Yamauchi-Yamate leads Pac-Five to win
By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer
Running back Michael Yamauchi-Yamate rushed for three touchdowns and 70 yards to lift Pac-Five over Damien, 41-22, in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu game last night at Aloha Stadium.
Andrew Canoy got hold of the football twice for the Monarchs, but scored on each of those occasions. He had a 91-yard touchdown reception from Destin Alameida and returned a kickoff 82 yards for another touchdown.
Chad Rayno rushed for 119 yards on nine carries for Pac-Five, which amassed 222 yards rushing.
It was the regular-season finale for both Division II teams.
DAMIEN (0-7,0-8) 0 6 0 16 —22
PAC-FIVE (2-5, 3-7) 7 13 14 7 —41
Pac—Ryan Penaroza fumble recovery in end zone (Darci Hata kick)
Dam—-Andrew Canoy 91 pass from Destin Alameida (pass failed)
Pac—Michael Yamauchi-Yamate 6 run (Hata kick)
Pac—Yamauchi-Yamate 5 run (kick blocked)
Pac—Yamauchi-Yamate 6 run (Hata kick)
Pac—-Alika Durington 25 fumble return (Hata kick)
Pac—Travis Tyler 17 pass from Jordan Tani (Hata kick)
Dam—Canoy 82 kickoff return (Gaison Ganiko run)
Dam—-Ganiko 1 run (Ganiko run)
RUSHING—-Damien: Destin Alameida 3-(minus 7), Ranson Decosta 5-14, Michael Lau 3-28, Daniel Chaves 7-13, Fehi Sevelo 3-11, Team 3-(minus 37), Gaison Ganiko 7-45. Pac-Five: Ryan Leong 6-25, Yamauchi-Yamate 18-70, Shane Lawrence 4-11, Chad Rayno 9-119, Ryan Urabe 2-(minus 10), Cheyne Abbey-Chong 3-10, Jordan Tani 1-(minus 3).
PASSING—-Damien: Alameida 5-12-2--119, Decosta 0-4-0--0. Pac-Five: Leong 5-20-0--61, Tani 1-2-0--17.
RECEIVING--Damien: Lau 2-12, Canoy 1-91, Savelo 1-6, Decosta 1-10. Pac-Five: Matthew Friedman 2-23, Penaroza 2-20, Travis Tyler 2-35.
• Iolani 14, Punahou 7: Teo Bennett rushed for two touchdowns, including a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter, to lift host Iolani over Punahou yesterday.
Bennett also scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter.
Punahou's Sean Fitzsimmons completed 20 of 36 passes for 192 yards, but was picked off five times.
PUNAHOU (2-5, 4-5) 0 0 0 7— 7
IOLANI (5-2, 7-2) 0 7 0 7—14
Iol—Teo Bennett 2 run (Noah Myers kick)
Pun—Peter Lee 9 pass from Sean Fitzsimmons (Wade Nakagawa kick)
Iol—Bennett 1 run (Myers kick)
RUSHING—Punahou: Drew Monahan 17-34, Jason Sakata 1-8, Peter Lee 1-3, Michael Tanuvasa 2-0, Iolani: Teo Bennett 23-85, Kila Ka'aihue 2-14, Robert Mageo 1-7, Raynold Stowers 4-3.
PASSING—Punahou: Sean Fitzsimmons 20-36-5—192. Iolani: K. Ka'aihue 7-15-2—57.
RECEIVING—Punahou: David Marsh 1-18, Chad Tamashiro 5-31, Reyn Wicklund 2-8, Brian Sanders 6-67, Jason Sakata 2-37, Drew Monahan 3-22, Peter Lee 1-9. Iolani: Jay Marcouiller 2-31, Teo Bennett 2-8, Raynold Stowers 1-4, Jon Yasuda 1-8, Tony Suetsugu 1-6.
CORRECTION: The Kahuku-'Aiea O'ahu Interscholastic Association football co-championship will be at 5 p.m. Friday at Aloha Stadium. Another date was given in yesterday's paper.
