Looking to build on a trio of victories in the second week of the high school football regular season, Nikiski, Kenai and Soldotna football programs will be tested in week three in divisional pairings; the Kardinals and the Stars facing possible playoff opponents with match-ups against Palmer and Lathrop.
All three games involving central peninsula football will be Friday night games on August 24th.
Nikiski vs Joe Redington @ Nikiski 5 p.m. ESPN 1140AM and www.radiokenai.com
The Bulldogs, from the Peninsula Conference, host Joe Redington, from the Aurora Conference, in a Friday night showdown at Nikiski between teams from Alaska football’s Division III.
Friday’s contest is set for a 5 p.m. start time.
Nikiski amassed over 400 rushing yards in a 48-28 victory over Valdez in week two. The Bulldogs are 1-1 on the regular season with a road loss to 2017 Division III state champion Barrow.
Kenai vs Palmer @ KCHS 6:30 p.m. KSRM 920AM and www.radiokenai.com
The Kenai Kardinals dismantled the 2017 Division III runner-up Homer Mariners 58-6 in the second game of the regular season and now will face in week three the runner-up from the 2017 Division II state football championships, the Palmer Moose.
Friday’s contest is scheduled for 6:30 at KCHS.
The Kardinals rushed for over 450 yards and eight rushing touchdowns against the Mariners.
Kenai will face a Palmer team which stands at 1-1 after two games against Division I opponents, a win against Juneau and a loss to Colony. Palmer played in the Division II state championship game in 2016 and 2017.
Soldotna vs Lathrop @ Lathrop High School 8 p.m. ESPN 1140AM and www.radiokenai.com
The SoHi Stars travel to Fairbanks to battle a Lathrop Malemutes team which is 2-0 on the season with victories over Kenai and Division I Dimond. The Malemutes (along with West Valley) are playing their first season in Division II after being re-classified by ASAA.
Friday’s game under the lights (and Northern Lights) is scheduled for an 8 p.m. game time.
SoHi totally dominated North Pole 66-19 last Friday scoring 54 points in 16 minutes and a total of 10 touchdowns. Lathrop defeated Dimond 53-16 in Fairbanks in week two.
