Football: Fumble-return TD helps Kubasaki break Kadena hex

Kubasaki's Godfrey Wray, the game's leading ground-gainer, tries to elude the tackle of Kadena's Trent Fowler. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Football: Fumble-return TD helps Kubasaki break Kadena hex

by Dave Ornauer

Stars and Stripes

October 3, 2021

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – A fumble-return touchdown by Jacob Acosta proved to be the game’s only points Friday as Kubasaki snapped an 11-game, six-season football losing streak to Kadena.

Acosta, a junior linebacker, scooped up a loose ball at the Kadena 12-yard line and ran unopposed into the end zone with 1 minute, 4 seconds left before halftime. The Dragons defense held firm from there in a 6-0 victory over the Panthers.

“It was just instinct, to just try to get the ball and get it into the end zone,” Acosta said after the game.