Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
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WASILLA — With a big day in Seward, the Houston Hawks made school history.
Houston used a 44-6 victory over the Seward Seahawks in the small-schools state semifinals Saturday to advance to a prep football state championship game for the first time ever.
Paul Sanderlin tossed a pair of touchdown passes, and Vanu Mose and Ben Pelesasa each rushed for scores to help Houston, the No. 2 seed from the Aurora Conference, improve to 7-2 overall, and move forward to the final. Next up for the Hawks is Aurora rival Eielson, which beat Nikiski 70-12 in the other small-schools semifinal.
Houston is in the postseason for the first time as a small-schools program, after dropping from the medium-schools class prior to the 2015 season. Houston is also in the postseason for the first time since 2013, and just the fourth time since 2005.
For complete coverage, see the Wednesday edition of the Frontiersman.
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