Service Wins Alaska Big School Title

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Service captured the school's sixth overall Alaska football championship Saturday with a 37-23 win over South.

The Cougars iced the Big Schools title with a 25-yard fourth-quarter interception return by Daniel Murakami.  Murakami also led the team in rushing with 129 yards.

Service, which finished runner-up last year, finishes the season unbeaten at 10-0-1.  The only blemish was a season-opening tie in the Fire and Ice Bowl in Hawaii.  South finishes with an 8-3 record.

Click here to read a game story from the Anchorage Daily News.

East Moves into Big School Championship Game

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

South knocked-off defending Big Schools' champ West Friday night 30-28 to advance to next week's state championship game.

This one came down to the end with the South needing a blocked field goal with :26 to go to grab the victory.  Click here to read the game story from the Anchorage Daily News.

Next week, the Wolverines, who won 2006 Big School title, will face the winner of Saturday's game between Service and Juneau-Douglas.

Alaska High School Football Scores - Playoffs/1st Round

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

While Soldotna and Kenai have become arch-rivals battling for Small School championships during the past decade, no one saw what happened Saturday coming.

Kenai upset the defending state champion Stars 28-12 Saturday in the semifinal round of the newly created Medium School division.  The Kardinals entered the postseason with a .500 record at 4-4, the Stars were riding a 19-game win streak.  Between the two schools, they had won the last nine Small School titles.

Kenai will play Homer (8-1) next week for the state championship.

Click here read the game story.

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Big School Quarterfinals
Anchorage South  38, West Valley  0
Anchorage West  59, Wasilla  36
Juneau-Douglas  7, Anchorage  6
Service  34, Palmer  32

Medium School Semifinals
Kenai  28, Soldotna  12

Small School Semifinals
Barrow  28, Monroe Catholic  14
Nikiski  55, Eielson  31

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, October 7, 2011

Medium School Semifinals
Homer  46, Thunder Mountain  7

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 8

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 30, 2011

Barrow  43  Seward  0
Colony  42  North Pole 39
Homer  42  Houston  20
Juneau-Douglas  53  Lathrop  8
Ketchikan  21  Sitka  14
Renton (WA)  35  Thunder Mountain  6
Wasilla  23  Palmer  22

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 7

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Anchorage East  20  Barlett  13
Anchorage South  24  Dimond  19
Barrow  8  Valdez  6
Eielson  48  Delta Junction  0
Homer  21  Kenai  14  (2 OTs)
Kodiak  37  Monroe Catholic  0
Soldotna  34  Skyview  7
Thunder Mountain  30  Ketchikan  12

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 7

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 23, 2011

Chugiak  34  Anchorage West  32
Houston  37  Lathrop  20
Juneau-Douglas  29  West Valley  8
Nikiski  58  Seward  6
Palmer  42  Colony  6
Service  66  Eagle River  36
Thunder Mountain  30  Ketchikan  12
Wasilla  43  North Pole  29

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 6

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 17, 2011

Anchorage East  21  Eagle River  19
Anchorage West  47  Bartlett  21
Dimond  20  Chugiak  14
Eielson  48  Monroe Catholic  28
Juneau-Douglas  33  Notre Dame Regional (Canada)  13
Kenai Central  38  Houston 3
Soldotna  54  Kodiak  18

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 6

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 16, 2011

Barrow def. Ketchikan by forfeit
Delta Junction  32  Seward  14
Homer  24  Skyview  13
Nikiski  53  Valdez  0
Palmer  42  North Pole  21
Service  48  Anchorage South  13
Thunder Mountain  25  Sitka  6
Wasilla  42  Colony  7
West Valley  60  Lathrop  0

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 5

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Chugiak 35, Colony 7
Eielson 59, Valdez 6
Kenai 42, Kodiak 7
Monroe 14, Barrow 8
Nikiski 56, Delta 0
Service 63, Bartlett 30

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 5

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 9, 2011

Anchorage East  25,  Dimond  12
Anchorage West  39, Eagle River  13
Palmer  70,  Lathrop  6
Placer (CA)  65, Anchorage South  40
Thunder Mountain  48  Ketchikan  21
Wasilla  53,  Juneau-Douglas  33
West Valley  62,  North Pole  38

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 4

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, September 2, 2011

Delta Junction  18  Valdez  12
Dimond 41  Eagle River 23
Juneau-Douglas  65  Colony  0
Service  33  Anchorage East  25
Seward  45  Monroe Catholic  0
Soldotna  62  Eielson  12
West Valley  25  Palmer 19 (OT)

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 3

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Barrow  38  North Pole JV  12
Bartlett  48  Eagle River  21
Eielson  60  Seward  8
Kodiak  12  Skyview  6
Monroe Catholic  7  Valdez  0
Nikiski  46  Thunder Mountain  6
Service  42  Chugiak  6
West Valley  47  Colony  0

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 3

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, August 25, 2011

Anchorage South  7  Anchorage East  6
Anchorage West  13  Dimond  7
Juneau-Douglas  29  Palmer  13
North Pole  62  Lathrop  18
Soldotna  68  Houston 0
Wasilla  24  Kenai  20

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 2

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

For the second week in a row, Soldotna, the state's top-ranked team among medium and small schools, beat a large school.

The Stars beat Palmer 29-28.  The Moose had a chance to tie the game after Luke Heun scored with 2:04 to go in the game, but instead of kicking the extra point, Palmer went for two and was denied by Soldotna's defense.

Elsewhere, the Cook Inlet Conference saw something Saturday that it hadn't in three years.

Anchorage East beat defending Large Schools' Champ Anchorage West 28-9.  It was West's first conference loss since September 2008.

The East win was surprising because the Thunderbirds had only won two games over the last two seasons.


Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Anchorage East  28  Anchorage West  9
Barrow  21 Eielson  20
Juneau-Douglas  57  North Pole  0
Kenai  48  Skyview  7
Monroe Catholic  45  Ketchikan  24
Service  42  Dimond  7
Soldotna  29  Palmer  28
Valdez  26  Seward  6

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 2

by Jeff Fisher
Alaska High School Football Huddle

Last week's #1 large school Anchorage South beat this week's #1 large school Bartlett Friday night.

South, which opened the season last week with a 21-18 loss to Chugiak, staged a last minute comeback to beat Bartlett 36-35.

Bartlett got out to a 14-0 lead, but with :47 seconds to go, South QB Zach Lujan tossed a 17-yard touchdown pass to William Krolick to pull within one-point.  Tommy Hopp then scored on a 2-point conversion run to give South the victory.

Elsewhere around the state, Lathrop snapped a 21-game Railbelt Conference losing streak by beating defending conference champ Colony 26-19.

Alaska High School Football Scores
Friday, August 19, 2011

Anchorage South 36  Bartlett  35
Chugiak  35  Eagle River  14
Delta Junction  16  North Pole JV  0
Lathtrop  26  Colony  19
West Valley  30  Wasilla  27

Homer's Dylan Day scored eight touchdowns Thursday night to lead the Mariners to an 84-20 rout of Thunder Mountain.  Day scored four different ways.  He scored on a punt return, a fumble return, he caught a touchdown pass and ran for five more.



Alaska High School Football Scores
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Homer  84  Thunder Mountain  20

Nikiski running back Stephen Hartley had a big night Wednesday night.  Hartley carried the ball only eight times, but gained 201 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to a 48-0 win over Sitka.




Alaska High School Football Scores
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Nikiski  48  Sitka  0

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 1

Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Anchorage West  44  North Pole  28
Bartlett  51  West Valley 26
Barrow  73  Delta Junction  8
Chugiak  21  Anchorage South  18
Dimond  31  Colony  0
Homer  52  Valdez  14
Juneau-Douglas  68  Thunder Mountain  0
Kenai  42  Eielson  22
Palmer  14  Anchorage East  0
Skyview  32  Wasilla  20
Soldotna  41  Eagle River  16

Alaska High School Football Scores - Week 1

Alaska High School Football Scores

Friday, August 12, 2011

Kodiak  34  Houston  18

Lathrop  45  Seward  0

Nikiski 26, Monroe 7

Sitka 33, Ketchikan 19

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

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