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Jordan Taamu threw for 133 yards and a touchdown as Pearl City held off Radford 7-6 on Friday night and forced a three-way tie for second place in OIA White football.
Trailing 7-6 with 54 seconds left, Radford failed to convert on fourth and goal inside its 10-yard line.
Pearl City, Radford and Kalani all finished 6-2 in league play, and today’s coin flip will decide the second, third and fourth seeds for the upcoming playoffs. Kaiser was 8-0 in league play and is the top seed.
Taamu’s 26-yard pass to Kierran McGhee and the ensuing point-after kick by Dominic Maneafaiga gave Pearl City a 7-0 lead in the second quarter.
Radford responded in the third on a 28-yard pass from Cody Lui-Yuen to Justin Lugo, but the Rams couldn’t complete the two-point coversion. Lui-Yuen finished the game with 187 yards on 19-for-37 passing.
| At Radford |
| Pearl City (6-3, 6-2) |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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7 |
| Radford (7-2, 6-2) |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
— |
6 |
| PC—Kierran McGhee 26 pass from Jordan Taamu (Dominic Maneafaiga kick) |
| Rad—Justin Lugo 28 pass from Cody Lui-Yuen (Run failed) |
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| RUSHING—Pearl City: Reno Abrero 6-54, Blake Cooper 5-28, Justin Dupio 6-17, Timothy Riviera 2-6, Matt Dulatre 1-0, Taamu 3- (minus 18), Kristian Vaana-Kikuyama 1- (minus 7). Radford: Chance Cacatian 11-65, Tobias Powell 9-47, Cody Lui-Yuen 7-36, Rashon Osborne 3-7. |
| PASSING—Pearl City: Taamu 12-23-1-133, Cooper 0-1-0-0. Radford: Lui-Yuen 19-37-2-187. |
| RECEIVING—Pearl City: Riviera 4-28, Dulatre 3-37, McGhee 3-31, Paul Martin 1-22, Abrero 1-15. Radford: Absolom Henry 7-70, Lugo 6-59, Thomas Reid 3-22, Cacatian 2-20, Dylan Frank 1-16. |
| Junior varsity—Radford 33, Pearl City 12 |
ALSO
Kalani 55, Waialua 28
Statistics not reported
Nanakuli 54,Anuenue 7
Statistics not reported
ILH
Punahou 59, Pac-Five 7
Statistics not reported
Kamehameha 65, Damien 0
Statistics not reported
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