The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears are taking a road trip to square off against the West Anchorage Eagles on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Juneau-Douglas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Colony, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Juneau-Douglas was ranked ninth). Juneau-Douglas breezed by Colony on the road to the tune of 42-6 on Friday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Crimson Bears as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, West Anchorage had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They walked away with a 28-20 win over the Golden Bears. 28 seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
A big part of West Anchorage's win came down to the chemistry between Jethro De Castro and his top target Ariel Sanchez. De Castro threw for 164 yards and a touchdown while Sanchez picked up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown.
West Anchorage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Sanchez and Dylan Sanders.
Juneau-Douglas' victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for West Anchorage, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Juneau-Douglas and West Anchorage were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in September, but Juneau-Douglas came up empty-handed after a 28-27 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sanchez, who picked up 84 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that Juneau-Douglas knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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