The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears boy’s soccer team completed a road sweep of the Sitka Wolves on Saturday. All went smoothly except for one important element: someone forgot to bring the Lunchbox.

“At the end of the first game I looked over at assistant coaches Alex (Newton) and Jer (Gleason) a bit embarrassed,” JDHS coach Gary Lehnhart said. “I realized I had not brought the Lunchbox with us. It was the first time ever. That was the first two games in 15 years we have played without it.”

It is hard to impress me with a boat trip in Southeast Alaska.

I grew up here ­— born and raised in an island community founded by Norwegian fishermen who decided the rain, rugged landscape and bountiful offerings of nature were much like their birthplace.

I was raised in the woods and on the waters — hiking, hunting and fishing, earning a trade in the latter because the feel of a boat under your Xtratufs is a high unlike anything found on solid earth.

The Juneau-Douglas High School boy’s soccer team started the season scoring nine goals in an 8-1 win on the pitch at Sitka.

The “own” goal came on a last second throw in by Sitka in the final seconds of the second half on a header against the Crimson Bears’ freshman goalie Hunter Pegus by another teammate.

“Hunter played the whole game in goal,” JDHS coach Gary Lehnhart said. “That is a lot of pressure for a young player.”

The Crimson Bears are playing with a lot of youth this season but still had 13 shots on goal in the first half.