Oct. 19th 2017
Samantha Bravo
Creative Manager & Consultant
bravosn@dukes.jmu.edu
@SamanthaaBravoo
Game Recaps vs. the Madison Moose
The Honolulu Rocks get hit once again with another minor set back when competing against the Madison Moose. A minor set back only leads to a greater come back. Losing to the Madison Moose, the Honolulu Rocks are defeated by 13.98 points leaving the winning team with yet another lead. The score, 129.18 to 115.20, lead the Madison Moose to an unexpected projected 110.11 points. This evened out the Madison Moose record now of 3-3. The Honolulu Rocks scored 93.3% of a projected 123.41. Le’Veon Bell led the Honolulu Rocks with 29.10 points with 179 rushing yards, 12 receiving yards and 1 touchdown. On the other hand Cam Newton racked up 24.66, which evened out the game with the Madison Moose’s quarterback Ben Roethlisberger scoring 23.88 points. With the tough lose this week the Honolulu Rocks continue to stay in second place.
Matchup Preview vs. Fresno Fuegos
- After a tough loss last week this week’s projections are the Honolulu Rocks losing by 3.45 points against Fresno Fuegos
- Tom Brady is the leading quarterback with the most passing yards in the league
- Tom Brady and Alex Smith head to head will be an interesting matchup being the two best Quatrterbacks in the league through week six
- The Cinncinati Bengals need to slow down Le’Veon Bell and hold him in the redzone. He is the top scorer of the Fuegos
- Both teams, The Honolulu Rocks and Fresno Fuegos are on losing streaks.
- Adrian Peterson is projected big numbers after his stellar debut with the Arizona Cardinals. The Rocks are looking to utlize him in tight situations
- The Honolulu Rocks are 4-2 and are hoping to get back their winning streak.
- Fresno Fuegos records 3-3 and is hoping to break their losing streak.
Honolulu Rocks Season Notes
Injuries/Trade/Add/Drop Updates:
- Emmanuel Sanders has a “week by week” ankle injury so we will be watching his status over the next few weeks
- The Honolulu Rocks dropped Allen Robinson in replacement for Jermaine Kearse
- Another drop for the Honolulu Rocks includes Paul Perkins in replacement for Chris Hogan.
Honolulu News:
- Kauai power lines kill 1,800 endangered seabirds a year
- First Hawaii hotel receives prestigious arts award (The Americans for the Arts).
- Manoa Valley Church prepares for their 47th Annual Harvest Fair on Nov. 4th.
- Mayor Kirk Caldwell took action to create and authorize the Waikiki Transportation Management Special Improvement District.
- Fields at Central Oahu Regional Park closed due to heavy rain