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