Anchorage Daily News

North Pole 28, West 7

North Pole went on a second-half scoring spree Saturday and used its strong running game to help the third-ranked Patriots earn a nonconference win over West in Fairbanks.

After two scoreless quarters, Dane Ebanez got the Patriots rolling with a 2-yard touchdown in the third. The third-ranked rusher in the state finished with 96 yards on 22 carries.

The Patriots put together three consecutive touchdowns and sealed the victory before West finally scored on Niko Sila's 13-yard touchdown pass to Siaosi Sila.

West 0 0 0 7 -- 7

North Pole 0 0 7 21 -- 28

Third Quarter

North Pole -- Ebanez 2 run (Hingst kick), 2:08.

Fourth Quarter

North Pole -- Jones 2 run (Hingst kick), 8:25.

North Pole -- Wright 29 interception return (Hingst kick), 8:05.

North Pole -- Antesberger 1 run (Hingst kick), 7:08.

West -- S. Sila 13 pass from N. Sila (W. Tulimasealii kick), 0:15.

NORTH POLE WEST

First downs 13 9

Rushes-Yards 49-210 33-110

Comp-Att-Int 1-10-1 6-18-2

Passing yards 3 69

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0

Return yards 77 27

Punts-Yards 2-54 2-35

Penalties-Yards 5-35 12-85

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- West: Kauffman 19-99, Sharp 5-14, Aholelei 5-10, Kaiwi 2-0, K. Sila 2-(-3). North Pole: Ebanez 22-96, Antesberger 12-88, Ericksen 6-31, Wiggins 1-8, Lewis 2-4, Woster 1-0, Jones 5-(-17).

PASSING -- West: K. Sila 6-18-2-69. North Pole: Jones 1-8-1-3, Wright 0-2-0-0.

RECEIVING -- West: S. Sila 2-36, Eisses 1-26, Kauffman 1-15, Aholelei 2-0, M, Tulimasealii 1-5. North Pole: Ebanez 1-3.

Nikiski 42, Valdez 28

Beau Calderwood became the first rusher in Alaska this season to rush for more than 1,000 yards, gaining 156 yards in Nikiski's 42-28 Greatland Conference win over Valdez at home on Saturday.

Calderwood ran for two of his three touchdowns in the first half. He leads the state with 1,057 yards and is the only Bulldog to rush for more than 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons.

Nikiski's Wiley Bennett threw two touchdown passes -- a 30-yarder to Calvin Williams and a 21-yarder to Matt Thompson.

Valdez 0 8 14 6 -- 28

Nikiski 14 14 0 14 -- 42

First Quarter

Nikiski -- Bennett 30 pass to Williams (Calderwood run), 2:34.

Nikiski -- Calderwood 2 run (pass failed), :31.

Second Quarter

Nikiski -- Calderwood 30 run (Bennett pass to Krogseng), 9:51.

Valdez -- Bushong 20 pass to Rogers (Bushong run), 2:27.

Nikiski -- Bennett 21 pass to Thompson (pass failed), :32.

Third Quarter

Valdez -- Bushong 2 run (Hedberg kick), 5:33.

Valdez -- Cawley 18 run (Hedberg kick), 1:41.

Fourth Quarter

Nikiski -- Calderwood 1 run (Calderwood run), 10:23.

Nikiski -- Wik 80 interception return (pass failed), 3:23.

Valdez -- Russell 61 run (kick blocked), 1:21.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Valdez: Hedberg 17-107, Cawley 9-48, Russell 7-114, Shell 2-4. Nikiski: Calderwod 28-156, Krogseng 3-(-1), Wik 3-37, Bennett.

PASSING -- Valdez: Bushong 8-18-5--76. Nikiski: Bennett 5-6-0--119.

RECEIVING -- Valdez: Rogers 7-62, Russell 1-14. Nikiski: Thompson 2-61, Krogseng 1-20, Wik 1-8, Williams 1-30, .

Soldotna 65, Houston 6

Zayan Aberkane rushed for one touchdown and passed for 100 yards and one touchdown Saturday as Soldotna cruised to a 65-6 Northern Lights Conference win over visiting Houston.

Anthony Griglione rushed for a game-high 206 yards on 10 carries to help the two-time defending small-school state champion Stars remain undefeated.

Jordan Webb, who came into the game as Alaska's No. 7 passer, completed 7 of 28 for 62 passing yards as the Hawks lost their first game.

Houston 0 6 0 0 -- 6

Soldotna 22 16 27 0 -- 65

First Quarter

Soldotna -- Zayan Aberkane 7 run (pass failed), 7:56.

Soldotna -- Griglione 35 pass from Zac Aberkane (pass successful), 7:03.

Soldotna -- Griglione 54 run (Wood run), 3:21.

Second Quarter

Soldotna -- Griglione 53 run (Wood run), 9:31.

Soldotna -- Bennett 6 run (Wood run), 7:57.

Houston -- Sumner 14 run (kick blocked), 3:15.

Third Quarter

Soldotna -- Price 67 run (Coch kick), 9:36.

Soldotna -- Zac Aberkane 7 run (Coch kick), 4:58.

Soldotna -- Griglione 21 run (kick failed), 3:51.

Soldotna -- Syverson 15 run (Coch kick), 1:00.

HOUSTON SOLDOTNA

First downs 11 9

Rushes-yards 51-148 28-434

Passing yards 62 100

Passes 7-28-2 3-7-0

Punts 3-24.0 0-0.0

Fumbles-lost 2-0 0-0

Penalties-yards 1-15 8-80

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Houston: Sumner 33-87 Contreas 11-37, Origer 3-16, Ranum 2-6. Webb 1-4, No. 23 1-2.xx-xx. Soldotna: Griglione 10-206, Price 4-95, Bennett 3-51, Wood 5-34, Syverson 3-18, Gordon 1-17, Zayan Aberkane 1-7, Zac Aberkane 1-6.

PASSING -- Houston: Webb 7-28-2--62. Soldotna: Zayan Aberkane 3-7-0--100.

RECEIVING -- Houston: Sumner 2-14, Origer 1-17, Contreas 1-13, Stinson 1-10, Mason 1-4, Munoz 1-4. Soldotna: Griglione 2-68, Name not reported 1-32.

Barrow 24, Homer 19

Cody Romine caught a touchdown pass from Albert Gerke in the fourth quarter to seal Barrow's Greatland Conference win over Homer on Saturday played in the northern-most town in the United States.

Gerke completed 12 of 24 with 174 passing yards and three touchdown passes.

He stepped up big in the fourth quarter, completing 9 of 6 for 69 yards to help the Whalers remain undefeated.

-- Anchorage Daily News

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