St. Francis offensive attack, tough D powers past Pearl City 27-13

Sep 1, 2018 | PC Sports

The Pearl City Chargers lost a tough game 27-13 last to the visiting St. Francis Saints in a duel of top Division 2 schools representing the Oahu Interscholastic Association and Interscholastic League of Honolulu.played at Pearl City High School’s Edwin Bino Neves Stadium.

St. Francis QB Bubba Akana threw for 261 yards and 2 TD's.with 2 INT's. Akana completed 13 of 31 passes. Shepherd Kekahuna caught 3 passes for 101 yards. Makana Poole caught 3 passes for 36 yards and 1 TD. Jonan Aina-Chaves rushed for 66 yards on 5 carries before leaving the game with an injury in the first quarter. Kain Lyman rushed for 52 yards on 3 carries and 1 TD.

Pearl City QB Makana Canyon completed 9 of 20 for 95 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT. Canyon hooked up with Thomas King on 10 yard TD toss in fourth quarter. Micah Quillopo-Jamile completed 1/1 on a 19 yard scoring strike to Jordan Oshiro in the second quarter. Quillopo-Jamile also caught 3 passes for 41 yards to lead the Charger receiving core.

The St. Francis offense totaled 419 yards of net offense to Pearl City's 138. The Saints defense held the Chargers to 22 rushing yards to the Saints 158.

St. Francis remains unbeaten at 3-0 in league play, 4-0 overall while Pearl City is 2-0 in league play, 2-2 overall.

The Chargers return to action on Friday, September 7 against the McKinley Tigers at Pearl City High School.



JV – 5:00pm

 
Varsity to follow 25 minutes after conclusion of  the JV game

 

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Saints QB Bubba Akana passed for 261 yards and 2 TD's. with 2 INT's. Akana guided a potent

St. Francis offensive attack that compiled 419 yards of net offense to Pearl City's 138.

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Makana Camyon came off the bench in the first half to lead the Chargers

offense. Canyon completed  9 of 20 passes for 95 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.

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Pearl City QB Christian Tielu got the statrt for the Chargers. Tielu gave up a 52 yard

pick six to Shepherd Kekahuna that gave the Saints a 6-0 lead at 9:38 of the 1st quarter.

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Saints running back Jonan Aina-Chaves rushed for 66 yards on 5 carries

before leaving the ball game with an injury in the first quarter.

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Jordan Oshiro scored the Chargers first touchdown on a 19 yard touchdown

pass from Micah Quillopo=Jamile at 3:33 of the second quarter.