GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Waianae's Chevy Teves looked for yardage against Kapolei's Charlie Stevens last night. It was Kapolei's first varsity game.
’Canes have Waianae gave Kapolei a harsh introduction to varsity-level football last night with a 28-0 preseason victory at Raymond Torii Field.
rough start
Kapolei loses its varsity football
Marauders choke Menehunes
debut to Waianae 28-0
By Jason Kaneshiro
jkaneshiro@starbulletin.comWaianae running back Sautia Lave rumbled for 80 yards and a touchdown to lead one of the state's most storied programs past the Hurricanes, the Oahu Interscholastic Association's newest varsity team.
Searider quarterback Uilau Faliuga recovered from a shaky start to complete 7 of 9 passes for 105 yards and a score and the Waianae defense, led by linebacker Kevin Kauweloa, registered four sacks and came up with a goal-line stand to frustrate the Hurricanes.
"It was what I expected, to tell you the truth," Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez said. "We were inconsistent. Defensively we played pretty well in the first half, but we were inconsistent.
"There's a lot to build on. I was happy with the effort and I can attribute a lot of the problems to their inexperience. I think we will be much better next week."
Kapolei, which advanced to last year's OIA junior varsity championship game, used an option attack to move the ball effectively early in the contest, but the Hurricanes couldn't overcome two turnovers against the perennial OIA power Seariders. The Hurricanes accounted for 180 total yards, 160 coming on the ground.
Waianae took advantage of Kapolei's turnovers late in the first quarter to take a 13-0 lead into halftime. Kauweloa's interception led to Lave's 4-yard scoring run with 38.4 seconds left in the first quarter.
Ikaika Aikala recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and Chad Rodrigues scored on a 7-yard run one play later.
Kapolei drove to the Waianae 1-yard line with less than a minute remaining. But Waianae stuffed the Hurricanes on the next two running plays and forced two incompletions to thwart the Hurricanes.
Waianae extended its lead in the third period with a 10-play, 89-yard drive that chewed up 5:21 off the clock and ended with Faliuga's 31-yard touchdown toss to Chris Lave. Chevy Teves closed the scoring with a 1-yard plunge in the fourth quarter.
Waianae coach Dan Matsumoto was pleased with the Seariders' ability to run the ball as they racked up 156 yards on the ground. But he also knows there's much to be done before next week's OIA regular-season opener.
"We still need to work out our kinks, the scary part is we come in against (state champion) Kahuku next," Matsumoto said. "We need to wake up quick, we need to execute better than what we did tonight."
At Waianae H.S. field
Kapolei (0-1) 13 0 8 7 -- 28 Waianae (1-0) 0 0 0 0 -- 0 Wain--Sautia Lave 4 run (Kalani Hoopii kick)
Wain--Chad Rodrigues 6 run (kick failed)
Wain--Chris Lave 31 pass from Uilau Faliuga (Faliuga run)
Wain--Chevy Teves 1 run (Hoopii kick)RUSHING -- Kapolei: John Delarama 1-7, Chaves Gamboa 3-7, Charles Recamara 2-9, Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada 14-32, Ruben Orosco 12-40, Gilbert Brown 4-49, John Medeiros 2-13, Andre Meekins 1-3. Waianae: S. Lave 14-80, C. Lave 2-13, Teves 2-(-2), Rodrigues 4-24, Faliuga 3-0, Addison Popa 4-34, Faanoa Tuifao 2-7.
PASSING -- Kapolei: Kaheaku-Enhada 1-5-1-6, Medeiros 1-3-0-14. Waianae: Faliuga 7-9-0-105, Popa 1-4-0-5.
RECEIVING -- Kapolei: Recamara 1-14, Orosco 1-6. Waianae: Dillon Guzman 1-23, James Robinson 1-8, Rodrigues 2-13, Tuifao 2-25, Roman I 1-10, C. Lave 1-31.
Junior varsity--Waianae 14, Kapolei 12
Scott's Valley (Calif.) 27, St. Anthony 16 Other scores
At Wailuku, Andrew Wick threw four touchdown passes in the second half to lead Scott's Valley of Santa Cruz, Calif., to a 27-16 victory over St. Anthony last night at War Memorial Stadium.Wick threw touchdown passes of 17, 21, 26 and 30 yards. Matt Anderson caught two of the touchdown passes.
St. Anthony's Daniel Parker threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter.
The Trojans open Maui Interscholastic League play next Friday against Baldwin at War Memorial.
Scott's Valley 0 0 20 7 -- 27 St. Anthony 3 0 0 13 -- 16 SA -- Maka'io English 26 FG
SV -- Matt Anderson 17 pass from Andrew Wick (Run fail)
SV -- Martin Muhoberac 21 pass from Wick (Nick Boroughf kick)
SV -- Anderson 26 pass from Wick (Boroughf kick)
SV -- Anderson 30 pass from Wick (Boroughf kick)
SA -- Panfilo Bascar 27 pass from Daniel Parker (Run fail)
SA -- Brad Somera 49 pass from Parker (English kick)
Kapaa 26, King Kekaulike 14
At Kapaa, Dustin Mundin scored two of the Warriors' three touchdowns on the ground as Kapaa beat King Kekaulike.
King Kekaulike 0 7 0 7 -- 14 Kapaa 6 0 14 6 -- 26 Kap -- Jonny Poe Hoikaika 1 run (kick failed)
KK -- Daniel Scott 6 run (Scott kick)
Kap -- Kainalu Baird safety
Kap -- Dustin Mundin 13 run (kick failed)
Kap -- Nalu Hawelu 1 run (kick failed)
Kap -- Mundin 1 run (kick failed)
KK -- Toby Orikasa 5 pass from Devin Iwada (Iwada kick)
Mililani 27, Kaiser 7
Jose Santos returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown as the Trojans defeated the Cougars. The Trojans stayed on the ground after that scoring on runs from inside the 10-yard line three times.
At Mililani H.S. Field
Kaiser (0-1) 7 0 0 0 -- 7 Mililani (1-0) 7 13 7 0 -- 27 Mil -- Jose Santos 85 kickoff return (Whitney Shimatsu kick).
Kais -- Waikaloa Noa 32 pass from Koa Kamaoha (Josh Curtis kick).
Mil -- Sean Fujimoto 1 run (Kick failed).
Mil -- Billy Barbour 1 run (Shimatsu kick).
Mil -- Fujimoto 9 run (Shimatsu kick).
