Laolagi leads 'Aiea over Waipahu, 26-14
By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer
'AIEA — Quarterback Lole Laolagi passed for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead 'Aiea over Waipahu, 26-14, in an O'ahu Interscholastic Association White Conference football game last night.
Na Ali'i (3-0, 4-0 overall) won the battle of unbeatens, scoring all of their points in the second half against the Marauders (2-1, 3-1).
Laolagi completed 17 of 30 passes, including touchdowns of 22 yards to Chris Antonio, 80 yards to Reuben Medeiros and 4 yards to Samson Chung.
Although the teams are considered contenders in their conference both coaches said the outcome wasn't as crucial as in would be had it been later in the season.
"It's too early," 'Aiea coach Wendell Say said. "There's still more than half the season left."
Waipahu coach Todd Fujimori said the loss doesn't affect his team's goal.
"Playoffs are our main goal," he said. "We can't lose our focus."
All the scoring came after a scoreless first half in which both teams found ways to hurt themselves.
'Aiea had a touchdown nullified by one of five penalties totaling 69 yards in the first half.
Waipahu hampered scoring drives with two turnovers.
Na Ali'i opened the second half with a 13-play, 80-yard drive that culminated in Laolagi's 13-yard touchdown run.
Waipahu hurt itself with yet another turnover late in the third quarter.
Kawika Raymondo fumbled in Na Ali'i's end zone following a 56-yard reception for a touchback.
'Aiea responded with Laolagi's 80-yard scoring pass to Antonio early in the fourth quarter.
An 'Aiea penalty — roughing the punter — gave Waipahu second life and led to the Marauders' first touchdown of the game, a 19-yard pass from Paulo Aga to Andrew Hale. The PAT failed.
Waipahu (2-1) 0 0 0 14—14
'Aiea (3-0) 0 0 7 19—26
'Aiea—Lole Laolagi 13 run (Jeffrey Veal kick)
'Aiea—Chris Antonio 22 pass from Laolagi (Veal kick)
Waip—Andrew Hale 19 pass from Paulo Aga (kick failed)
'Aiea—Reuben Medeiros 80 pass from Laolagi (kick failed)
'Aiea—Samson Chung 4 pass from Laolagi (kick failed)
Waip—safety, running back tackled in end zone
Waip—Chris Coloma 19 pass from Bryson Carvahlo (kick failed)
RUSHING—Waipahu: Avei Moevao 6-20, Hale 10-27, Aga 5-(minus 4), Travis Atualevao 4-(minus 10), Carvahlo 2-(minus 2), Kawika Raymondo 0-28. 'Aiea: Faasalele Neemia Jr. 6-2, Laolagi 8-5, Jordan Moniz 3-19, Kalani Kekawa 2-(minus 8).
PASSING—Waipahu: Aga 9-23-2—170, Carvahlo 2-3-0—35. 'Aiea: Laoalgo 17-30-0—274.
RECEIVING—Waipahu: Val Ventura 3-42, Renolds Fruean 2-8, Raymondo 1-56, Hale 3-64, Coloma 2-35. 'Aiea: Medeiros 2-100, Jeremy Yuen 4-60, Antonio 5-62, Chung 2-20, Bryan Tucker-Salas 2-15, Neemia Jr. 2-17.
JV—'Aiea 41, Waipahu 25
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• Castle 21, McKinley 20: Joel Botelho rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns as the unbeaten Knights held off the Tigers in a game that saw all the scoring come in the first half.
Botelho scored on runs of 25 and 4. The latter helped put Castle ahead 21-14. McKinley's Lorgan Pau, who rushed for 205 yards, scored on a 5-yard run but the Tigers' extra-point kick went wide right.
McKinley threatened late in the game, driving inside Castle's 30. But with 20 seconds left, Abel Werner was sacked and fumbled. Soli Lefiti recovered.
McKinley (2-1) 0 20 0 0—20
Castle (3-0) 14 7 0 0—21
Cast—Keliiholokai Ola 59 run (kick failed)
Cast—Joel Botelho 25 run (Fale Taupaki run)
McK—Abel Werner 4 run (Calen Chock kick)
McK—Werner 16 run (Chock kick)
Cast—Botelho 4 run (Nolan Miranda kick)
McK—Lorgan Pau 5 run (kick failed).
RUSHING—McKinley: Werner 9-3, Kimo Terry 19-126, Lorgan Pau 21-205. Cast: Botelho 11-112, Keliiholokai 8-82, Loren Lum 2-15, Taupaki 1-3, Ikaika Ho 1-4.
PASSING—McKinley: Werner 2-8-1—48. Castle: Botelho 14-17-0—158.
RECEIVING—McKinley: Terry 2-48. Castle: Ho 7-92, Taupaki 1-14, Treston Kaneao 1-30, Random Ah Mow 1-9, Keliiholokai 3-4, Dayton Ah Nee 1-9.
JV—McKinley 18, Castle 13
Reported by Cary Izuka
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• Kailua 27, Wai'anae 7: Taleki Mailau passed for 265 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 1 run for a third score as Kailua routed Wai'anae.
Mailau completed 13 of 30 passes.
Wai'anae (1-2) 0 0 0 7 — 7
Kailua (2-0) 0 6 8 13 — 27
Kailua— Ryan Lum 6 pass from Taleki Mailau (kick failed)
Kailua—David Kaihenui 11 pass from Mailau (Mailau run)
Kailua—Mailau 1 run (kick failed)
Kailua—Brenton Harbottle 8 run (Heu kick)
Wai—Teacel Hines 15 pass from Caleb Pa'akaula (Ho'opi'i kick )
RUSHING—Wai'anae: Sautia Lave 9 — 47, Kekoa Reyes 10 — minus 9, Buzzy Kainoa 1 — 7, James Woodard 6 -14, Kawena Rosario 3 — 8, Caleb Pa'akaula 2 — 5. Kailua: George Kala'au 7 — 27, Nathan Leaver 6 — 15, Taleki Mailau 12 — 64, McDonald Abejon 2 — 8, Micah Brown 1 — 12, Ryan Lum 1 — 1, Brenton Harbottle 4 — 32.
PASSING—Wai'anae: Kekoa Reyes 6-18-1—99, Caleb Pa'akaula 3-3-0—68, Kailua: Mailau 13-30-1—265.
RECEIVING—Wai'anae: Chad Rodrigues 3-54, Nathaniel Russell 3-63, Kawena Rosario 1-30, Sautia Lave 1-5, Teacel Hines 1-15, Kailua: McDonald Abejon 2-56, David Kaihenui 3-37, Keali'i Kalahiki 2-25, Ryan Lum 5-84, Micah Brown 1-63.
JV—Wai'anae 44, Kailua 22.
Reported by Ted Morikawa
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• Kaiser 27, Moanalua 9: David Chu passed for 370 yards and rushed for 74 more and two touchdowns to lead the Cougars to their first victory at Kaiser.
Kaiser forced four turnovers and sacked Moanalua quarterback Ric Fukushima four times. Fukushima passed for 190 yards.
Kaiser's Ikaika Pai caught five passes for 132 yards and teammate Marc Esteban had nine receptions for 121.
Moanalua (0-3) 0 6 0 3— 9
Kaiser (1-2) 6 7 7 7—27
Kais—David Chu 3 run (kick failed)
Moan—Brian Bertulfo 15 pass from Ric Fukushima (kick failed).
Kais—Chu 1 run (Josh Curtis)
Kais—Marc Esteban 21 pass from Chu (Curtis kick)
Moan—FG Nick Dang 22
Kais—Ikaika Pai 86 pass from Chu (Curits kick)
RUSHING—Moanalua: Fukushima 10-52, Demetrious Hawkins 9-42, James Strombach 1-1, Noah Palmerton 2-0. Kaiser: Chu 16-74, Chris Assilly 4-12, Esteban 1-2, Ekahi Sallas 1-2, Gerard Collier 5-11.
PASSING—Moanalua: Fukushima 14-39-3—190. Kaiser: Chu 26-36-1—370
RECEIVING—Moanalua: Strombach 4-40, Thomas Foster 4-47, Bertolfu 1-15, Palmerton 2-30, James Westbrook 1-23, Hawkins 2-35. Kaiser: Assilly 2-12, Keoni Doo 6-56, Esteban 9-121, Sallas 2-38, Moki Larsen 1-9, Pai 5-132, Collier 1-2.
JV—Moanalua 18, Kaiser 0
Reported by Coach Gayer
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• Roosevelt 42, Waialua 0: Chris Mols completed 13 of 21 passes for 230 yards, including three touchdowns and three two-point conversions to lead the unbeaten Rough Riders (3-0) over the host Bulldogs.
Roosevelt built a 34-0 halftime lead.
Roosevelt (3-0) 14 20 0 8—42
Waialua (0-2) 0 0 0 0— 0
Roos—Anthony Holyfield 16 pass from Chris Mols (kick failed).
Roos—Shown Francis 45 pass from Mols (Corey Higa pass from Mols)
Roos—Janson Keomaka 3 run (kick failed).
Roos—Matthew Terukina 38 pass from Mols (Ryan Keomaka pass from Mols).
Roos—Jonathan Nakasone 80 interception return. (kick failed).
Roos—Keomaka 1 run (Sean Tamayoshi pass from Mols).
RUSHING—Roosevelt: Keomaka 15-94, Daniel Siracusa 1-12, Mols 4-6, Micah Naruo 4-(-5), Holyfield 4-31. Waialua: Gavin Nakamura 2-1, Keoni Peiler 1-1, Brent Calunan 2-6, Jaspar Pookela 5-30, Larry Ladao 2-(-14), Hoo Latu 1-0, Daniel Nacario 2-7.
PASSING—Roosevelt: Mols 13-21-2—230. Holyfield 1-3-0—12. Waialua: Pookela 8-15-2—79. Nacario 2-6-2—8.
RECEIVING—Roosevelt: Francis 4-99, Holyfield 2-16, Tamayoshi 2-35, Keomaka 1-13, Terukina 1-38, Jerry Perreira 2-23, Higa 1-6, Eric Kobayashi 1-12. Waialua: Sione Futo 2-10, Ladao 3-15, Calunan 1-15, Grant Yamanouchi 4-47.
JV—Roosevelt 14, Waialua 6
Reported by Sandy Capello
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• Kaimuki 7, Farrington 7: Farrington and Kaimuki played to a tie.
Calvin Rivera, who rushed for 95 yards, scored on a 55-yard run to help put Farrington ahead, 7-0. Kaimuki tied it on Soloni Taumalolo's 4-yard run.
Kaimuki(0-1-1) 0 0 7 0— 7
Farrington (0-2-1) 7 0 0 0— 7
Farr—Calvin Rivera 55 run (Frederick Dona kick)
Kaim—Soloni Taumalolo 4 run (Sean Nomura kick)
RUSHING—Kaimuki: Taumalolo 8-11, Leland Ohelo 11-56, Jordan Caires 5-11, William Carroll 1-6, Matthew Jenkins 1-0, Darin Fujimoto 6-27, Wallace Simanu 2-16. Farrington: Rivera 15-95, Paul Laga 6-21, Chad Mock 2-(-13), Jay Ocol 3-(-8), Royce Machado 1-(-10), Falaniko Noga 1-4.
PASSING—Kaimuki: Caires 3-8-0—40. Simanu 0-1-0—0. Farrington: Ocol 4-15-0—38. Royce Machado 1-3-0—(-1).
RECEIVING—Kaimuki: Daniel Tautofi 1-26, Jenkins 1-12, Taumalolo 1-2. Farrington: Yeoland Tamapua 2-27, Laga 1-(-1), Mock 2-11.
JV—Farrington 32, Kaimuki 14
