
By Robert Balajadia
Opening weekend in IIAAG football continued through Saturday evening featuring a close contest between the home team JFK Islanders and Southern Dolphins. It wasn’t pretty, but the Islanders were able to lean on sophomore running back Jacobe Quinata to hang on to a 7-0 win.
No one had a busier night than Quinata as he played both sides of the ball as a running back and linebacker from kick-off to the final quarter. His work in the backfield would lead to the games only score and his tackling in the box would aide in keeping Southern off the board.
“I’m exhausted honestly,” said Jacobe on his busy night. “When it comes to the game I’ve got to put everything I’ve got into it and more.”

Neither team was able to get anything going in the first half which led to a scoreless halftime. Quinata managed to spark some life into the Islander offense in the 3rd quarter off a big 56-yard run to get them into the red zone, at the Southern 13, for the first time all game.
On 4th-and-goal from the Dolphin’s two, Quinata lowered his shoulders to get into the end zone to cap off an 71-yard drive. Kicker Juan Sarmiento would make good on the PAT for the 7-0 lead.
“We just talked about what we could do better. We fired up our offensive line and told them to push for a couple more yards and give us more time and it was really their play that did it for us,” stated Quinata on the team looking better in the second half.
JFK threatened to score once more late in the 4th after quarterback Allen Blend connected with receiver Kyler Aguon for 24 yards to get to the Dolphin’s five-yard line. An injury suffered by Dolphin’s Lawrence Aflague a play later, that would require stretcher assistance off the field, would be enough for the refs to officially call the game with less than two minutes remaining.
Southern’s closest attempt at scoring came in the 2nd quarter after defensive back Isaac Jesus picked off Islander’s Blend at the JFK 35 yard line as Blend tossed it up for receiver Nico Velez in triple coverage.
The Dolphins got big runs from quarterback Ethaniel Escuadra and Cerilo Reyes to get within 4th and goal from the six. Opting to go for the down instead of attempt a field goal wouldn’t play out well for the Dolphins as Escuadra would get stuffed on 4th for a turnover on downs.
A kick-off win is hard not to be excited about, though JFK isn’t going to take much away from Saturday evening’s performance.
“A win is a win, but we’re going to work harder on Monday and get ready for the next game,” added Jacobe.
The JFK Islanders play host to the Tiyan Titans next weekend while Southern will host the Sanchez Sharks for the first morning game of the season.
Other Scores
FD 34, GW 0
Sanchez 38, Okkodo 0
Guam High 34, Tiyan 8
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February 2023
- SU
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- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for January
1st
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
2nd
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
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3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL PLAYOFFS
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4th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
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6th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
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7th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
8th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
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9th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
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10th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL FINALS
Events for February
11th
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13th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
14th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
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Events for February
15th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
16th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
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17th
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
18th
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
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19th
SPRINT TRIATHLON, PACIFIC GAMES QUALIFIER
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20th
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ISA GIRLS SOCCER
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21st
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ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
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22nd
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23rd
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ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
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24th
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27th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
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28th
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