The Soldotna Stars defense, on the strength of four take-aways in the first six Warrior possessions, dominated play in a 48-14 SoHi victory over the Wasilla Warriors in Northern Lights Conference football action on Friday night in Wasilla.
SoHi 48 – Wasilla 14
A fumble recovery scooped-up for a defensive touchdown for SoHi’ Gehret Medcoff opened the NLC pairing and the Stars totaled two fumble recoveries and two interceptions in the first half enroute to a 48-14 Stars victory over the Warriors.
Just :59 seconds into the game, the SoHi defense put the Stars on the board, a preview of the Stars dominance to come. SoHi forced a fumble on Wasilla’s second possession, forced the Warriors to punt twice; then recorded two interceptions, one for Zeek Miller and one by Lokeni Wong.
Meanwhile, the Soldotna offense scored on four-straight possessions for a 35-0 halftime lead. The Stars added two, third quarter touchdowns for a 48-0 lead. A pair of late scores for the Warriors closed the gap to a 48-14 final score.
SoHi 48 – Wasilla 14: Scoring Recap
1st Quarter
SoHi: Fumble recovery for TD by Gehret Medcoff 11:01 SoHi 7-0
SoHi: 9-yard touchdown run by Gehret Medcoff 2:25 SoHi 15-0
2nd Quarter
SoHi: 1-yard touchdown run by Wyatt Faircloth 11:55 SoHi 22-0
SoHi: 1-yard touchdown run by Zac Buckbee 6:01 SoHi 29-0
SoHi: 1-yard touchdown run by Zac Buckbee :06 SoHi 35-0
3rd Quarter
SoHi: 19-yard touchdown run by Gehret Medcoff 9:19 SoHi 42-0
SoHi: 9-yard touchdown run by Gehret Medcoff :24 SoHi 48-0
Wasilla: 70-yard touchdown run Jimmy Lackey :02 SoHi 48 – Wasilla 7
4th Quarter
Wasilla: 1-yard touchdown pass from Jaidas Huffman to Max Larson 4:58 SoHi 48 – Wasilla 14
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SoHi improves to 7-0 on the regular season and 3-0 in the Northern Lights Conference. The Stars secure a playoff spot with the victory over Wasilla.
The Stars close the regular season with a home, conference game against Eagle River on Saturday, October 1st.
