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Botelho's big plays lift Pac-Five to 21-12 win

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By Kyle Sakamoto
Advertiser Staff Writer

It was bizarre, it was fortuitous, and it helped spur Pac-Five's comeback victory.

Ku Botelho, the son of Pac-Five head coach Kip Botelho, was in the right place at the right time in a 21-12 victory over Radford in the first game of the Father Bray Classic last night at Aloha Stadium.

In the third quarter, Ku Botelho scored on the rare punt recovery in the end zone. Radford, which led 12-0 at halftime, punted from deep in its own territory on the first possession of the second half.

The Rams punter kicked the ball straight up in the air and it hit at the 10 and bounced backward into the end zone where Ku Botelho recovered it for a touchdown with 10:24 left in the third. Josh Mun's PAT made it 12-7.

"The ball just popped into my hands," said Ku Botelho, a senior. "I didn't know what to do. I was wondering what the call was. I didn't know."

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