The Kards, Bulldogs, Seahawks, Mariners and Stars are set to battle at the Peninsula Conference Soccer Championships.
Following a regular season which saw changes to traditional rivalries and conference affiliations, the Peninsula Conference in soccer’s Division II will hold its first conference tournament beginning Thursday at Soldotna High School.
Alaska’s soccer landscape in 2018, featured two classifications dividing 31 teams into two divisions based on school enrollment.
The Peninsula Conference tournament consists of five teams, both girls and boys, and will advance two teams to the Division II soccer state championships.
Peninsula Conference Tournament Seeding and Brackets
Girls Seeding and Brackets
The Soldotna girls earn the top seed with a 9-0-1 conference record, based on regular season play. The Homer girls at 7-2-1 earn the #2 seed; followed by Kenai (7-3); Nikiski (3-7); and Seward (3-7).
Thursday’s first round will begin with Nikiski vs Seward at 3 p.m. at Justin Maile Field; the loser will be eliminated and the winner will advance to play SoHi at 5 p.m. Friday.
2018 Peninsula Conference Girls Bracket
Boys Seeding and Brackets
The Kenai boys earn the #1 seed with a regular season 7-0-1 conference record. Homer (5-2-1) is seeded second followed by SoHi (5-3), Seward (1-7) and Nikiski (1-7).
Thursday’s boys first round will begin with Nikiski vs Seward at 5 p.m. at Justin Maile Field; the loser will be eliminated and the winner will advance to play Kenai at 7 p.m. Friday.
2018 Boys Peninsula Conference Bracket
ASAA 2018 Soccer Classifications and Conferences
Division I soccer includes teams from schools of 851+ in enrollment; divided into two conferences: Cook Inlet & Railbelt.
Division II soccer includes teams from school up to 850 in enrollment; divided into four conferences: Peninsula, Northern Lights, Mid Alaska and Southeast.
ASAA (Alaska School Activities Association) will coordinate two state championship tournaments hosted at Eagle River High School and Service High School, scheduled for May 24-26, 2018. Both tournaments (Division I and Division II) will allow six state qualifiers.
Division I will qualify four teams from the Cook Inlet Conference and two teams from the Railbelt: Division II will qualify two teams from both the Peninsula and Northern Lights and one team each from the Mid Alaska and Southeast.
Peninsula schools including Kenai, Nikiski, Soldotna, Homer, Seward and Voznesenka make-up the Peninsula Conference and will compete in a conference tournament at the end of the regular season to determine two state qualifiers. The Northern Lights Conference will use regular season records to determine two state qualifiers. Soldotna High School will host the inaugural Peninsula Conference Soccer Tournament on May 17-19.
Divison II Soccer Conferences (number of state berths)
Mid Alaska (1) Northern Lts (2) Peninsula (2) Southeast (1)
Eielson Grace Homer Juneau-Douglas
Hutchison Houston Kenai Ketchikan
Monroe Kodiak Nikiski Sitka
North Pole Palmer Seward Thunder Mt.
Redington Soldotna
Voznesenka