McKinley beat Moanalua 28 to 21 in the first football game of the season. School spirit was in the air.  The game ran from around 7:45 PM to around 10:20 PM. There were many fantastic plays made by McKinley, both offensively and defensively.

McKinley maintained a strong lead throughout most of the game. The final score of third quarter was 28 for McKinley and 8 for Moanalua.

The game picked up during the fourth quarter when Moanalua began to shorten the difference in the scores. By mid-quarter, Moanalua had managed to bring their score up to twenty-one and McKinley had not managed to score any new points.

Suddenly, the game went from McKinley leading by twenty points to Moanalua being a little less than a touchdown away from tying the game.

“It was tough, we had to fight it out to the end.” said Denzel Kalahiki-Gasper, quarterback of McKinley’s football team.

McKinley was able to hold off Moanalua for the rest of the game and deny them any additional points, and as a result, won the game.