Saint Francis steamrolls McKinley

Saint Francis QB Jonah Aina-Chaves was 8 of 11 for 151 passing yards with three first half scores to help the Saints flatten the Tigers. Greg Yamamoto | SL

UPDATE: It was later ruled that Saint Francis used an ineligible player and thus had to forfeit this game as a result.

MAKIKI — Jonah Aina-Chaves threw three touchdown passes and the Saints added two more on the ground and another on defense to flatten McKinley, 42-6, in a Division II contest at Roosevelt's Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Saint Francis improves to 2-0 overall while McKinley falls to 1-1 overall.

Jonah was 8 of 11 with 151 passing yards and Bubba Akana played the second half to finish 6 of 9, 105 yards and an interception.

The Saints scored on their opening drive with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Jonah to Shepherd Kekahuna and Bubbah Aina-Chaves added the two-point run. Kain Lyman added a 1-yard run for a 14-0 lead.

Jonah threw a 15-yard touchdown to Bubbah Aina-Chaves and following John Paul Tilley's interception, tossed a 10-yard score to Dayton Leong.

Kekahuna intercepted Alexandria Buchanan's pass to return it 87 yards with no time remaining for a 35-0 lead at intermission.

Migguel Camacho finished with 66 yards on 12 attempts and scored the Tigers' only touchdown from 16 yards out early in the third quarter.

Bubbah Aina-Chaves, who rushed for 263 yards against Radford last week, finished with 123 yards and added a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth.

The Saints travel to face Waialua (0-1) on Friday, Aug. 17, while the Tigers face Kalaheo (0-2 overall) at Roosevelt on Saturday, Aug. 18.

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