AlaskaPreps.com - Week 11: Championship Weekend

October 16, 2009

Elmore Laws III
AlaskaPreps.com Publisher

Here's a recap on how they got there...

Week 9 Quarterfinals
3A Quarterfinal Results:
#1 seed NLC Soldotna (7-2) 41, #4 seed GLC Monroe (5-4) 0, Game Stats
#2 seed NLC Kenai (8-1) 47, #3 seed GLC Barrow (4-5) 13, Game Stats
#3 seed NLC Homer (6-2) 24, #2 seed GLC Nikiski (5-4) 15, Game Stats
#4 seed NLC Kodiak (5-4) 24, #1 seed GLC Eielson (8-1) 14, Game Stats

4A Quarterfinal Results:
#3 seed CIC Bartlett (7-2) 34, #2 seed RBC Colony (7-2) 12, Game Stats
#3 seed RBC Palmer (6-3) 48, #2 seed CIC South (6-3) 12, Game Stats
#4 seed RBC North Pole (5-4) 36, #1 seed CIC West (8-1) 12, Game Stats
#4 seed CIC Chugiak (6-3) 16, #1 seed RBC Juneau (6-3) 14

Week 10 Semi-Finals
3A Semi-Finals Results
#1 seed NLC Soldotna (8-2) 44, #3 seed NLC Homer (6-3) 20, Game Stats
#2 seed NLC Kenai (9-1) 34, #4 seed NLC Kodiak (5-5) 13, Game Stats
3A Semi-finals, Photo Gallery

4A Semi-Finals Results
#3 seed CIC Bartlett (8-2) 40, #4 seed RBC North Pole (5-5) 19, Game Stats
#4 seed CIC Chugiak (7-3) 24, #3 seed RBC Palmer (6-4) 21 OT, Game Stats

Saturday October 17
3A Championship @ AFS, Noon

3A Small School
Championship Playoffs
Week 11: APC 2009 3A Final Football Rankings

3A Finals #2 seed NLC - Kenai (10-1) 21 Head Coach: Jeff Baker #1 seed NLC - Soldotna (8-3) 10 Head Coach: Galen Brantley Jr. Game Stats, Photo Feature Last Meetings Oct. 2, 2004: Kenai 22, SoHi 19 Oct. 16, 2004: (Championship Game) Kenai 20, SoHi 14 Oct. 1, 2005: Kenai 37, SoHi 0 Sept. 30, 2006: SoHi 52, Kenai 6 Sept. 29, 2007: SoHi 44, Kenai 0 Sept. 27, 2008: SoHi 50, Kenai 0 Sept. 26, 2009: SoHi 52, Kenai 27
KEY TO THE GAME: Soldotna Stars
	Key players: Chris Nolden, 8-gms, 137-carr, 967-yds, 13-tds, 7.1-ypc; Jr. LB Braden Price; Jr DB Tate Syverson; Jr. RB Philip Bennett; Soph. QB Tanner Fowler; Jr. K/TE/DL Daniel Koch; Sr. Captain OL/DL Nate Strieby; Soldotna's offense 326.6-rushing, 50.3-passing, 376.9-total offense, 42.1-ppg. The Stars defensively give up 118.4-rushing, 78.9-passing, 197.3-total defense, 12.3-ppg.
KEY TO THE GAME: Kenai Kardinals
	Key players: Soph. QB A.J. Hull, 10-gms, 83-comp, 178-att, 1,593-yds, 25-tds, 13-int; Sr. RB Billy Kiefer, 10-gms, 179-carr, 1,386-yds, 16-tds, 7.7-ypc; Jr. LB Kyle Rogers; Sr. WR Bryson Lowe, 10-gms, 20-rec, 504-yds, 8-tds, 25.2-ypc. Kenai comes in with a high powered and balanced offense averaging 269.9-rushing, 165.0-passing, 434.9-total offense average, 46.9-ppg. On defensive the Kardinals give up only 98.4-rushing, 35.8-passing, 134.2-total defense, 8.0-ppg.
Note: Factors of the Game
Throw out all the stats for this game; this game will not be for the meek, this is a Kenai Peninsula civil rivalry and for bragging rights. Between these two teams, they have won seven state championships, SoHi from 2006 to 2008 and Kenai from 2002 to 2005. SoHi has three runner -up finishes over nine years. Coach Brantley's plan is to have SoHi battle tested by preparing them for this championship stage. The Stars took liberty to come to Anchorage to face a much improved 4A West High team that was ranked number one the last half of the season. In addition, the Stars went on to play two other perennial 4A powers in Colony and Palmer to get ready for this arena.

4A Championship @ AFS, 4:30pm

4A Large School
Championship Playoffs
Game of the Week
Week 11: APC 2009 4A Final Football Rankings

4A Finals #3 seed CIC - Bartlett (9-2) 21 Head Coach: John Jessen #4 seed CIC - Chugiak (7-4) 3 Head Coach: Duncan Shackelford Game Stats Last Meetings Aug. 13, 2005: Bartlett 35, Chugiak 21 Sept. 22, 2006: Chugiak 22, Bartlett 18 Sept. 8, 2007: Bartlett 20, Chugiak 14 Aug. 29, 2008: Bartlett 20, Chugiak 7 Sept. 26, 2009: Bartlett 35, Chugiak 3
KEY TO THE GAME: Bartlett Golden Bears
	Key players: 1st Team CIC: Sr. RB Jamal Hale 10-gms, 154-carr, 1,260-yds, 13-tds, 8.2-ypc; Sr. RB Cyrus Chenault, Bartlett 10-gms, 138-carr, 1,254-yds, 13-tds, 9.1-ypc; 2nd Team CIC: Sr. OL-T Tyler Null; 1st Team CIC: Sr. DB Jordan Blount-O'Connor; Sr. LB Junior Tufuga; Sr. LB Jacob Yates; Sr. DL-T Troy Masalosalo; 2nd Team CIC: Sr. DB Wilber Everett; Sr. DB John Daly; Sr. QB Willie Highlander, 8-gms, 37-comp, 70-att, 436-yds, 7-tds, 2-ints. Bartlett's offense average 238.0-rushing, 50.1-passing, 288.1-total offense, 33.2-ppg. The Golden Bears defensively average 121.8-rushing, 96.0-passing, 217.8-total defense, 10.1-ppg.
KEY TO THE GAME: Chugiak Mustangs
	Key players: 1st team CIC Sr. RB Greg Ghramm, 10-gms, 215-carr, 1,115-yds, 12-tds, 5.19-ypc; Sr. OL-G Jacob Wert; Jr. OL-G Jared Kinney; 2nd team CIC Sr. QB Chris Wood, 10-gms, 32-comp, 64-att, 541-yds, 4-tds, 5-int's; Sr. RB Vincent Valencia, 10-gms, 128-carr, 639-yds, 7-tds, 4.99-ypc; 1st defense Sr. LB Wes Rabung; Sr. DB Erik Moore; 2nd team defense Sr. LB Matt Presser; Jr. K Bryan Maley; Utility Players of the Year Sr. Erik Moore. Chugiak offense average 220.0-rushing, 73.6-passing, 295.6-total offense, 22.3-ppg. The Mustangs give up 151.8-rushing, 77.4-passing, 229.1-total defense, 19.9-ppg. Top 3-N Tackles: Sr. LB Wes Rabung, 48-tckl, 40-asst, 88-tot, 8.5 sacks; Sr. DB Erik Moore, 34-tckl, 33-tckl, 67-tot, 6-ints; Sr. MLB Jacob Wert, 33-tckl, 22-asst, 55-tot.
Note: Factors of the Game
Bartlett's got the speedster's splash and dash saying hello and good-bye at the blink of an eye. Yeah know, Sr. RB's Cyrus Chenault and Sr. Jamal Hale, both capable of rushing for 200-yards in a game.