Friday Night Football On The Road For Bulldogs & Stars: Kenai Home-Opener On Saturday

Author: Coach Dan Gensel |

With a week of refining at practice and following film study of the opening weekend, high school football opens week two of the regular season with peninsula teams facing divisional and non-divisional opponents.

 

Nikiski opens Denali Conference play on Friday in Seward; Soldotna travels to Anchorage for a battle against Division I Service on Friday; and Kenai plays Division II North Pole on Saturday at KCHS.

 

Friday Night Football

Nikiski @ Seward    5 p.m.  ESPN 1140AM, 96.9FM and streaming at radiokenai.com

The Bulldogs look to build on a solid performance in Barrow on opening weekend, falling in the final two minutes to the Whalers 12-8.  Seward fell 45-0 to Houston in week one. Both teams play in the five-team (four this year with Monroe out) Denali Conference with only one playoff berth available; so every conference game has added meaning.  Game time is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Seward High School.

 

SoHi @ Service     8 p.m.    ESPN 1140AM, 96.9FM and streaming at radiokenai.com

Following a 60-6 blow-out of Division II North Pole, the Soldotna Stars face Division I Service on Friday at Service High School.  The Stars dominated play against the Patriots scoring on nine of ten drives and holding North Pole to a lone touchdown.  The Cougars challenged 2021 DI state champion East Anchorage on opening day, falling 39-18 to the #1 ranked T-Birds.  Game time is scheduled for 8 p.m. at Service High School.

 

Homer @ Houston   7 p.m. at Houston High School

The Mariners defeated Kodiak 42-30 in the Mariners season-opener.  Homer faces Division III 2021 state runner-up Houston.

 

Saturday Football

Kenai vs North Pole @ KCHS     1 p.m.  ESPN 1140AM, 96.9FM and streaming at radiokenai.com

Kenai plays out-of-division on Saturday with the Kardinals first home contest matching Kenai against DII North Pole.  Kenai plays their second-straight Fairbanks opponent and first home game.  The Kardinals will feature a running game which generated four touchdowns in a 32-7 victory at Eielson last week in a Division III, non-conference pairing.  Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. at KCHS.

 

 

Author: Coach Dan Gensel

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