Prep football: Knights creep into ASBN poll

Aug. 21, 2007

Colony's 20-7 win over North Pole propelled the Knights into the No. 5 ranking in the latest Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network statewide media poll, which was released Monday.

Colony (2-0 overall, 1-0 Railbelt), which lost in the large-schools state championship game last season to South Anchorage, joined No. 3 Juneau (2-0 overall, 1-0 Railbelt) as Railbelt Conference representatives in the poll.

Service (2-0 overall, 2-0 Cook Inlet), which defeated West 31-0 Friday, held down the top spot, followed by Chugiak (2-0 overall, 2-0 CIC) in second.

Dimond (2-0 overall, 1-0 CIC), which followed up its Week 1 defeat of Palmer with a 16-12 win over Bartlett, was fourth.

The top two spots in the Small-Schools poll remained unchanged, with Soldotna High (2-0 overall, 0-0 Northern Lights) maintaining its top ranking after downing Palmer 47-14 on Friday in Palmer. Kenai Central (2-0 overall, 1-0 NLC), which routed Ketchikan 61-0 Saturday, was second, followed by Skyview (2-0 overall, 1-0 NLC) and Kodiak (1-1 overall, 1-0 NLC).

No. 5 Eielson (1-1 overall, 1-0 Greatland) was the lone GLC team represented in the poll after posting a 34-21 win over Houston on Friday.

ASBN Media poll

Large-schools Small-schools

1. Service 2-0 1. Soldotna 2-0

2. Chugiak 2-0 2. Kenai 2-0

3. Juneau 2-0 3. Skyview 2-0

4. Dimond 2-0 4. Kodiak 1-1

5. Colony 2-0 5. Eielson 1-1

Mat-Su leaders

Rushing

Player-school Att. Yards TDs

J. Murphy- Col 46 238 4

C. Crane- Was 22 203 2

D. Konkler- Pal 26 191 2

B. Russel- Was 20 142 0

D. Mouton- Col 16 101 2

M. Chafin- Was 22 99 0

J. Barkley- Was 14 97 0

C. Smith- Pal 17 97 0

S. Sawyer- Pal 15 95 0

I. Morales- Hou 12 69 0

B. Bohman- Pal 10 51 1

B. Parks- Hou 15 51 1

Passing

Player-school Att Comp Yards TD- Int

J. Webb- Hou 40 74 418 2 2

A. Lavern- Was 14 31 317 6 1

C. Smith- Pal 10 27 176 1 5

B. Truax- Col 15 33 153 3 3

Receiving

Player-school Rec. Yards TD

B. Mason- Hou 14 217 1

J. Contreras- Hou 8 101 0

I. Morales- Hou 7 79 0

J. Draughon- Pal 6 72 0

Stinson- Hou 6 19 1

Rupe- Col 5 57 1

T. Orr- Was 4 88 2

S. Green- Was 4 67 0

Railbelt Conference Standings

Conference Overall

Team W-L PF-PA W-L PF-PA Pct.

Wasilla 1-0 36-26 2-0 77-32 1.000

Colony 1-0 20-7 2-0 67-7 1.000

Juneau 1-0 44-6 2-0 87-6 1.000

Palmer 0-0 0-0 0-2 28-66 0.000

North Pole 0-1 7-20 0-2 49-82 0.000

West Valley 0-1 26-36 0-2 61-80 0.000

Lathrop 0-1 6-44 0-2 36-88 0.000

Week 2 results:

Wasilla 36, West Valley 26

Soldotna 47, Palmer 14 (nc)

Colony 20, North Pole 7

Juneau 44, Lathrop 6

Friday's games:

West Valley at Colony, 7 p.m.

Lathrop at Palmer, 7 p.m.

Saturday's games:

Skyview at Wasilla, 2 p.m.

Juneau at North Pole

Greatland Conference

Conference Overall

Team W-L PF- PA W-L PF-P Pct.

Barrow 1-0 18-16 1-0 18-16 1.000

Eielson 1-0 34-21 1-1 34-68 .500

Valdez 1-0 56-13 1-1 56-19 .500

Nikiski 1-0 40-0 1-1 46-54 .500

Houston 0-1 34-21 0-2 21-80 0.000

Seward 0-1 16-18 0-2 16-54 0.000

Delta 0-2 13-96 0-2 13-96 0.000

Week 2 results:

Skyview 6, Valdez 0 (nc)

Nikiski 40, Delta 0

Barrow 18, Seward 16

Eielson 34, Houston 21

Friday's game:

Seward at Soldotna (nc), 6 p.m.

Saturday's games:

Delta at Houston, 1 p.m.

Nikiski at Valdez, 1 p.m.

Eielson at Barrow

- Matt Tunseth