Alaska High School Football Huddle
Two perfect seasons came to crashing halts Saturday in the opening round of the Alaska high school football playoffs.In the Large Schools quarterfinal round, top-ranked and unbeaten Anchorage West was manhandled by North Pole 36-12. Ironically, it was North Pole that began the season as the #1 team in the big school classification. The Anchorage Daily News reports that the Patriots blew this one open in a three-minute span of the third quarter with three touchdowns.
On the Small Schools side of the equation, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner details the end of Eielson's season. The second-seeded Ravens lost their first game of the season 24-14 to Kodiak. The Bears entered the postseason with a 4-4 record.
The Anchorage Daily News recaps the four Small Schools quarterfinal games, as all four Northern Lights Conference teams advanced to the semifinals.
Alaska High School Football Scores
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Playoffs - Quarterfinal Round
Large Schools
Chugiak 16 Juneau-Douglas 14 Juneau Empire game story
North Pole 36 Anchorage West 12
Small Schools
Homer 24 Nikiski 15
Kodiak 24 Eielson 14
Kenai 47 Barrow 13
Soldotna 41 Monroe 0