On Friday, Bartlett faced South Anchorage in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Bartlett Golden Bears took down the South Anchorage Wolverines 32-13. For the Golden Bears, this counts as revenge for the 26-20 defeat the Wolverines walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2023.
Makisi Poleo had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 218 yards while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Andre Jameson, who rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bartlett was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 478 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Anchorage only gained 251.
Although South Anchorage took the loss, they still got scores from Landon Drumm and Kaedin Coleman.
Bartlett's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-1. As for South Anchorage, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Bartlett is taking a road trip to square off against Eagle River at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for South Anchorage, they will take on Juneau-Douglas at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully South Anchorage focused on turnovers this week as team gave up six on Friday.
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