Homer 32, Redington 8
The visiting Mariners bounced back from a loss to Kenai Central by notching a nonconference victory over the Huskies.
Both Homer and Redington are in the Mid Alaska Conference, but their conference matchup won’t come until Sept. 27 in Homer. The Huskies are 0-2 overall.
The Mariners led 24-8 at halftime, then got the ball to begin the second half and scored again. After that, head coach Justin Zank said his squad began working the clock.
After getting shut out against Kenai, quarterback Preston Stanislaw led the Mariners as Homer rolled up 435 yards on offense.
Stanislaw rushed 21 times for 210 yards and also hit 6 of 6 passes for 57 yards. He rushed for three touchdowns and passed for one.
Nikifor Reutov had 10 rushes for 56 yards for Homer, while Joaquin Jackson was 4 for 48, Justus Grimes was 7 for 43 and CJ Burns was 2 for 21.
Irimey Reutov led Homer with 27 receiving yards and a touchdown, while Burns had 13 receiving yards and Nikifor Reutov had 7. On defense, Nikifor Reutov led with seven tackles.
Zank said the biggest different came from the offensive line of Adgel Chandler, Timmy Cisney, Eli Stodola, John Dudley and Shea Yatchmeneff.
The coach said all the linemen were the same as against Kenai, except Cisney. Zank said the difference was the group didn’t play on defense to focus on offense.
Zank also was happy with the way his defense looked, led by linebackers Nikifor Reutov and Grimes, who had three tackles.
“It’s a completely different offense to prepare for here,” Zank said. “Kenai is power run, then Redington slings it all over the place.
“But I was happy with how we controlled the line of scrimmage, both on offense and defense.”
Zank said the Huskies scored in the first quarter, then the Mariners pitched a shutout the rest of the game.
Homer completes its nonconference schedule, and opens its home slate, Friday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. against West Valley. The Wolfpack are Division II, while the Mariners are Division III.
West Valley is led by David DeVaughn. Zank coached against DeVaughn when DeVaughn was at Eielson, and Zank was at Nikolaevsk.
The Wolfpack are 2-0 after defeating Barrow and Eagle River.
“We’ve seen the film,” Zank said. “We saw them at camp. They’re gonna be tough. They’ve done a good job there.”
