Thought some of you folks might want to watch the state championship games from the Alaska School activities Association. They have two divisions...Small School which is going on right now and Big School that will be on at 8pm EST/4pm Alaska Time.

 

If you're wondering how they can be playing their state title game so early, well they start the season with games the first weekend of August and they play an eight game regular season with a three week postseason...only eight teams make the post season in each of the two classes.

 

The link is below:

 

http://att.pscdn.net/003/02451/ATTFB/#powershow

I spent two weeks in Alaska during college right after summer classes, the first two weeks of August. It was so weird that the first night we were there the news showed highlights of high school football. I've kept a minimal interest over the last several years because of that. Pretty cool to see football in other, more obscure places.

Wow ... Soldotna 70, Kenai 28 in the third quarter.

SoHi has been a traditional power in the Small School division for quite a few years now...in one of the recent years, they were considered the best team in the state no matter the class.

 

Enrollments for the teams in the finals:

 

Small School Division

Soldotna HS - 549

Kenai - 534

 

Large School Division

Service HS - 1921

West Anchorage HS - 1801

 

 

The funny thing about all the enrollments is that in all the other sports, all four schools are in Class 4A. The enrollments from those classes are:

1A (125 schools): The Joshua Academy, Tanalian HS, Karluk HS and Liberty Christian HS (1 each) to Nelson Island HS (57)

2A (44 schools): Klukwan HS (2) to Chevak HS (99)

3A (29 schools): Matlakatla HS (87) to Mount Edgecumbe (426)

4A (24 schools): Houston HS (416) to East Anchorage HS (2193)