HANAPEPE — Jonathan Tangalin passed for two touchdowns and ran in two of his own to lead the West Midgets to a 32-22 victory over the East, Saturday. Earlier in the day, the Junior Pee Wee West team edged out
HANAPEPE — Jonathan Tangalin passed for two touchdowns and ran in two of his own to lead the West Midgets to a 32-22 victory over the East, Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the Junior Pee Wee West team edged out the East 14-6, and the Pee Wee West team blanked the East, 30-0, to complete a West sweep in the annual bowl game that benefits charity.
Tangalin’s first touch of the pigskin netted a score for the West Midgets in their encounter as the QB from Kekaha connected with Kyle Flemming for a 64-yard score after the receiver found open ground after outrunning his defenders.
K.J. Morikawa, who had come from an earlier Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation pre-season series against the Mililani Trojans, had his boot limbered up to grace the score for the first of three successful point-after boots.
Tangalin followed his opening score on a 54-yard keeper breakout on his second touch of the game. The Morikawa PAT boot gave the West an early 16-0 with 7:33 remaining in the opening quarter.
Following a defensive second quarter, Tangalin found Paul Udarbe on a 51-yard scoring hit with just 44 seconds remaining in the half. Morikawa’s second PAT boot gave the West its 24-0 halftime lead.
But the East, adjusting its forces, came back as Conner Chandler of the Kapa‘a Eagles crashed through the line for a 65-yard scoring run. Bronson Aiwohi, finishing 2-3 in PAT boots, put the East on the scoreboard just 16 seconds into the third frame.
The West answered on another long drive with Tangalin capping that clock-chewing drive on a 6-yard run to the end zone. Morikawa’s third PAT kick pushed the West to a 32-8 reading.
Chandler answered with two more scores, one in the third quarter, a 70-yard run, and another in the final period, a 54-yard pass reception, to finalize the score 32-22.
Ikaika Wilson and Howard Kanahele scored on touchdown runs to give the JPW West its 14-6 edge over the JPW East.
Wilson netted a 64-yard scoring run early in the first quarter, and Ryan Ruiz booted the point-after for the 8-0 bulge.
But the JPW East broke a defensive slugfest five seconds into the final period when Kobe Nagahisa broke the scoring plane on a 2-yard push.
A failed point-after run kept the West in the lead 8-6 before Kanahele found paydirt on a 1-yard charge.
Isaac Fierro ran for a TD and threw for one to lead the PW West to its 30-0 shutout over the PW East.
Darrin Fernandez opened the scorebooks with a 28-yard scoring run, and Keoki Palau booted the PAT for the West’s first score.
That set up Fierro’s first score, a 2-yard run for a 14-0 first quarter reading.
Fierro hit Chava Delos Reyes on a 31-yard scoring pass with 1:37 showing in the third quarter for the West’s next score that settled at 22-0 following Kaumakani Aguinaldo’s point-after boot.
Aguinaldo graced that effort with a 1-yard charge into the end zone just five seconds into the final period.
Fierro graced that TD with a successful point-after boot for the 30-0 final.
The Kaua‘i Pop Warner Association wraps up its 2007 Kaua‘i season Saturday with three games on tap for the Maile Bowl at Vidinha Stadium.
The Lihu‘e Patriots and Hanapepe Colts JPW teams open the series starting at 9 a.m. At 11 a.m., the Lihu‘e Patriots PW hosts Waiakea of the Big Island, and the bowl wraps up with a Midget contest starting at 1 p.m.
In that matchup, the Hanapepe Colts Midgets host the Panaewa team.
