This weekend’s high school football game between the Thunder Mountain Falcons and Kodiak Bears will benefit a former Juneau resident seriously hurt by insurgents in Afghanistan.
Sports
Falcons win, Bears lose in weekend football action
The Thunder Mountain Falcons beat the Ketchikan Kings 55-21, while the Juneau Douglas Crimson Bears lost to the North Pole Patriots on a score of 47-26.
Weekend football at home
Two home football games this weekend in Juneau – the Thunder Mountain Falcons play the Ketchikan Kings and the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears face the North Pole Patriots.
Softball team wins little league world series
An Anchorage softball team won the Little League Junior Softball World Series in Kirkland, Washington over the weekend.
Bears, Falcons both win big this weekend
The JDHS Crimson Bears trounced the Wasilla Warriors 69-30 in the first game played on the new field at Adair-Kennedy Park. Meanwhile, the TMHS Falcons beat the Sitka Wolves 35-6 in a game played in Sitka.
26.8 pounder is unofficial leader in salmon derby.
Brysen Mitchell turned in the 26.8 pound fish at the Amalga weigh station on Sunday morning, according to the Golden North Salmon Derby’s unofficial results. Mitchell is eligible for $11,600 in cash and prizes. The winning fish is in line with the 24- to 26-pounders that have won the derby in recent years. Andy Markovich…