Hurricanes hold off Sitka for Senior Division title

The Hurricanes received two touchdowns from Randy Segelhorst to capture the Juneau Youth Football League Senior Division championship with a 22-16 victory over Sitka on Saturday at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field.

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Segelhorst scored on a 7-yard run in the first quarter and Alex Matheson followed with a two-point conversion to put the Hurricanes ahead 8-0 in the first quarter.

Sitka tied it up at 8-8 in the fourth quarter as Ryne Sorenson scored on a 3-yard run and Leland Shennett converted a two-point play.

Segelhorst immediately put the Hurricanes back on top by taking the ensuing kickoff, faking a reverse and scampering 70 yards for a score.

Vihn Le added a clutch insurance touchdown later in the quarter when he scored on a 3-yard run. Segelhorst hit Jack Clark with a two-point pass to put their side up 22-8.

Sorenson added a second TD late in the game and hit Nels Svenson with a two-point conversion pass to round out the game's scoring.

JUNIOR DIVISION

Hawkeyes 34, Huskies 20

Samson Nauer scored three rushing touchdowns as the Hawkeyes downed the Huskies for the Junior Division championship.

Nauer scored on runs of 47, 7 and 3 yards in the win. He also threw a two-point conversion pass to Chris Mack ran for another two-pointer.

Mack added a 35-yard touchdown run and caught a 68-yard TD pass from Villiami Tupou.

Trey Williams, Dartanan Campos and Trevor Pfaff all had TD runs for the Huskies. Pfaff added a two-point run in defeat.

CUB DIVISION

Seahawks 25, Cowboys 6

The Seahawks rattled off 25 straight points to win the Cub Division championship.

Merced Duran gave the Cowboys an early 6-0 lead when he scored on a 7-yard run.

For the Seahawks, Kaleb Tompkins scored TD runs of 20, 19 and 27 yards in the win while Moa Maka had a 14-yard TD run and an extra point.

JYFL BOX SCORES

SENIOR DIVISION

Hurricanes 22, Sitka 16

Hurricanes 8 0 0 14 - 22

Sitka 0 0 0 16 - 16

First quarter

Hurricanes - Segelhorst 7 run (Matheson run)

Fourth quarter

Sitka - Sorenson 3 run (Shennett run)

Hurricanes - Segelhorst 70 kickoff return (run failed)

Hurricanes - Le 3 run (Clark pass from Segelhorst)

Sitka - Sorenson 1 run (Svenson pass from Sorenson)

JUNIOR DIVISION

Hawkeyes 34, Huskies 20

Huskies 6 0 6 8 - 20

Hawkeyes 6 8 14 6 - 34

First quarter

Huskies - Williams 3 run (run failed)

Hawkeyes - Nauer 3 run (run failed)

Second quarter

Hawkeyes - Mack 35 run (Nauer run)

Third quarter

Hawkeyes - Mack 68 pass from Tupou (run failed)

Huskies - Campos 4 run (run failed)

Hawkeyes - Nauer 7 run (Mack pass from Nauer)

Fourth quarter

Huskies - Pfaff 3 run (Pfaff run)

Hawkeyes - Nauer 47 run (run failed)

CUB DIVISION

Seahawks 25, Cowboys 6

Cowboys 6 0 0 0 - 6

Seahawks 0 13 6 6 - 25

First quarter

Cowboys - Duran 7 run (run failed)

Second quarter

Seahawks - Tompkins 20 run (Maka kick)

Seahawks - Maka 14 run (run failed)

Third quarter

Seahawks - Tompkins 19 run (run failed)

Fourth quarter

Seahawks - Tompkins 27 run (run failed)

• The Juneau Empire sportsdepartment would like to thank the Juneau Youth Football League's board, coaches and volunteers for theirgenerous help throughout the season.