During the Pearl City Chargers 27-0 shut out victory over the Roosevelt Rough Riders Friday night at Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium in Makiki, the Chargers wore purple ribbons to honor the late K. Mark Takai who passed away on July 20, 2016.
"The ribbons are just to support and honor Mark Takai and his family," said Chargers head coach Robin Kami. "He's an alumni of Pearl City and a big supporter of Pearl City Athletics. My coaches are wearing the ribbons and the players are wearing them on their helmets to honor him. He was a big supporter and we all miss him."
The Chargers wore the ribbons with pride and played a spirited game in the victory over Roosevelt. The Chargers improved to 2-0 in the Oahu Interscholastic Association Division 2 regular season rankings. Roosevelt pulled even at 1-1 in league play.
Pearl City QB Kekainalu Simon completed 4 of 14 passes for 103 yards and 3 touchdowns. Calvin Mock caught 2 passes for 43 yards and 2 touchdowns. Charles Freitas, 1 reception for 33 yards, Patrick Nunez, 1 reception for 27 yards and 1 touchdown.
Charles Freitas also pounded out 91 yards on 17 carries to lead the Chargers ground game.
Roosevelt Rough Riders running back Charvis Paia rushed for 94 yards on 14 carries.
Roosevelt recorded -2 yards through the air against the Chargers stingy defense.
Chargers special teams and defense played tough Friday night forcing several key turnovers with Kasey Kikuyama recording two fumble recoveries, Elijah Parrish one fumble recovery, Kasey Villalon and Bradden Schmidt one forced fumble each, Carson Hernandez one sack, and Jayden Madariaga with one pic.
Pearl City returns to action against Kalaheo at Kailua High School on Friday, August 26.
GO CHARGERS!
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Coach Kami is pictured wearing a special ribbon to honor
the late K. Mark Takai during Friday's 27-0 win over Roosevelt.
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Pearl City LB Kasen Aiwohi is pictured wearing a special
purple ribbon that players attached to their helmets on Friday.
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Zameer Kahn kicked field goals of 37 (11:06) and 27 (4:40) yards in the first
quarter that gave the Chargers a 6-0 lead heading to the second quarter of play.
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Pearl City QB Kekainalu Simon connected with Calvin Mock on a
30 yard touchdown toss and reception with 11:16 on the clock in the
second quarter. The Chargers led the Rough Riders 12-0 at the half.
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Patrick Nunez heads towards the end zone and will score on a 27 yard touchdown
reception at 8:52 of the third quarter. Pearl City increased their lead over Roosevelt 18-0.
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Kekainalu Simon looks for an open receiver on the 2-point conversion
attempt following the Patrick Nunez 27 yard touchdown reception.
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Simon connected with Brandon Lin for the 2-point conversion. Pearl City led Roosevelt 20-0
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Calvin Mock scores his second touchdown of the ball game on a 13 yard touchdown
strike from Kekainalu Simon that put the ball game out of reach at 26-0 with 10.01 left
in the fourth quarter. Zameer Kahn kicked through the extra point to make score 27-0.
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Charles Freitas rushed for 91 yards on 17 carries .
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Jayden Madariaga takes off after intercepting Roosevelt QB Noah Rosa
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Makoa Cooper makes a great tackle on Rough Riders QB Noah Rosa.
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Tough D!
JUNIOR VARSITY
PEARL CITY 28
ROOSEVELT 6
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John Tuiletufuga powers his way through a Roosevelt defender in the Chargers junior varsity
28-6 win over the Rough Riders on Friday. The Chargers improved to 2-0 in league play.
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