Knights cash in

PALMER — Sometimes, earning a victory simply comes down to taking advantage of opportunities.

And when the Colony had its chances, the Knights cashed in.

Colony turned three fumble recoveries into 17 second-half points during a 44-19 win over the Wasilla Warriors at Colony High School on Friday.

Senior Ben McGraw recovered a Wasilla fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half to set up a Matt Jaronik touchdown run. Seniors J.D. Mayo and Eric Fan also recovered fumbles that preceded Colony scores as the Knights improved to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in Railbelt play.

Jaronik, Colony’s senior quarterback, factored in on five of the six Colony scores. Jaronik threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more.

Junior Skye Rench also reached the end zone for the Knights.

Seniors Tony Lapiz and Chris Bydlon scored for Wasilla.

The Warriors dropped to 2-4 overall and 2-3 in the Railbelt.

For complete coverage of the game, see the Sunday edition of the Frontiersman.

Colony 44, Wasilla 19

Friday, Colony High School

First Quarter

Colony — Jaronik 9 run (kick blocked) 8:08

Colony — Rench 8 run (Weihs kick) 4:07

Second Quarter

Wasilla — Sliwa 31 field goal, 11:55.

Wasilla — safety, ball snapper out of end zone, 9:57

Colony — Michaelson 11 pass from Jaronik (Weihs kick) 1:42

Third Quarter

Colony — Jaronik 3 run (Weihs kick), 11:06.

Wasilla — Lapiz 4 run (Sliwa kick), 8:08.

Colony — Weihs 30 field goal, 4:20.

Wasilla — Bydlon 42 pass from Pfeifer (Sliwa kick), 3:20.

Fourth Quarter

Colony — Fan 11 pass from Jaronik (Weihs kick), 11:04.

Colony — DePriest 17 pass from Jaronik (Weihs kick), 10:06.