Football Town: Barrow, Alaska | Sneak Preview

[@Am-Not-Jarvis]

All these comments saying "my high school team could beat them"... does your high school have only 250 kids? The fact that they can field a team is impressive. The fact that they can win consistently is amazing.

[@Hayes641]

Yes my school may have just a bit more than 250 between k-12. We play 8 man and it was a blast.

[@maxdeborde6772]

@@Hayes641 same here i play for the mtack league

[@nathanflato6391]

Jonny Watts we have just over 1000 students pk-12 we have one of the best middle school football teams in our league and have a killer high school team

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

Jonny Watts Also they had an extreme home-field advantage being the elements

[@greenelephant1231]

@@Ryguy-lg2xz That off leash dog at 8:23 should be on a leash and/or behind a fence. Why aren't the owners fined

[@Tom-jj6jo]

For 250 students this school has some nice facilities

[@GateMesh]

If I was an administrator in a place as rough as that, and the students asked for an extracurricular to stay interested in school, I'd put every dollar I could into those requests. Big props to the school's leadership for listening to their students 👍

[@rilorobinson7685]

Jessology Yoooo what up Teach 👊 listen mayne me and Timmy want a hot tub facility with a sauna, can we start a fundraiser 😃

[@Nick_nm]

Couple years ago ESPN actually raised about a million dollars to help them out. Fore that they were playing on a dirt field.

[@LoganCharlesII]

I think ex-NFL player Larry Csonka contributed some money to the team. I believe he lives in Alaska now.

[@josuerico4560]

Those 250 kids make more money in dividends than everyone in this comment section combined. If they pooled their resources together they could have so much more.

[@stratdaddy]

The amount of people claiming to have played against this team is higher than the entire population of Alaska.

[@wyolaskan1868]

-Juno- Strat Daddy know what else is higher than the population of Alaska? Coffee Huts. Seriously

[@615w6]

I live in eagle river and we played them this year and won by 1

[@j_strength1236]

U stupid

[@wavykeyshawn9528]

615 W y’all are ass🤣 and they lost to you guys damn

[@wavykeyshawn9528]

@@Djsjsjdhusjsjsjsjs you go to eagle river talk to me when you can beat us😂

[@mdec76]

Screw Friday Night Lights! These guys play in the Northern Lights!

[@rundaGUN]

"Typical 34 degree weather today" as soon as I would of heard that, I'm on the next plane out of there..smh

[@carlosreid51]

In August 35 f in very warm for Barrow Alaska but Anchorage should be 67 f in mid summer and is like Tampa Bay to the state and what is there Football season August to October weather

[@frootsnackism]

Dude. That's their summers.

[@alaskancabin7506]

@@frootsnackism still isn't that cold in anchorage or lower parts of the state in winter, in anchorage rarely hits -10 f

[@alaskancabin7506]

colder in Minnesota

[@alaskancabin7506]

@KZbinBest yeah

[@charlietappen546]

we lost 73-6 to them my senior year 😳

[@fighterhitter]

yall was weak asf den 😂😂

[@Dbennett12]

Hiribo Tv Lmfao

[@colternewkirk6163]

Charles Tappen bruh 😂😂😂

[@frootsnackism]

They sound like a pretty darn good football team...

[@alaskancabin7506]

what school, south sounds like that would happen

[@marcguerra7493]

I feel for these people on extreme weather. I’m sure most southern people should. 😂 playing football in 115 degree heat with no wind and no clouds in Texas. These people work hard. I’d die up there and I’m sure they would die down here. Respect 💯

[@nickc7014]

marc guerra true

[@Adampeachey2024]

Jesus loves you!

[@rey1jj]

Just imagine playing on that field with an ocean view every game.

[@CJDavis-ij4df]

Yeah an ocean that's usually frozen under skies that are usually grey in a place that's usually well below freezing. Sounds like paradise

[@DripDrew19]

When you go against barrow and they say the game is at barrow

[@riverkelly7747]

Im playing them in barrow during the first week of october

[@Ryan-re7bd]

The_Longest_Wave how’d it go

[@timpoolsbeanie2296]

Imagine being an Arizona high school playing this team on their home field 😬

[@blitzir]

Kingsfan 92 thats a deathwish

[@miker5125]

What’s even more impressive Than Barrow having a football team , is Barrow having a black man 😂

[@fuckupsomecommas]

LMFAO

[@LoganCharlesII]

You'd be surprised at the number of black people living in Alaska. I saw a lot of black people in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Whites are running out of places to hide.

[@zzambles]

@@LoganCharlesII ???

[@Vampybattie]

@@LoganCharlesII I'm surprised white people live in Alaska lolol tf

[@bobbymerino1]

@@LoganCharlesII dude wtf is this comment

[@nolimitprof]

I don’t think they can really appreciate the fact that they play on a blue field

[@jacobthomas8598]

CheesePuff I mean they can’t use real grass it’s to cold here

[@blitzir]

ImUnloved ye their old field was complete dirt

[@donahue9]

I am very impressed with this team. Would like to go there and watch a game someday.

[@theMcWOPPER]

What's stopping you?

[@squidward5582]

@@theMcWOPPERprobably the fact it’s in the middle of nowhere

[@penciltipproductions6076]

They should play the southern most point of America key west that would be kool

[@yaboijoshua9360]

Jake Malcolm 2 That would be out of the question since the cost for travel would far exceede what the could afford. Btw the actual Southern most high school team in America will be located somewhere in Hawaii.

[@randompfp3778]

Yorkshire Ball could be keywest

[@yaboijoshua9360]

Jonathan5454 Hawaii is further South than Key West

[@rees5124]

Key West is the southernmost point in the US

[@yaboijoshua9360]

ReesDaKing Mainland US, the actual furthest South point in the US is in Hawaii.

[@uatahousetuifua5680]

Barrow Whalers are in State Championship this year

[@frootsnackism]

:O NOICE

[@willpicou9828]

Actually anchorage is

[@frootsnackism]

@@willpicou9828 He's talking about last year Or maybe the year before that. Besides, Barrow isn't even Barrow anymore xD

[@Barnesen23]

Xd_ Chuckles look when the comment was posted

[@frootsnackism]

@@Barnesen23 It says about 1 year ago. Now I'm actually extremely confused as to when the comment was posted since it won't give the month.

[@obomonus1064]

If the NFL had any balls, they would play a Superbowl up there.

[@addisonsmith2093]

G Wark that would be awesome 😎

[@obomonus1064]

@@addisonsmith2093 *Heisenburg voice: You're goddamn right*

[@CharlieND]

I like that idea but most people would hate it

[@Bnguyen276]

lmao that city cant even occupy enough people to come watch the game alone as to ask them play there. They better have enough hotels and enough food because food is scarce there 10 dollar for a gallon of milk. There aint no cows walking around you want some watermelon its 30 bucks for half a watermelon.

[@gamingfuzion5403]

Lol they would never because they would not get enough money

[@ralphhildebrandt9848]

This coach is an amazing person. He is the driving force not only in football but in his students lives. This town is very lucky to have the right person and knowing how to be successful in life. Touching story here

[@arandomzoomer4837]

5:46 It's always cool to hear someone talk about something they're really passionate about

[@Danishmediumvalentina]

My old Highschool. I lived and graduated from Barrow Highschool. We didn’t have the football team back then. But I was the Cheerleader for our basketball team.

[@sniperdave2791]

My school played the whalers for our homecoming game, Reddington huskies(wasilla, AK)

[@joelsalazar3332]

Will they survive practice in 120 degree Texas summer heat tho?

[@greenelephant1231]

+joey salazar The hottest temperature on record in Dallas was 120

[@nickc7014]

greenelephant1231 humidity plus 100+ degree weather. Let’s see you try it.

[@greenelephant1231]

@@nickc7014 I'm not ghetto or White lol

[@addisonsmith2093]

greenelephant1231 😂

[@greenelephant1231]

@@anastringer306 Are you White? Your name sounds White lol

[@BobbysWorldd]

It said 11:28pm and it was sunny out. Whaaaaat? My sleep schedule would be so confused

[@Collinscody01]

24/7 daytime for a month in the summer and 24/7 darkness for a month in the winter.

[@BobbysWorldd]

@@Collinscody01 daaaaamn. Yeah my body would be so confused.....I would have to hang black sheets up around my windows in my bedroom for that month of light. My sleep schedule would be so jacked. I could do darkness for a month cause I'm a nocturnal person but I couldn't do light for longer then 12 hrs lol I could only imagine trying to get my 8 month old daughter to sleep. Cause she recognizes day and night.

[@AustenHilton]

Yeah it’s straight sunlight for 3 months and then darkness for 6 months and then regular daylight for 3 months

[@rstevens1836]

I loved this series. Been to Barrow too (now Utqiagvik, or I call it The U) it's a special place with not a lot of recreation, that blue turf is well-taken care of requiring maintenance due to being right on the windy rock beach next to the port, so playing football is a big deal because there's lots of talent in Alaska looking to get out and make a life for themselves outside of this dark cold corner up here. Also special to spend time getting to know the coach, the players, their families, and see how some people are up here. Thanks NFL Network! Please come back to Alaska.

[@Adampeachey2024]

Jesus loves you!

[@noodleado]

I love how everyone is actually seeing how diverse our city is 🤣 yes we have Filipinos, Samoans, Tongans, Koreans, Hawaiians. Best diverse town

[@zachsmcl]

Looks like a paradise ngl bro. As a wisconsinite I'd love to visit. Im used to the cold😂

[@Adampeachey2024]

Jesus loves you!

[@lukeslc-xd8ds]

Diversity = weakness. Just sayin'.

[@isaacsmith17]

This should have been a series of Alaska football

[@Miracleberry1]

This is the town in the comic and movie 30 Days of Night. Great film and comic series.

[@KingNekro]

Why am I so fascinated by this place(among other remote places)? Always catch myself watching videos about places like this whenever I see them mentioned in a video or I think about them.

[@joekhatib3798]

Because they accomplish things like winning State Championships in Football and Basketball that they probably have no business winning.🤔

[@KingNekro]

@@joekhatib3798 It's just the lifestyle... so remote and different than anything I've ever experienced growing up in the suburbs of a highly populated area like Phoenix my whole life. It's just amazing to get their perspective and see how everything works over there and see how people are after growing up in such a harsh environment like that. Like yeah Phoenix is one of the hottest cities in the world but the amount of heat doesn't even remotely compare to the freezing cold, darkness, wilderness, isolation, etc that they experienced their whole lives. Yet at the same time it still feels a lot like an American town in many ways. That's just crazy to me.

[@mrjazz2570]

Can we just appreciate that the football field they play on is called darn cold stadium😂😂

[@EndTheSimpademic]

Actually it's called Cathy Parker Field. After the person who raised funds for its construction

[@stratdaddy]

Who the hell do they play? Edit: They go all the way to Juneau?

[@willpicou9828]

-Juno- Strat Daddy no they go to other places like wasilla, anchorage or Fairbanks.

[@alanimakihele3378]

@@willpicou9828 yeah but they always be losing. my team from anchorage played them in a camp and destroyed their guts

[@riverkelly7747]

They play all over the state, theyre in my division

[@Derp___]

Jeff B hahahahaha facts

[@wzelo5680]

If they play somewhere else they take a plane that’s how big Alaska is

[@userunknown303]

Juneau-Douglas is a monster program. Mad props for taking them on. They have a monstrous team.

[@Luis_Lopez_FL]

2:38 says temperature is 34ºF. The temp of 34ºF is not balmy, this is freezing.

[@mrconfusion87]

But for the locals, that is called "summer"! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jarvesroot6454]

Awsome boys keep it up you guys have coaches that believe in you and love you go whalers!

[@jesusvermillionthemereoleo5660]

I live in Europe and I'd totally be down for an exchange program to this school.

[@zzambles]

not worth

[@Kog233]

They must win all their home games

[@riverkelly7747]

They win all their games, i play them every year

[@eddiew2325]

The_Longest_Wave is it really hot up there

[@zzambles]

@@eddiew2325 cold

[@zzambles]

@Frigidlava that would be fun

[@tman2504]

A big shout out to my friend Fasoli’s BABU coaching on the sidelines. Great work with the Barrow football team

[@adamgarnes4269]

It would be dope if one of these kids went pro in sports...they could help a small town like this in so many ways.

[@henrg]

The town actually isn't too bad off. They have oil money.

[@joshhemp]

They had a 5 star basketball recruit a few years back

[@garbear384]

How about getting these boys a dome

[@niglettelgingod6758]

I don't think the government has the funding plus it's not Alaska's focus, and if they did they would probably get domes for everyone(other football teams in Alaska)

[@willpicou9828]

Bass God barrow is the only place in the bush or real north that has a football team. But a dome would never happen. Barrow does not have nearly the money. As it is the football team is super expensive based on the fact the fly to all their games.

[@dellondell4918]

Yea, I agree Alaska gets so much gov. Funding I don't see why they can't build one

[@gratefullydeadful]

Awesome coach

[@madc2004]

With most of the first round of the NFL draft the teams select the entire barrow whalers team from barrow high school

[@ARSZLB]

i never would have thought Barrow, AK had a high school football team. this is impressive

[@charlesyoung9980]

Ok..Who do you play? Do they fly schools in from Anchorage?

[@v1ntagecheru8]

Ed Jones yes

[@1m3agle]

Rønan Brennan no

[@GoonOnFire]

Most people lose access to proper psychiatric care in such a small, poor village in the world. They let them think they're playing another team but we just let them have fun.

[@willpicou9828]

They also fly into wasilla. Barrow has a lot of oil money and are one of the most richest Alaskan villages.

[@riverkelly7747]

I play them yearly, they play knik, nikiski, houston, eilson, monroe, valdez,

[@foodflicksandfun253]

This show is great!

[@hotforteacher7540]

What the hell Samoan doing this far up north LOL

[@wyolaskan1868]

Seisman 75 Because they’re tough enough

[@SuperDeuser]

It's immigration from years ago. The Asians immigrated to alaska, and down to Central and South America. They are native Americans, they just didnt tan because of the weather. Therefore they are eskimos.

[@peppermintpatty180]

@@SuperDeuser why Alaska?

[@machotaco9011]

FCBarcelonaHighlights no a kid on the team was born in Samoa

[@ITSAGIRRAFE1]

Alaska surprisingly has a sizable Samoan community. I’m Samoan and I could pick out a lot of kids in this team that are definitely Samoan lol they often move for work on trawl fishing

[@myless1460]

My school has 327 students, I’m proud of this school, we have a high school football program, we started last year, we were only 2-7!

[@saiyannamekian8341]

Where can I watch full episodes of this? Anybody know?

[@will_mcdermott]

How do you go from Samoa, California, and to Barrow Alaska.

[@adamgarnes4269]

No every small town or community at least deserves a movie theater in the US. I mean cmon let’s be real why wouldn’t they have that at for there people up there? Nice short documentary, hopefully I can visit Alaska one day.

[@darrenfike924]

It’s very interesting about barrow high school football team of how they play in harsh cold weather … I’m wondering how can they keep these playing field warm so it don’t freeze or injure these players when playing in hard playing surface like that

[@victory1296]

Travis Adams is a hooper too!

[@MrCHITOWN247]

ive been trying to watch the full season of this...can't find it anywhere

[@kadenhopson588]

Sometimes after practice or when they win a home game they jump in the ocean

[@huntermundy6258]

2 kids on my team used to live there they moved to Oklahoma

[@NWKayaking]

Awesome story because at the top of the world the isolation can be daunting disconnected from the Lower 48

[@famousamos]

Interesting

[@BradLeviLagus]

this reminds me of kodiak alaska you guys should do a film there

[@Danishmediumvalentina]

I was the first to graduate with my class of 23 from our beautiful 80 million dollar brand new Highschool

[@andyzhang6017]

Travis look like post Malone 😂😂

[@murphyd8205]

He’s a d2 basketball player not at University of Alaska Anchorage

[@chrismicklatcher1878]

Impressive coach.

[@RollOnToVictory]

How insanely cool would it be if the genetic lottery just blessed them with an hugely talented kid on the football field. Having Clemson, Washington, Notre Dame, Alabama etc coming up on private jets to their little airport to see him.

[@aamorri1]

They had a five star basketball player. At age 16, he moved to Portland, Oregon. He now plays for the Texas Longhorns.

[@offzach]

@@aamorri1 what’s his name

[@userunknown303]

@@offzachKamaka Hepa. He played for the Texas Longhorns than transferred to Hawaii

[@fatpowerful]

What you do till hockey starts.

[@darktitan_3493]

1:22 When you show the Alaska map, Fairbanks is supposed to be like 300 miles to the West - you put it smack in the middle of Canada...

[@statixz8931]

This season my football team had 16 players to start but after two a days or 4 hour practices of hell we started the season with 13 we went 5 and 2 we ended our season early because of all the injury’s we ended with 7 players

[@Barrow1901]

We share the same name!

[@PossiblyGenii]

I got you to UCL final on football manager 😂

[@sammym6568]

Imagine breaking up with a girl and your boys is next in line with her....small world lol

[@jettm.3153]

Back in 2k 15 my brother went to state and one but they were renamed 2 in the nation for most rushing yards these guys were in first in 2A that is

[@DarkDragonBladeX]

can someone tell me what's the name of that song

[@osu5inarow]

Don't send that kid that moved from Cali to Ohio. He'd probably losing when he sees milk is $1

[@kadenhopson588]

All lunches in the schools are free

[@noizutazuka5060]

I feel bad for the people of barrow I wish I had the money to help them, make things cheaper by importing indoor farming, creating new programs for the community, making an indoor football field for the students, bring new jobs, bring new opportunity, etc etc.

[@LifeIsGay1]

Noizu Tazuka if i was a million or billionaire i would too. I would help out Little Diomede out too by running water a some how we can do something with the trash. So they want put it in the ocean. I would try to get a green house for them. If only i was rich.

[@garrettjenkins244]

The median income is like 80k a year so its not like they are living in abject poverty. However, cost of living is absolutely insane.

[@Lefty1x]

Hopefully this show gave the town a few dollars.

[@roesalamone3513]

They r on their way. Those that have close family & love have great wealth. They seem very happy.

[@broadstreet7641]

Actually, a person in Barrow makes an average of $80,000 a year.

[@gabrielle1962]

I love this coach

[@eric1694]

The field reminds me of the ultimate freeze ine in madden

[@sandgroper1970]

Imagine if one of these kids got college football and then a chance in the NFL

[@mrconfusion87]

The whole damn town will watch every single game he plays!

[@ryanpatton5937]

Football there is just like FRI night lights in TX football can bring so many diff people across this great land we call America

[@daltinosimmons7005]

Wish I could find the full episodes

[@ChairmanMeow1]

That field is pretty dope

[@SaSaUrmULi1]

Man how you guys gonna overlook Hawaii 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@yourdadishere]

Concussion-ville, y'all.

[@joemckim1183]

I'm surprised that they're able to get enough kids every year to be able to field a football team. And traveling to other cities to play against other schools seems a lot harder then mainland schools who just get in a bus and drive 15 minutes to play ball.

[@victorzhong2890]

Who play them?

[@maidenfan237]

hope they have a hockey team

[@trivu3825]

So they fly to other schools for games and vice versa?

[@SuperZombiemoose]

Where can I watch the whole thing? I've searched everywhere

[@smpfilms95]

Wish they had funds to build a enclosed field

[@randallmarsh406]

How do you get this on dvd or stream?

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[@kathyyoung1774]

40 below? I survived one night in Oswego, NY, in an 18 wheeler in 45 below. Never did get warm. I don't know how people survive in Oswego either.

[@mrconfusion87]

-40 is just the average in Barrow! In the Lower 48, it is an aberration! 🤣🤣🤣

[@kathyyoung1774]

@@mrconfusion87 Dammmmmmmm.... ~ Gainesville, FL

[@eric5181]

They gotta have strength to play in cold weather. But here in Texas we practice in 110 degree weather soooo.....

[@jjoe7078]

dont even compare living in texas to living there. at least In texas you can go to the store and get water for a dollar or less. There a water bottle is like 5 bucks. and store bought food that is not hunted down is crazy inflated because it is all flown in. 40 bucks for diapers, 30-40 bucks for a pack of 30 water bottles, 20 bucks for a bag of flour. dont even wanna think about protein powder prices.

[@donthebong9063]

Is there school right next to a cemetery?

[@henrg]

They don't have regular cemeteries bc of the permafrost

[@mrsseasea]

In line with the comment below.....how about playing ball in freezing weather wind blowing at 30 - 40 MPH? I praise the people that live here. Washington St. Native

[@Mountaineer3615]

5:44 - That is a 15 yard penalty for kick catch interference. NFHS rule book says that the ball must go 10 yards AND be touched by a member of the receiving team, or hit the ground before it can be recovered.

[@Mountaineer3615]

From the NFHS Rule Book, Rule 6-1-6: " Any K player may recover a free kick if it has both touched the ground and goes beyond the plane of R's free-kick like. The two requirements may occur in any order." Is that better?

[@1m3agle]

illegal touching. kick catch interference is contact with a returner b4 he has the ball

[@Mountaineer3615]

No the penalty is kick catch interference with first touching. The penalty is kick catch interference, The receiving team would have the choice of 15 yards and rekick or possession at the spot of first touching. Illegal touching is Rule 7-5-13 specifically deals with a pass. "An Ineligible A (offensive) player has illegally touched a forward pass if he bats, muffs, or catches a legal forward pass, unless the pass has first been touched by B."

[@kylewright9464]

Mountaineer3615 Thank you for the smart ass know it all clarification. Must have been the highlight of your night to point that out. Ps, he never said what happened after the catch.

[@Mountaineer3615]

1. It's not a clarification, it's a rule. 2. If people don't know the rules then on Friday nights I get yelled at about "Tackle Boxes" or "Halo Rules" or "Un-catchable Passes." There are 113 rule differences between high school and college football. People know what they see on Saturday or Sunday.

[@Math-Tulane]

just curious, who do they play against?

[@rockos7687]

Do teams fly in to play

[@V0idd_lol]

All fun and games until someone throws the ball into the water

[@tamipennington5040]

we just played them last weekend, Travis was QB

[@stairwayto7816]

Really!?

[@greenelephant1231]

@Tami Pennington You're a woman though

[@nolimitprof]

Well then who they play if they’re the only team up there

[@Bongaboi151]

The city is now known as Utqiagvik (UUT-kee-a-vihk). The Barrow Whalers of Utqiagvik, Alaska. Viking-style toughness there.

[@jackcoleman143]

Bro this high school has much better equipment than my high school in coal mining country where football is huge

[@jackcoleman143]

PA

[@boomdos4265]

Got that Hydrocarbon money up there.

[@greenelephant1231]

@@jackcoleman143 I was gonna guess hillbilly West Virginia

[@jackcoleman143]

greenelephant1231 PA hard nose coal mining football in the east

[@greenelephant1231]

@@jackcoleman143 White people lol

[@SanFranFan30]

they're really struggling out there, the roster size has been dropping.

[@itscalealenea1835]

The and other grip can’t come up with the money to help this high school build a indoor stadium..

[@larrybaker9924]

Build a dome stadium.

[@thesupremeleague9747]

Someday I’m gonna send my kids to this school

[@darknessfadestolight4312]

They totally need to get that field under a shelter man. There are some super simple yet extreme winter durable aerodynamic mini domes. Then they are totally set. And it's so doable even there. Why hasn't the town got together and make er happen?

[@ak_icedviking5778]

it looks fun up there man...i'm missing out