Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Colony and Palmer have moved into the semifinals after a day full of sweeps during the first day of the Northern Lights Conference Championships Thursday at Palmer High School.
Top-seeded Colony capped the night beating Soldotna 3-0. The Stars, winless in NLC play during the regular season, opened the tournament by upsetting fourth-seeded Wasilla 3-0. Third-seeded Palmer also beat second-seeded Kodiak 3-0.
The Knights and Moose will play in the first semifinal of the double-elimination tournament Friday at 7 p.m. at PHS. The winner of that match advances to the region title match Saturday at 1 p.m.
Wasilla and Kodiak open the second day of the tournament with an elimination match Friday at 3 p.m. The winner moves on to play Soldotna in another elimination match Friday at 5 p.m.
Colony finished the regular season 8-0 in the NLC. Soldotna was 0-8. Kodiak, Palmer and Wasilla all finished in a three-way tie at 4-4.
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