Alaska’s 2014 high school football seasons kicks-off this week.
For those of you not familiar with me, I’ve always been fascinated with football in the land of the polar bears. Over the last four years as the host of High School Football America’s radio show, I’ve done a half-dozen interviews with coaches around the state.
One of my favorite interviews was last year with Voznesenka High School football coach Justin Zank. The Cougars are about as small as it comes in 11-man football. There are no paved roads in the community that was founded by Russian Old Believers.
I interviewed Coach Zank last year, the school’s first year in 11-man football. You can listen to that interview above.
Below is the list of Week 1 games, plus you can get a sense of the teams to beat by reading a preview from the Anchorage Daily News.
Friday
East at Colony
North Pole at West Valley
West at Palmer
Saturday
Bartlett at Lathrop
Chugiak at Kodiak
Dimond at South
Eielson at Homer
Houston aat Seward
Juneau-Douglas at Kenai Central
Ketichikan at Monroe Catholic
Soldotna at Eagle River
Thunder Mountain at Nikiski
Valdez at Barrow
Voznesenka at Sitka
Wasilla at Service
