Pearl City (1-0) let the horses run Friday night in the Chargers 34-6 win over the visiting Roosevelt Roughriders(0-1) to open the 2014 Oahu Interscholastic Association D2 regular season at Edwin "Bino" Neves Stadium.
Pearl City senior running back Dominic Maneafaiga gave Chargers fans a snapshot of his versatility with the ball in his hands scoring three touchdowns by way of a 44 yard punt return, 2 yard touchdown reception, and a 32 yard run. Manefaiga also kicked in 3 PAT's and had a second quarter 90 yard punt return called back due to a penalty.
The Chargers got on the scoreboard with 8:31 on the clock in the first quarter on a 25 yard touchdown connection from Pearl City QB Jordan Taamu to Garrett Kanamu to give the Chargers an early 6-0 lead. Dominic Manefaiga missed the PAT .
Taamu scored the Chargers second touchdown at 6:56 in the first quarter on a 2 yard bootleg run around the left side of the defense to put Pearl City up 12-0. Maneafaiga converted the PAT to go up 13-0 over the Roughriders. The touchdown was set up by Zebadiah Selu's 30 yard interception return to the Roughriders 10 yard line.
Dominic Maneafaiga scored the first of his three touchdowns in the game on a 44 yard punt return with 4:13 on the clock in the first quarter. The Chargers scored three touchdowns in the first quarter to lead Roosevelt 20-0.
Maneafaiga scored his second touchdown on a 2 yard touchdown reception from Jordan Taamu with 8:20 on the clock in the second quarter. Pearl City took possession of the ball on the Roosevelt 2 yard line after the Pearl City defense stuffed a Roughriders punt attempt on fourth and long.
Pearl City's final score came on a 32 yard run by Maneafaiga with 8:31 on the clock in the third quarter. Joseph Komomua converted the PAT to put the Chargers up 34-0.
The Roughriders scored their only touchdown late in the fourth quarter with 29 seconds remaining in the game on a 13 yard touchdown pass from Keanu Furtado to Shayne Teruya. Kayla Sunada's PAT kick failed.
The Chargers played tough and stingy on defense holding the Roughriders to 53 yards on the ground.
Through the air, Roosevelt starting QB Keanu Furtado completed 13 of 27 for 78 yards, one TD and no interceptions.
Pearl City's Jordan Taamu finished the game completing 3 of 4 passes for 34 yards, 2 TD's and no interceptions.
Dominic Maneafaiga led the Chargers on the ground rushing for 83 yards on 14 carries and one TD.
Bishop Moore 14-16 and Keanu Furtado 10-16 led the Roughriders ground game.
Pearl City Chargers Head Coach Robin Kami was pleased with the effort of his ball club on both sides of the ball. The team stepped up in the absence of 15 players who were forced to sit out the first game of the season but should return in full force for next week Saturday's game at Waialua.
"It feels real good to get that first win, said Kami. "The last couple of years we started off real slow so it's good to get the first one under our belt. The team performed well. We had a good week of practice and it shows that a hard week at practice comes through in the game on both sides of the ball. Even special teams did real well. Next week hopefully we get 15 kids back so we should be pretty healthy for the game."
GO CHARGERS!
@ Pearl City
1 2 3 4 F
Roosevelt (0-1) 0 0 0 6 6
Pearl City (1-0) 20 7 7 0 34
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Garrett Kanamu fights off a Roosevelt defender to hall in a 25 yard pass from QB Jordan Taamu that
Kanamu would take into the end zone to put the Chargers up 6-0 with 8:31 on the clock in the first quarter.
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Kanamu cruises into the end zone to put the Chargers up 6-0
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Pearl City QB Jordan Taamu scores from 2 yards out on a bootleg around the left side of
the Roughriders defense in the first quarter that increased the Chargers lead to 12-0.
Dominic Maneafaiga converted the PAT to put the Chargers up 13-0. The touchdown was s
set up by Zebadiah Selu's 30 yard interception return to the Roughriders 10 yard line.
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Dominic Maneafaiga heads down the sideline on his way to score the first of his three
touchdowns in the game on a 44 yard punt return with 4:13 on the clock in the first quarter.
The Chargers scored three touchdowns in the first quarter to lead Roosevelt 20-0.
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Shayne Teruya scored Roosevelts only touchdown on a 13 yard touchdown reception
from QB Keanu Furtado late in the fourth quarter with 29 seconds left on the game.
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#11 Shayne Teruya heads back to the Roughriders sideline.
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Roosevelt place kicker Kayla Sunada missed the PAT out of the hold of QB Keanu Furtado.
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Head Coach Robin Kami addresses his players following the Chargers 34-6 win over Roosevelt.
JUNIOR VARSITY
ROOSEVELT 0
PEARL CITY 8
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