No. 9 ‘Iolani 38, Radford 0
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At Kozuki Stadium
Radford (0-6, 0-4) 0 0 0 0 — 0
‘Iolani (7-1, 5-1) 10 14 14 0 — 38
Iol—Brock Hedani 4 run (Wailoa Manuel kick)
Iol—FG Manuel 25
Iol—Cole Ichikawa 7 pass from Jonah Chong (Manuel kick)
Iol—Ichikawa 11 pass from Chong (Mason Mizuta kick)
Iol—Chong 12 run (Mizuta kick)
Iol—Lanakila Pei 53 punt return (Mizuta kick)
RUSHING—Radford: DJ Alpha 9-39, Kendall Saxton 6-19, Maka Sakimi 10-0, team 2-(minus 29). ‘Iolani: Brody Bantolina 7-66, Hedani 8-58, Jake Lee 10-53, Chong 4-46, Sam Faumuina 1-2.
PASSING—Radford: Maka Sakimi 5-11–1-26, Marcus Howard 1-3-0-6. ‘Iolani: Chong 6-18–1-82, Faumuina 2-5-0-(minus 1).
RECEIVING—Radford: Damon Nelson 3-13, Anaiah Taimatuia-Puni 1-9, Alpha 1-6, Ben Vaiaga’e 1-4. ‘Iolani: Wailoa Manuel 3-57, Ichikawa 2-18, Ryan Sunada 1-7, David Kondo 1-5, Michael Noda 1-(minus 6).
(8:08) Rams ball on their 12. Punt.
Pei 22-yard punt return into Radford territory. Sam Faumuina in at QB. Fourth-and-1 at the 24 and Jake Lee breaks off a 15-yard run to the 9. Rams force a turnover on downs.
Running clock as Radford starts on its 35 after kick out of bounds. Sakimi down after a short run and trainers are out to check on him. He is taken off on a cart. Marcus Howard takes over at QB.
Lanakila Pei with a 53-yard punt return TD. 38-0, IOL, 6:30, Q3.
(8:11) Radford ball on its 20. Three-and-out.
(11:51) Hedani with a 29-yard kick return. ‘Iolani ball on its 39. Hedani stuffed for a loss on third down and ‘Iolani tries a 37-yard field goal. Radford called for encroachment and it’s a first down. Chong with the great fake and keeps it for a 12-yard TD. 31-0, IOL, 8:10, Q3.
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HALFTIME BOX
At Kozuki Stadium
Radford (0-5, 0-4) 0 0
‘Iolani (6-1, 4-1) 10 14
Iol—Brock Hedani 4 run (Wailoa Manuel kick)
Iol—FG Manuel 25
Iol—Cole Ichikawa 7 pass from Jonah Chong (Manuel kick)
Iol—Ichikawa 11 pass from Chong (Mason Mizuta kick)
RUSHING—Radford: DJ Alpha 6-32, Kendall Saxton 5-15, Maka Sakimi 8-(minus 10). ‘Iolani: Hedani 5-56, Brody Bantolina 6-41, Chong 2-23, team 1-(minus 15).
PASSING—Radford: Maka Sakimi 5-10–1-26. ‘Iolani: Chong 5-16–1-76.
RECEIVING—Radford: Damon Nelson 3-13, Anaiah Taimatuia-Puni 1-9, Ben Vaiaga’e 1-4. ‘Iolani: Wailoa Manuel 2-51, Ichikawa 2-18, Ryan Sunada 1-7.
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(:54) Chong scrambles for 15 yards to the Rams 39 with 17 seconds to go. Rams play some nice D and will force a Hail Mary attempt. INCOMPLETE. HALF.
Pei with his second fumble of a punt and Radford takes over on the ‘Iolani 27 with 1:37 on the clock. Micah Shikada with an INT over the middle and he returns it out to the 40.
(4:17) Radford ball on its 15. Alpha carried seemingly half of the Raiders defense for 11 yards to the 30 and a first down. Low throw from Sakimi to Nelson on third down and the Rams punt.
(5:15) Ichikawa with his second TD reception, this time from 11 yards out. 24-0, IOL, 4:22, Q2.
(7:16) Radford ball on its 27. Taimatuia-Puni has a 35-yard reception called back by an illegal touching call. Three-and-out. Bad snap on the punt and ‘Iolani takes over on the Radford 15.
(8:59) Radford ball on its 48. ‘Iolani relies on its run game again before Chong completes a short throw to Manuel and then a shovel pass to Cole Ichikawa turns into a 7-yard TD. 17-0, IOL, 7:29, Q2.
(10:17) Radford ball on its 9. A drop on third down forces a three-and-out.
(12:00) Raiders ball on their 40 to start the second quarter. Hedani breaks off two nice runs for 39 yards. Chase Daack though intercepts a high ball thrown by Chong who is 1-for-9 with a pick.
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(1:48) Radford ball on its 25. K C Bell with a tackle for loss as Sakimi again struggles with the snap. Loss of 8 hurts and it ends up a three-and-out. Punt ends first quarter.
(4:38) ‘Iolani ball on its 45. Quickly third-and-9. Deep ball and a DIVING catch by Wailoa Manuel for 42 yards to the 12. A drop on third down and Manuel kicks a 25-yard field goal. 10-0, IOL, 1:56, Q1.
Damon Nelson forces a fumble on the punt and Pita Sunia on the recovery for Radford. Rams ball on the 42 with 6:18 to go. Snapped dropped by the QB goes for a loss of 18. Punt.
(8:46) Radford ball on the 20. Rams get a first down but then Lanakila Pei with the sack for ‘Iolani. Sakimi a nice 4-for-5 start for 21 yards but the Rams have to punt.
Brock Hedani 4-yard TD run. 7-0 IOL, 8:46, Q1.
(9:33) Radford first-and-10 at the 28. Radford with a fumble recovered by Stirling Sakashita and returned to the 4-yard line.
(10:06) ‘Iolani ball on its 41. Jonah Chong at QB. Three incomplete passes and it’s a three-and-out.
(12:00) Radford ball on the 20. Senior Maka Sakimi at QB. Sakimi stopped short on a third-down run. Three-and-out.
Radford will receive.
TEAM CAPTAINS
Radford: DJ Alpha, Keenan Turqueza, Maka Sakimi, Damon Nelson
‘Iolani: Lanakila Pei, Jonah Chong, Micah Camat
Homecoming for the Raiders.
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Series history: ‘Iolani leads 8-0
Radford roster
‘Iolani roster
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