Football Preview: Eagle River Wolves vs. Soldotna Stars
Eagle River has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to challenge the Soldotna Stars at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Eagle River focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up eight on Saturday.
Eagle River is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: North Pole, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Eagle River was ranked eighth). Eagle River took a 17-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Pole. The matchup marked the Wolves' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Michael Roschi put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season. Backing up that air attack was Nolan Beaty, who rushed for 98 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Eagle River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 257 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Soldotna put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Wasilla, posting a 63-21 win on the road. Fans of the Stars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Eagle River's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Soldotna, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Eagle River took a serious blow against Soldotna in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 55-7. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Eagle River was down 35-7.
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