look!

With two-a-days beginning in 12 days, I wanted to take the time to thank all of my readers, who have made this blog successful over the past three years.  I have bigger-and-better things planned this year with more original content.

Also, don't forget to check-out High School Football America for great high school football stories from around the country.  If you have story ideas that I should know about, please feel free to email me.

Now to help you get ready for the 2010 season, here are the important dates to know...

First Practice - July 26th

First Contest - August 6th

Playoffs First Round - Oct. 1st & 2nd

Semifinals - Oct. 8th & 9th

Finals - Oct. 16th @ Anchorage Football Stadium