NLC soccer brackets released

WASILLA — The schedule is set for the Northern Lights Conference Championships soccer tournaments, which begin Thursday at Kenai Central High School in Kenai.

Teams from Colony and Wasilla earned top seeds in the tourney.

Colony is the No. 1 seed from the NLC North on the boys’ bracket. The undefeated Knights will face Homer, the South’s No. 4 seed, Thursday at 1 p.m. Wasilla, the North’s No. 1 in the girls’ bracket, meets Skyview at 1 p.m.

Eight matches are scheduled for Thursday. The first round is single elimination, with the final four teams from each bracket playing for the NLC’s three berths to the ASAA state tournament.

See the Friday edition of the Frontiersman for first-round results.

Northern Lights Conference Championships schedule

Girls’ bracket:

Thursday (quarterfinals):

Soldotna (1S) vs. Palmer (4N), 11 a.m.

Wasilla (1N) vs. Skyview (4S), 1 p.m.

Kenai (2S) vs. Grace Christian (3N) 3 p.m.

Colony (2N) vs. Nikiski (3S), 5 p.m.

Friday (semifinals):

Soldotna/Palmer winner vs. Colony/Nikiski winner, 11 a.m.

Kenai/Grace winner vs. Wasilla/Skyview winner, 3 p.m.

Saturday:Third-place match (winner advances to state), 10 a.m.

Championship match (both teams advance to state), 2 p.m.

Boys’ bracket:

Thursday (quarterfinals):

Soldotna (2S) vs. Grace Christian (3N), 11 a.m.

Colony (1N) vs. Homer (4S), 1 p.m.

Nikiski (1S) vs. Palmer (4N), 3 p.m.

Wasilla (2N) vs. Kenai (3S), 5 p.m.

Friday (semifinals):

Soldotna/Grace winner vs. Colony/Homer winner, 1 p.m.

Nikiski/Palmer winner vs. Wasilla/Kenai winner, 5 p.m.

Saturday:

Third-place match (winner advances to state), noon

Championship match (both teams advance to state), 4 p.m.