Soldotna opens 2017 Alaska high school football season with 50th straight win

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The years change, but the wins haven’t.  Five-time Medium School champ Soldotna opened the 2017 high school football season in Alaska with a 21-0 shutout of 2016 Big School runner-up West Friday night.

According to the Alaska Dispatch News, the Stars outgained the Eagles 285 to 40 in total offense in a game that was played in a persistent rain.

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Soldotna has not suffered a defeat since losing to Palmer in its 2012 season opener. The Stars’ win streak is the third longest active 11-man streak in the nation.

Related: Soldotna finishes No. 1 in final 2016 High School Football America Top 5

West has won three state championships under head coach Tim Davis and has played in the last four Big School state title games.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.