Football Game Preview: Bettye Davis East Anchorage Thunderbirds vs. Service Cougars + How To Watch

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Previous Games

09/26/25 - Away	3-6 L
10/12/24 - Home	30-0 W
09/07/24 - Home	24-6 W
08/18/23 - Away	55-19 W
08/12/22 - Home	39-18 W
+ 5 more games

Bettye Davis East Anchorage is 9-1 against Service since September of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Saturday. The Thunderbirds will head out to take on the Cougars at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Bettye Davis East Anchorage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Dimond, who was ranked 15th at the time (Bettye Davis East Anchorage was ranked 14th). The Thunderbirds snuck past the Lynx with a 24-20 win on Friday. Surprisingly, this marked the Thunderbirds' fourth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

Bettye Davis East Anchorage can attribute much of their success to Matthew Jackson, who rushed for 58 yards and one score on only seven carries. The dominant performance also gave Jackson a new career-high in receiving yards (15).

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Bettye Davis East Anchorage proved: they limited Dimond to a paltry 1.9 yards per carry. The Thunderbirds' ground attack was stronger, having averaged 3.6.

Bettye Davis East Anchorage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut James Anaruk.

Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Service beat South Anchorage 24-19 on Saturday. The Cougars haven't had any issues with the Wolverines recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Service's record now sits at 6-2. As for Bettye Davis East Anchorage, they picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 2-6.

Bettye Davis East Anchorage couldn't quite finish off Service when the teams last played two weeks ago and fell 6-3. Can the Thunderbirds avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.