Photos: High school football kicks off in Alaska
By Mitch Stephens
Aug 13, 2016, 12:00am
East (Anchorage) gets four rushing touchdowns and the defense does the rest in shutout at Palmer.
Video: Top 10 high school football storylines presented by Champs SportsIMG Academy, Bishop Gorman and major milestones should garner national headlines.Hawaii kicked off action last week and Alaska got going on Friday night. High school football in 2016 is alive and kicking.
In the case of
East (Anchorage, Alaska), it kicked off right where it left off last year with a 33-0 win at Palmer behind early rushing touchdowns from
Joshua Malnoske and
Johnny Afuvai. The weather was a balmy 60 degree at kickoff with a light drizzle in Palmer.
See complete scoring with live photos hereFollowing back-to-back 1-7 seasons, East, the five-time Alaska state champs, went 7-3 last year.
Much of America gets rolling next Friday night followed by the biggest weekend in high school football Aug. 26-27.
East's Carson Washburn (12) stiff arms Devon Betker in his team's 33-0 season-opening win Friday at Palmer.
Photo by Skip Hickey
Palmer's Austin Farris tries to avoid Isaiah Finger, of East.
Photo by Skip Hickey
East's Ryan Green takes down Clayton Southwick during his team's 33-0 win on Friday at Palmer.
Photo by Skip Hickey
East's Bryan Williams (22) outruns the Palmer defense.
Photo by Skip Hickey
