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Ryan Johnson started hot and never cooled, passing for 341 yards and six touchdowns in the first half as Pac-Five overwhelmed McKinley 49-0 on Saturday afternoon in the first game of a doubleheader at Aiea High School field.
“It’s a good start. We executed well in some areas. Some other areas we need work,” Wolfpack coach Kip Botelho said. “Our offensive line gave our quarterback a lot of time to throw the ball. In fact, both fronts, offensive and defensive, played well. We’ve got two sophomores up there, and a junior.”
McKinley managed to gain 43 yards of total offense.
Johnson was 19-for-30 in the first half, guiding the Wolfpack to scoring drives in their first four possessions. He found Matthew Lee for a 16-yard touchdown pass to open the game. After Pac-Five recovered a pooch kickoff, Johnson lobbed a 6-yard scoring pass to former quarterback Kainoa Ferreira.
“They’ve been playing together since intermediate. Ryan won the job in preseason. Kainoa’s great about it. He can play everywhere and contribute. He’s an asset to our team,” Botelho said.
Ferreira was a cornerstone for Pac-Five, returning punts for big gains. He had another TD haul in the second quarter, a smooth one-handed snag on a skinny post route deep down the hash marks for 36 yards.
Johnson found running back A.J. Ulufale for a 55-yard scoring play, and then Travis Kaloa for a 15-yard TD toss as the Wolfpack took a 28-0 lead into the second quarter.
Pac-Five led 42-0 at halftime. Ferreira, the backup QB, saw some action there after halftime and threw a TD pass before Pac-Five went almost exclusively to the ground during mercy-rule time.
Pac-Five’s Kuali‘i Park finished with 15 carries for 77 yards.
Pac-Five 49, McKinley 0
| At Aiea |
| Pac-Five (1-0) |
28 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
— |
49 |
| McKinley (0-1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
— |
0 |
P5–Matthew Lee 16 pass from Ryan Johnson (Tyler Fukuroda kick)
P5–Kainoa Ferreira 6 pass from Johnson (Fukuroda kick)
P5–A.J. Ulufale 55 pass from Johnson (Fukuroda kick)
P5–Travis Kaloa 15 pass from Johnson (Fukuroda kick)
P5–Ferreira 36 pass from Johnson (Fukuroda kick)
P5–Jett Uechi 26 pass from Johnson (Fukuroda kick)
P5–Kaloa 5 pass from Ferreira (Fukuroda kick)
RUSHING–Pac-Five: Kuali’i Park 15-77, A.J. Ulufale 3-13, Fukuroda 1-(minus 1), Johnson 1-(minus 1), Team 2-(minus 27). McKinley: Joshua Leza 4-11, Elyjah-Dane Badua 4-8, Noah-Rodnie Diaz 1-6, Jonah Stephens 10-4, Ronny Vuong 1-(minus 5), Team 1-(minus 6).
PASSING–Pac-Five: Johnson 19-30-0-341, Ferreira 3-3-0-16, Fukuroda 1-2-0-28 Cade Rapozo 0-1-0-0. McKinley: Badua 3-6-0-11, Vuong 2-2-0-14.
RECEIVING–Pac-Five: Ulufale 4-88, Kaloa 4-76, Matthew Hallstein 4-37, Ferreira 3-57, Uechi 2-54, Lee 2-20, Shaydon Koki 2-11, Carson Miyachi 1-28, Rapozo 1-14. McKinley: Diaz 2-7, Anthony Jim 1-12, Noah Lowe 1-3, Stephens 1-3.
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