Let's start out with two pics from the previous night's semi-final game against Kapolei. My brother managed to punch in the solitary goal in injury time at the end of the game to send the Punahou team to this final. Left shot from the Star-Bulletin and the right shot from the Advertiser.
Here's the Punahou team warming up, for the final against Iolani, with some basic drills prior to the kick-off.
After the National Anthem and the introduction of the teams, they lined up for the opening kick off.
My brother head's a ball towards the Iolani goal during the first half. Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Advertiser.
The first half was filled with some back and forth action with Iolani having a number of chances to score and Punahou showing some good counterattacking. Neither team could put the ball where they needed to so the scores were locked at 0-0.
This pic here shows you a number of things. At the top, you can see some exciting 2nd half action. Just below that, you can see the Punahou bench watching intently. At the bottom left, you have a section of Punahou students cheering for their team. And finally, on the bottom right, you have Lani Moo (the Meadow Gold mascot) roaming the sidelines representing on of the tournament's sponsors.
Here's my brother Deryck, #14, getting ready to check into the game in the 2nd half.
And at the end of everything, Punahou pulled out a 2-0 victory with one goal going to Will Jensen and the other going to my brother.
A closer pic of the team jumping on top of each other after the final whistle. Hardly original, but well executed nonetheless.
Here's a pic of the after game handshake. Such good sportsmanship.
And, here's an image of the winning team (the trophy is in there somewhere).
A number of my brother's friends came to support him at the game and they were very proud of their friend. Funny side note, some of them even recognized me. That's quite an accomplishment considering I've probably only seen them a handful of times.
A proud family pic. Dad, Bro, Me & Mum after the game all decked out in Punahou gear. It's a shame I couldn't have held the trophy in this pic...
And here's a semi-blurry pic of the goal scorer with the aforementioned trophy.
Finally, we have a picture of the team before they shut off the lights and started to try and get people out of the stadium. They're all so damn happy!
Anyhow, I must say it was a great game of soccer and a wonderful trip back. I'm glad I was there to support my school and, more importantly, my brother. They pulled it off with a young team chock full of Juniors. Let's hope this is the first of many. I hope everyone out there had an equally enjoyable weekend and I also hope you enjoy the pics. Take care and we'll see you folks later.
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2 comments:
Man, that's so sweet!!! I still remember that one night summer after our freshman year away where we had a little get-together at my house after the 50th state and your brother came too...man, he's grown up so much! And that's great you got to go back for the game too! I'm looking forward to what they can do next year now:-)
i will try not to cry. with joy of course!
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