{"id":75579,"date":"2021-09-19T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/7-points-huskies-make-it-3-in-a-row\/"},"modified":"2021-09-19T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T06:30:00","slug":"7-points-huskies-make-it-3-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/7-points-huskies-make-it-3-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"7 points: Huskies make it 3 in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Juneau Huskies continued their winning ways Saturday in Anchorage.<\/p>\n

The unified Juneau high school football time bested the Bartlett High School 27-14. The Huskies sit atop the Cook Inlet conference with a 5-1 record both overall and in the conference.<\/p>\n

Winning ways<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both Juneau and Bartlett had strung together multiple wins before the head-to-head meeting in Anchorage. The Golden Bears’ three-game streak dated back to an Aug. 28 win against Palmer. The Huskies’ streak started a week later and included wins against Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School and Service.<\/p>\n

“I feel good,” said Juneau coach Rich Sjoroos in a phone interview. “The team responded well. They were one of the hottest teams in the state.”<\/p>\n

The Huskies will look to extend their winning streak to four games against South Anchorage High School on Saturday.<\/p>\n

[7 points: Huskies bring heat against service<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n

Size of the fight in the dogs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sjoroos said he was pleased with the way the Huskies played against Bartlett’s physically imposing rushing attack.<\/p>\n

“They’re a big team,” Sjoroos said. “Their running backs and lineman and everybody are big, and there’s a lot of them.”<\/p>\n

It was made more impressive because stemming the Golden Bears’ offense required solo tackles instead of the swarming style of defense that’s a point of pride for the Huskies.<\/p>\n

Sjoroos said juniors Lucas White, Sam Sika, Jamal Johnson, Hunter Derr and seniors Wallace Adams Mathias Wiederspohn were among defenders who tackled well.<\/p>\n

“I just think the kids did a tremendous job holding up to that level of football,” Sjoroos said.<\/p>\n

Big stops and opportunistic offense<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sjoroos also identified a pair of goal-line stands as key moments in the game.<\/p>\n

In one instance, that set up a 99-yard pass from senior quarterback Noah Chambers to speedy senior wide receiver James Connally.<\/p>\n

It was one of three touchdown tosses for Chambers in the game. Another of the scores came on the heels of a fumble recovery.<\/p>\n

Tough competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a pair of away games, Juneau will again take to Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field this week.<\/p>\n

Sjoroos said the South Anchorage football team coming to town is both good and substantially different from Bartlett.<\/p>\n

“They’re looking pretty impressive,” Sjoroos said of the visiting Wolverines. “They had our number a couple of years ago, so we definitely want to improve on that performance.”<\/p>\n

However, he said the Huskies are doing what they hoped they’d be doing when the season began.<\/p>\n

“We’re playing for a Cook Inlet Conference title,” Sjoroos said.<\/p>\n

Celebrating seniors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday’s game will be Juneau’s senior night.<\/p>\n

Sjoroos said seniors will be recognized before the game, and he anticipated those festivities starting around 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Kickoff for the game will be at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Non-dairy schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

While some online schedules<\/a> show the Huskies hosting Cambria-Friesland of Wisconsin in Week 8, Sjoroos said that’s not the case.<\/p>\n

He said he had already received some text messages from out-of-state acquaintances asking how they could watch the game. Sjoroos said he’s not sure how the misunderstanding developed, but Juneau will have a bye week in Week 8.<\/p>\n

Juneau, Wisconsin, is about 20 miles away from the villages of Friesland and Cambria.<\/p>\n

It starts at home<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sjoroos said Juneau is taking it one week at a time, but it is known that after the bye, the Huskies will host at least one playoff game.<\/p>\n

“There’s still a lot of games to be determined,” he said. “We do know we’ll be at home for at least the first round of the playoffs.”<\/p>\n

• Contact Ben Hohenstatt at (907)308-4895 or bhohenstatt@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BenHohenstatt.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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