Kaiser senior Koa Tom threw for 336 yards and four touchdowns and the host Cougars beat the Pac-Five Wolfpack 31-27 on Friday.
Tom gave Kaiser (4-3-1, 3-3 OIA D-II) the lead for good with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Jesse Stroede with 3:05 left in the third quarter.
Neither team scored in the final 15 minutes after combining for 35 points in the first nine minutes of the second half.
Kaiser’s Dre Falls had five receptions for 87 yards and two touchdowns and also intercepted two passes on defense.
Sophomore receiver Mason Yoshino finished with 187 all-purpose yards, including 163 receiving yards on nine receptions for the Cougars, who can clinch an OIA Division II playoff berth with a Kalaheo loss tonight.
Four players rushed for a TD apiece for Pac-Five (2-5, 2-5 ILH D-II).
Pac-Five’s Alex Heim was injured early in the third quarter on Tom’s touchdown pass to Falls that gave Kaiser a 15-14 lead.
There was a 20-minute delay before Heim was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He was seen moving his arms before he left the field on a stretcher.
Connor Chun recovered a fumble to set up Kaiser’s final score.
The Cougars were 0-7 all-time against Pac-Five entering the game.
GAME SUMMARY
>> Kaiser (4-3-1, 3-3) 6 3 22 0 — 31
>> Pac-Five (2-5, 2-5) 0 14 13 0 — 27
Kaiser — Jesse Stroede 58 pass from Koa Tom (kick failed)
Pac-Five — Breyndon Nakamura 2 run (Cy Shimamura kick)
Pac-Five — Bruce Shewalter 9 run (Shimamura kick)
Kaiser — FG Kyler Halvorsen 30
Kaiser — Dre Falls 6 pass from Tom (Mason Yoshino pass from Tom)
Pac-Five — Evan Ramirez 2 run (kick blocked)
Pac-Five — Rocket Uechi 2 run (Shimamura kick)
Kaiser — Stroede 6 pass from Tom (Halvorsen kick)
Kaiser — Falls 26 pass from Tom (Halvorsen kick)
RUSHING — Kaiser: Yoshino 3-24, Tom 10-7, Ethan Doman 2-6, Cavin Lime 9-6, Falls 1-4, Team 1-(minus 2). Pac-Five: Ramirez 12-33, Shewalter 3-28, Nakamura 4-16, Ian Canute 3-11, Laitin Bradley 1-3, Uechi 4-(minus 8).
PASSING — Kaiser: Tom 18-34-1-336. Pac-Five: Uechi 18-44-4-215.
RECEIVING — Kaiser: Yoshino 9-163, Falls 5-87, Stroede 2-64, Kaulana Esteban 2-22. Pac-Five: Angelo Coluccio 6-93, Ramirez 4-34, Robert Walker Jr. 3-32, Nakamura 3-23, Carson Miyachi 2-33.
St. Francis 52, Kalani 0
Saints junior Jonan Aina-Chaves rushed for 189 yards and three touchdowns and Bubba Akana threw three touchdown passes for the Saints (8-0, 7-0 ILH D-II), who have already clinched a state tournament berth.
Akana finished 13-for-16 for 224 yards and also rushed for a TD as the Saints won their fourth game of the season by at least 34 points.
Junior Kordel Ng caught touchdown passes of 40 and 21 yards and finished with 90 receiving yards on four receptions.
Earlier Friday, St. Francis junior Faaope Laloulu, a 6-foot-7, 350-pound offensive lineman, received a scholarship offer from Southern California. Laloulu also has offers from Brigham Young, Arizona, Oregon and San Diego State.
“It came out of the blue,” said Laloulu, who got a visit at school from USC linebackers coach Johnny Nansen, who made the offer. “It was a really big surprise for me. It means the world — just like every other offer. I’m just taking it all in.”
Last week, the Saints clinched their first state tournament berth since starting a varsity football program in 2013.
“I feel like that was mission accomplished for our past brothers who paved the way for us,” Laloulu said. “I owe it to them for starting up this program.”
GAME SUMMARY
>> St. Francis (8-0, 7-0) 16 20 8 8 — 52
>> Kalani (2-7, 2-4) 0 0 0 0 — 0
St. Francis — Bubba Akana 10 run (Jonan Aina-Chaves run)
St. Francis — Kordel Ng 40 pass from Akana (Aina-Chaves run)
St. Francis — Aina-Chaves 1 run (run failed)
St. Francis — Aina-Chaves 10 run (pass failed)
St. Francis — Ng 21 pass from Akana (Shepherd Kekahuna pass from Aina-Chaves)
St. Francis — Noah Mackenzie 15 pass from Akana (Aina-Chaves run)
St. Francis — Aina-Chaves 16 run (Kekahuna run)
RUSHING — St. Francis: Aina-Chaves 14-189, Alden Rosa 3-22, Zack Shiraki 3-10, Akana 4-5, Kain Lyman 1-(minus 2). Kalani: Nicholas Sakamoto 9-46, Kai Sigler 1-23, Nathaniel Balangitao 8-16, Javan Montiho 1-3, Team 1-(minus 1).
PASSING — St. Francis: Akana 13-16-0-224. Kalani: Sakamoto 11-23-2-94.
RECEIVING — St. Francis: Ng 4-90, Aina-Chaves 3-49, Jett Tanuvasa 2-36, Kekahuna 1-18, Mackenzie 1-15, Chase Akana 1-11, Rosa 1-5. Kalani: Balangitao 4-36, Micah Matsuda 3-12, Jonathan Cai 2-30, Jerick Robinson 1-12, Noah Ah Sam 1-4.
