The South Anchorage Wolverines defeated the Service High Cougars on Friday night in the 2019 ASAA Alaska First National Bowl Division I Football Championship, downing the Cougars 27-13 at the Anchorage Football Stadium.
South earns the Division I football title on the strength of their defense which generated three interceptions and turned-away Service on downs four times, twice in the red zone. South lead 21-0 at the half and traded second-half touchdowns for the 27-13 final score and the fourth , state football championship for South Anchorage High. The Wolverines finish the 2019 season with a 7-4 overall record including a playoff victory over West–and a loss to Soldotna High School.
Alaska’s best football team for 2019? Division II Champion SoHi or Division I Champion South?
In the modern-era of football analytics, let’s turn to the cybermetrics and sabermetrics to compare the Stars to the Wolverines; using statistics like: ANY/A – adjusted net yards per attempt, RRTD – rushing TDs plus receiving TDs, SOS – strength of schedule, etc.
Or, the best of all indicators–Head to Head!
SoHi 53 – South 20
Soldotna High School played South Anchorage in week three of the regular season and overpowered the Wolverines 53-20.
–SoHi lead 20-6 early and held South scoreless in the second half while SoHi adding 33 points to the Stars offensive total. The SoHi defense recorded four interceptions, a fumble recovery and a kick return for touchdown.
–SoHi and South share a common opponent in West Anchorage. South downed West on a late-fourth quarter touchdown 21-14. SoHi mercy-ruled West 49-6 to open the regular season.
One additional factor: In the Alaska Shriner’s Classic Football Game on Saturday, seven Soldotna Stars played for the Silver Team in the annual senior all-star game.
The Silver Team shut-out the Maroon Team 41-0 with SoHi team members: Jersey Truesdell, Galen Brantley III, Wyatt Medcoff, Hudson Metcalf, Aaron Faletoi, Trent Walden and Melvin Lloyd. Nikiski’s Sam Berry and Michael Eiter & KCHS’s Braedon Pitsch and Hunter Beck also played for the Silver Team.
Photo: AlAska Shriner’s facebook page
Peninsula Football Players: Silver Team
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