The Wasilla Warriors will take on the South Anchorage Wolverines at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Wasilla's defense has only allowed 8.9 points per game this season, so South Anchorage's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Wasilla is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Colony, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Wasilla was ranked third). Wasilla came out on top against Colony by a score of 20-7 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, South Anchorage waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 27-6 win. The Wolverines might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by 20 points or more this season.
One reason for the win was South Anchorage's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 12 sacks. McKinley Reid led the group effort, picking up seven of those sacks all by herself.
Wasilla pushed their record up to 11-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for South Anchorage, their win bumped their record up to 17-1.
Wasilla suffered a grim 27-6 defeat to South Anchorage when the teams last played back in August. Can Wasilla avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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