Trick 'O' Treat came early at today's JV Football White Conference Championship Playoffs between the #2 Pearl City Chargers and the #3 Waipahu Marauders at Waipahu High School. I had a chance to speak with both coaches prior to the start of the game. Waipahu coach, Sean Saturnio related that they had some serious injuries earlier, but most of his starters are fresh and ready to go. "As for our defense, we have been strong all year and added some coverage package of 4 deep and 4 shallow because of the Chargers passing ability and we're looking for a better game today." Chargers coach, Kai Kamaka, just summed it up by saying "we'll continue to do what's best as we always have, and have fun and a great game today."
It was a "tug of war" during the first quarter, with neither side scoring. In the second quarter, the Chargers QB #10 threw a pass that was intercepted by Waipahu's #45 Lilo Faasipa who ran it in for the first TD of the game. A few plays later, Waipahu's #42 Mataio Fualema intercepted another Chargers pass to give them the lead at the half, 14-0. Besides the two inceptions, penalties plagued the Chargers throughout the first half.
In the second half, the Marauders continued to put on a good defense, but into the fourth quarter, Pearl City's #2 T. Kamaka, put the Chargers on the board with 9 minutes, 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Waipahu wasted no time on their next play when QB #9 Lavatai, ran in for their 3rd TD bringing the score to 20-7 with 7 minutes, 23 seconds remaining in the game. Not giving up, the Chargers QB with 3 minutes, 2 seconds left threw a bomb to #1 making the score 20-13, with the Marauders still leading by 7. Talk about a nail biter. Then came fumble after fumble between the two teams, and the Chargers had the last opportunity to tie the game, but in the final 30 seconds of the game, #7 Mark Failuaga (photo above) of the Waipahu Marauders intercepted the Chargers pass, ending the game 20-13. Congratulations to Coach Kai Kamaka of the Pearl City Chargers, his asst. coaches and to his team for a great game. What a "treat" for Coach Sean Saturnio of the Waipahu Marauders and his team, with special mention of #3 Matapua Tulufale, #33 Jason, #45 Lilo Faasipa, #42 Matapua Tulufale and #7 Mark Failuaga for great teamwork and their victory in the OIA JV Football White Conference Championship Playoffs. "Click here to see photos".
No comments:
Post a Comment