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Hawaii's year-round school system, the Oahu Interscholastic Association's 2.0 rule and the early start of OIA football this fall created a situation that -- on the surface, anyway-- appeared to be unfair to schools that started classes later than others. Year-round
system may give some
unfair advantageSome schools started in early August, and some began classes just last week. The schools that began earlier had time to qualify previously ineligible players through a gradecheck two weeks into school.
Waianae started school Aug. 1, so the Seariders were able to get some players back into the fold in time for the start of the OIA season Friday night. Other schools weren't as fortunate.
Waianae coach Danny Matsumoto said starting school early has a built-in disadvantage, too: less time on the practice field before the season starts.
"We lost a lot of practice time," Matsumoto said. "You could tell when we scrimmaged Castle. They were in camp, and you could tell the difference."
Matsumoto said he thinks the situation evens out. So did OIA executive director Dwight Toyama.
"At this point, it's just something we're going to have to live with. We can't adjust the school schedule just for football," Toyama said. "The onus falls back on the students. A lot of them take a break in the fourth quarter (of school) and it hurts them. The students need to do a better job of staying eligible."
This won't be an issue for the OIA's other fall sports, which have later start dates. Volleyball begins Sept. 7, cross country Sept.16, bowling and air riflery Sept 19, and soft tennis Oct. 7.
No early surprises
There wasn't much movement in the upper echelon of the Star-Bulletin's state football rankings this week, since there were no big upsets.Iolani, No. 8 last week after an impressive preseason victory over Leilehua, fell out of the rankings after a 35-0 loss to Buchanan of Clovis, Calif. The Raiders shouldn't feel too badly, as Buchanan is ranked as the No. 10 team in the Pacific Region (California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii) by HighWiredSports.com.
The Raiders played without starting quarterback Kila Ka'aihue and running back Teo Bennett. Both were out with ankle injuries.
Still, Maui replaced Iolani at No. 8 after opening its regular season by beating King Kekaulike, 40-8. Kaimuki climbs in at No. 10, displacing Kailua. The Bulldogs beat Waipahu, 32-0, while the Surfriders fell to Waianae, 21-6.
The Star-Bulletin rankings, with overall records in parentheses: 1. St. Louis (2-0). 2. Waianae (2-0). 3. Kahuku (1-1). 4. Waimea (2-0). 5. McKinley (2-0). 6. Mililani (1-1). 7. Kamehameha (1-0). 8. Maui (2-0). 9. Farrington (2-0). 10. Kaimuki (2-0).
Points after
The six touchdown passes by Campbell's Vince Lemau in Saturday's 47-27 victory over Kalaheo is one short of the OIA single-game record set by Roosevelt's Andrew Kamanao in 1992. ... Campbell is looking for a boys' head soccer coach. Contact athletic director Duane Izumi at 689-1289 by Thursday if interested. ... Adrian Villoria kicked the extra point for Farrington in its 13-12 victory over Aiea on Friday. A different player's name was listed in the scoring summary due to an error on the roster submitted to the statistician.
By Dave Reardon, Star-Bulletin