It was the kind of game a Farrington defensive purist could enjoy.
The second-ranked Governors locked down on McKinley’s offense for a 26-7 win on Saturday night at Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium.
Farrington harassed Tigers quarterback Denzel Kalahiki-Gasper into four interceptions, including two by David Luafatasaga. The Govs also recovered three fumbles to stifle McKinley, which started off with an 84-yard bomb from Kalahiki-Gasper to Tyrell Tuiasosopo.
After that early jolt, the Tigers managed just 62 yards of offense the rest of the way.
Farrington (4-0 OIA Red East, 6-0 overall) has a bye next week before a showdown with arch rival Kahuku.
"It’s another week of trying to keep these guys occupied," Govs coach Randall Okimoto said, noting that offensive lineman Mitchell Boyd is close to returning after an early-season knee injury.
Coach Joseph Cho’s Tigers (1-2, 2-3) were unrelenting defensively, with linebacker Mathias Tuitele-Iafeta leading the charge. They limited Farrington’s potent ground attack to "only" 212 yards.
"Farrington’s good. They’re a powerhouse team, so I feel happy," said Tuitele-Iafeta, a 5-foot-11, 235-pound junior who was one of a few defenders to stand up Farrington’s powerful ball carriers. "They did what they had to do and we did what we had to do."
Govs running back Tyler Taumua managed to crack the 100-yard mark with his final carry and finished with 113 yards on 24 attempts.
Abraham Silva, the second-leading rusher in the state coming into the weekend, saw limited action after suffering a deep thigh bruise against Moanalua last week.
"What a good athlete. He hits the hole strong and gave us problems, just like he gave Kahuku," Okimoto said of Tuitele-Iafeta. "Their penetration was killing us."
At Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium
| Farr (6-0, 4-0) |
19 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
— |
26 |
| McKinley (1-3, 1-2) |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
— |
7 |
McK–Tyler Tuiasosopo 84 pass from Denzel Kalahiki-Gapser (Liva Logoi kick)
Farr–Jackie Anakalea 1 run (Shanelle Atabay-Carillo kick)
Farr–Tyler Taumua 3 run (kick blocked)
Farr–Setefano Lavatai 26 interception return (pass failed)
Farr–Tyler Liana 3 pass from M. Liana (Atabay-Carillo kick)
Junior varsity–Farrington 39, McKinley 0.
RUSHING–Farrington: Taumua 24-113, Abraham Silva 16-67, Anakalea 4-10, Evangelia 2-10, M. Liana 3-6, T. Liana 1-5, T.J. Utai 1-2, James Hashimoto 1-1. McKinley: Gerime Bradley 5-21, Anthony Torres 3-8, Bronson Ganotise-Solomon 1-0, Kui Williams 1-(-1), Mathias Tuitele-Iafeta 2-(-2), Kalahiki-Gapser 12-(-3).
PASSING–Farrington: M. Liana 8-19-1-117. McKinley: Kalahiki-Gasper 6-21-4-119.
RECEIVING–Farrington: Evangelia 5-83, 1-27, Anakalea 1-4, T. Liana 1-3. McKinley: Tuiasosopo 2-94, Brandon Walker 2-16, Torres 1-12, Bradley 1-(-3).
OIA WHITE
Pearl City 54, Anuenue 21
The Chargers thumped Na Koa with their second-consecutive eight touchdown victory.
Pearl City’s Brock Teixeira threw three passes, while Blake Cooper ran in three of his own.
Kainalu Kaleo scored two touchdowns for Anuenue and finished with 170 rushing yards. Anuenue Tui led the team with 186 yards and one touchdown.
At Waialua
| Pearl City (2-4, 2-4) |
7 |
28 |
12 |
7 |
— |
54 |
| Anuenue (1-5, 1-4) |
0 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
— |
21 |
PC–Blake Cooper 3 run (Derek Chang kick)
PC–Cooper 5 run (Chang kick)
Anue–Kainalu Kaleo 11 run (run failed)
PC–Cooper 3 run (Chang kick)
PC–Isaac Amorin 32 pass from Brock Teixeira (Chang kick)
PC–Tanner Tokunaga 4 run (Eddie Rodriguez kick)
Anue–Kaleo 60 run (run failed)
PC–Tokunaga 21 pass from Teixeira (kick failed)
PC–Amorin 53 pass from Teixeira (kick failed)
PC–Travis Joe 57 run (Rodriguez kick)
Anue–Anuenue Tui 4 run (Malaeloa Liua kick)
RUSHING–Pearl City: Joe 1-57, Cooper 6-53, Amorin 1-14, David Laranol 4-11, Teixeira 3-10, Tokunaga 1-4, Keoki Holloway-Lavea 1-0. Anuenue: Tui 22-186, Kaleo 15-170, Kakela Lee 8-48, Liua 3-10, Kamalei Kaawa 2-4, Kelekolio 4-(-7).
PASSING–Pearl City: Teixeira 10-17-0-264. Anuenue: Hemakana Yam-Lum 1-1-0-21, Kona Kelekolio 1-1-0-9, Kimo Romena 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING–Pearl City: Amorin 4-131, Tokunaga 4-66, Melvin Schmidt IV 2-67. Anuenue: Kaleo 1-21, Keanu Rodriguez 1-9.
Radford 62, Waialua 0
Cody Lui-Yuen threw for six touchdowns and 394 yards as the Rams blanked the Bulldogs.
At Waialua
| Radford (4-0, 4-0) |
31 |
21 |
10 |
0 |
— |
62 |
| Waialua (0-5, 0-4) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
— |
0 |
Rad–Jameson Pasigan 40 pass from Cody Lui-Yuen (Helaman Kakiva pass from Mason Manuma)
Rad–Jordin Pacheco 56 run (Manuma run)
Rad–Zach Tinao-Rabellizsa 2 pass from Lui-Yuen (Ammon Seei pass from Manuma)
Rad–Tinao-Rabellizsa 11 pass from Lui-Yuen (Cayman Conley kick)
Rad–Pasigan 6 pass from Lui-Yuen (Conley kick)
Rad–Tinao-Rabellizsa 28 pass from Lui-Yuen (Conley kick)
Rad–Dre’ell Blackwell 40 pass from Lui-Yuen (Conley kick)
Rad–Manuma 12 run (Conley kick)
Rad–FG Conley 47
RUSHING–Radford: Pacheco 2-60, Chris Jackson 3-40, Tinao-Rabellizsa 1-27, Logan Soakai 1-22, Manuma 5-6, Phillip Lindsey 1-2, Jaryn Mison 1-1, Keanu Keaweehu-Ancog 2-(-8). Waialua: #7 1-35, Kupono Apau-Lagapa 1-26, Kaimana Eguires 1-7, Kaimi Kamai 1-1, #5 5-(-1), #77 1-(-1), #21 5-(-2), Elmer Agtina 1-(-2), #26 2-(-3).
PASSING–Radford: Cody Lui-Yuen 23-37-1-369, Manuma 4-5-0-42. Waialua: #21 8-23-1-22.
RECEIVING–Radford: Pasigan 9-118, Zach Tinao-Rebellizsa 6-77, Julian Brown 2-46, Mason Manuma 3-44, Dre’ell Blackwell 1-39, Randy Ramos 2-48, Chris Jackson 2-29, Cayman Conley 1-6, Jesse Ines 1-6. Waialua: #7 7-18, Thomas Pule 1-4.
FRIDAY’S LATE SUMMARY
Kaiser 47, Nanakuli 14
at Nanakuli
| Kaiser (4-2, 4-1) |
14 |
21 |
6 |
6 |
— |
47 |
| Nanakuli (3-2, 3-2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
— |
14 |
Kais–Fitou Fisiiahi 8 rush (Clayton Sai kick)
Kais–Kai Gonda 4 rush (Sai kick)
Kais–Fisiiahi 5 rush (Sai kick)
Kais–Justin Ikei 13 pass from Makana Lyman (Sai kick)
Kais–Fisiiahi 1 rush (Sai Kick)
Kais–Destin Moss 7 pass from Lyman (Kick failed)
Nan–Chazz Troutman 1 rush (Lansen Liki pass from Trouman)
Kais–Christian Clapp 24 pass from Lyman (kick failed)
Nana–Liki 9 pass from Troutman (pass failed)
RUSHING–Kaiser: Kai Gonda 14-95, Fitou Fisiahi 7-33, Elima Haole 3-9, Jeshua Bitanga 2-5, Makana Lyman 1-(minus 1), Curt Clivio 3-(minus 5). Nanakuli: Brandon Felisi 6-29, Eric Au Hoon-Kaawa 3-21, Kahde Paris 4-19, Chazz Troutman 8-19, Nyenoa Ulangca-Kauwelo 1-9.
PASSING–Kaiser: Lyman 17-26-0-258; Gonda 1-2-0-14; Clivio 0-1-0-0. Nanakuli: Troutman 8-19-0-93; Joseph Shelton 1-3-0-1.
RECEIVING–Kaiser: Justin Ikei 4-88, Christian Clapp 3-73, Gonda 3-60, Destin Moss 4-37, Haole 2-29, Fisiiahi 1-14. Nanakuli: Lansen Liki 3-47, Paris 2-22, Shelton 2-16, Felisi 2-9.
