Since Juneau beat Chugiak in Week 6<\/a>, they would win the tiebreaker, and bump Colony to second place. A loss and Juneau falls to 2-2 in conference and takes the No. 4 seed behind Chugiak, Colony and Bartlett.<\/p>\nColony (3-4, 2-2 Chugach), who lost four of five to start the year, will also appear in the postseason when it kicks off in two weeks. The top eight Division I football teams from the Chugach and Cook Inlet conferences advance to the playoffs.<\/p>\n
“We’re a totally different football team than we were at the beginning of the season,” Colony coach Robbie Nash told the Frontiersman. “They are really coming together as a family. They are fighting for each other.”<\/p>\n
Colony’s togetherness was on display early Friday, as Michael Bradley’s 3-yard carry and point after attempt put the Knights up 7-0 with 3:49 left in the first.<\/p>\n
Danny Isaak put the first points on the board for Juneau.<\/p>\n
The junior receiver’s 15-yard reception from sophomore Noah Chambers brought Juneau within 1 point of the Knights and brought the score to 7-6. Chambers was injured in the second quarter, and he was replaced by Cooper Kriegmont, who put up some points of his own.<\/p>\n
His 3-yard run cut the score to 14-13, but the Knights answered back with senior receiver Hunter Sasser’s first of two touchdown catches with eight seconds left in the half.<\/p>\n
“At some point, we got to hopefully make a play on that ball and have it go our way,” Sjoroos said. “I just thought tonight that kid (Sasser) did a good job of preventing that from happening.”<\/p>\n
The Huskies host what could be their final home game of the season at 7 p.m. Saturday at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field. Juneau will play against the Bartlett Golden Bears. If the Huskies win, they’ll earn the No. 1 seed from the Chugach Conference heading into the playoffs, and host the state quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
“They still have everything to play for,” Sjoroos said. “We’re the only team in the conference that if we win next week, we win the conference title. So I think that’s something to playing for.”<\/p>\n
Game recap<\/strong><\/p>\nFirst quarter:<\/p>\n
Colony — Bradley 3 run (Bradley kick) 3:49<\/p>\n
Juneau — Isaak 15 pass from Chambers (kick failed) 2:04<\/p>\n
Second quarter:<\/p>\n
Colony — Murphy 2 run (Bradley kick) 11:49<\/p>\n
Juneau — Kriegmont 3 run (kick good) 1:14<\/p>\n
Colony — Sasser 15 pass from Murphy (Bradley kick) 0:08<\/p>\n
Third quarter:<\/p>\n
Colony — Sasser 34 pass from Murphy (Bradley kick) 4:32<\/p>\n
Fourth quarter:<\/p>\n
Juneau — Beya 3 run (kick good) 9:11<\/p>\n
Individual Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\nRUSHING — Juneau: Kriegmont 11-113, Soto 11-51, Beya 8-74; Colony: Raval 28-109, Bradley 11-31, Freeman 9-34.<\/p>\n
PASSING — Juneau: Chambers 2-2-0—29, Kriegmont 2-4-1—25; Colony: Murphy 5-8-1—99.<\/p>\n
RECEIVING — Juneau: Isaak 1-15, Bryant 1-14, Sika 1-13, Beya 1-12; Colony: Sasser 4-90, Bradley 1-9.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com.<\/b><\/p>\n
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