Wai'anae rallies past Campbell for top seed
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
Chad Rodrigues caught a 42-yard touchdown pass from Addison Popa on fourth-and-12 with 1:45 remaining last night to lift the Wai'anae High School football team to a pulsating 25-24 victory over Campbell at Wai'anae's Raymond Torii Field.
The win means Wai'anae and Campbell will share the O'ahu Interscholastic Association's Red Conference-West championship, with Wai'anae earning the West's No. 1 seed in the upcoming playoffs. Both teams are 6-2 overall, 5-2 in the OIA Red-West.
Last night's game was a knock-down, drag-out affair with both offenses trading big blows. After Rodrigues' late touchdown, Campbell advanced to the Wai'anae 48-yard line, but the Sabers had four straight incompletions and lost the ball on downs with 28 seconds left.
The Seariders faced a similar outcome on the previous series, but Popa found Rodrigues open on a crossing pattern and Rodrigues broke outside and outran two Campbell defenders to the end zone. Four plays earlier, Popa hit Nathaniel Russell on a 19-yard pass on third-and-13.
"The first one was a slant, and the second one was the same kind of play," Popa said. "The coaches made the right calls at the right time."
Wai'anae coach Danny Matsumoto said his defensive coordinator, Bryant Ginoza, made the right calls all game long. The Seariders held Mapa Malupo, the Red-West's leading rusher, to just 21 yards on 11 carries. Campbell's other big ground gainer, Shauncey Saito, finished with 32 yards on 12 carries. The Sabers entered the game averaging an O'ahu-high 318 rushing yards per game, but managed only 105 last night.
"I give my coordinator (Ginoza) credit for that," Matsumoto said. "We knew they had a real strong running game, but Bryant came up with a good scheme and planned a good game."
Said Campbell coach Tumoana Kenesey: "They have the No. 1 rushing defense (in the OIA), and they lived up to it. They took away one of the key aspects of our offense, although we were able to adapt and throw the ball."
Sabers quarterback Jonah Canionero completed 11 of 22 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns, the last one a 30-yard strike to Prentiss Anderson, which helped give Campbell a 24-19 lead with 3:50 remaining.
Sautia Lave had given Wai'anae a 19-17 lead on a 2-yard touchdown run with seven seconds left in the third quarter. The extra-point attempt failed. The Sabers were up 17-13 after Canionero's 11-yard touchdown pass to Ali'i Basham with 7:38 remaining in the third quarter.
CAMPBELL (5-2) 3 7 7 7 — 24
WAI'ANAE (5-2) 7 6 6 6 — 25
- Wai — Chad Rodrigues 3 run (Kalani Ho'opi'i kick)
- Camp — FG Shauncey Saito 22
- Wai — Rodrigues 10 pass from Addison Popa (kick failed)
- Camp — Ali'i Basham 12 pass from Jonah Canionero (Saito kick)
- Camp — Basham 11 pass from Canionero (Saito kick)
- Wai — Sautia Lave 2 run (kick failed)
- Camp — Prentiss Anderson 30 pass from Canionero (Saito kick)
- Wai — Rodrigues 42 pass from Popa (pass failed)
RUSHING — Campbell: Saito 12-32, Mapa Malupo 11-21, Canionero 8-54, Anthony Dutro 1-(minus 3), Chris Asing 1-0. Wai'anae: Chris Lave 8-15, Rodrigues 8-22, Sautia Lave 16-62, Popa 3-(minus 2).
PASSING — Campbell: Canionero 11-22-0—182. Wai'anae: Rodrigues 1-1-0—36, Popa 9-19-1—165.
RECEIVING — Campbell: Basham 5-81, Daniel Stanton 1-33, Prentiss Anderson 4-65, Saito 1-3. Wai'anae: James Robinson 1-36, Rodrigues 4-67, Sautia Lave 1-16, Dillon Guzman 1-30, Nathaniel Russell 1-19, Faanoa Tuifao 1-(minus 1), Daniel Keauli'i 1-34.
JV—Wai'anae 42, Campbell 6
Mililani 34, Waipahu 13: Billy Barbour rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns and threw for another score to Jose Santos as the Trojans defeated the host Marauders.
Mililani and Waipahu already clinched OIA playoff berths. Mililani will be the OIA Red-West's third seed and Waipahu will be the fifth seed.
Waipahu's linebacker Rustin Saole had 11 tackles and a sack.
Mililani (4-3) 7 14 7 6—34
Waipahu (3-4) 7 6 0 0—13
- Waip—Andy Hill 9 run (Howard Howell kick)
- Mili—Peter Raneses 1 run (Whitney Shimatsu kick)
- Mili—Jose Santos 9 pass from Billy Barbour (Shimatsu kick)
- Waip—Todd Dickerson 28 run (kick failed)
- Mili—Barbour 1 run (Shimatsu kick)
- Mili—Barbour 10 run (Shimatsu kick)
- Mili—Barbour 43 run (kick failed)
RUSHING—Mililani: Barbour 20-132, Sean Fujimoto 6-3, Raneses 7-42, Santos 1-15. Waipahu: Hill 6-72, Sandy Bishop 7-33, Val Ventura 13-45, Dickerson 1-28, Travis Atualevao 1-9, Austen Benito 1-(miunus 6).
PASSING—Mililani: Fujimoto 6-14-0—118, Barbour 1-1-0—8, Santos 1-1-0—27, Clint Blackman 0-1-0—0. Waipahu: Ventura 4-10-0—14, Benito 0-2-0—0.
RECEIVING—Mililani: Nate Adams 5-106, Santos 1-8, Barbour 1-27, Tayvis Erlandiz 1-12. Waipahu: Dickerson 1-5, Atualevao 1-1, Braddon Varde 1-1, Jacob Aga 1-7.
JV—Mililani 34, Waipahu 14
Reported by Candice Hikiji
'Aiea 15, Leilehua 12: Samson Chung scored on an 8-yard run with eight seconds to go to give Na 'Alii a comeback victory over the host Mules.
Leilehua, which clinched a playoff berth last week, is the OIA-Red West's fourth seed in the league tournament.
'Aiea (2-5) 0 7 0 8—15
Leilehua (3-4) 6 6 0 0—12
- Lei—P.J. San Nicholas 2 run (run failed)
- 'Aiea—Samson Chung 1 run (Melvin Jungblutt kick)
- Lei—Jonathan Scruggs 3 pass from Joshua Perez (run failed)
- 'Aiea—Chung 8 run (Hanalei Emmsley pass from Richard Rodrigues)
RUSHING—'Aiea: Chung 9-29, Jordan Moniz 4-12, Ben Ah Mook Sang 8-47, Lawrence Leovao 1-2, Jonathan Borges 1-6, Rodrigues 3-1, Reggie Lautalo 1-13. Leilehua: Jon Sanborn 21-159, Taulafo Fuiava 10-32, San Nicholas 6-14, J. Perez 5-52.
PASSING—'Aiea: Rodrigues 1-6-0—35. Leilehua: J. Perez 2-6-1—7.
RECEIVING—'Aiea: Jeremy Yuen 1-35. Leilehua: Scruggs 1-3, Dee Adams 1-4.
JV—'Aiea 6, Leilehua 0.
Reported by Udie Algoso
McKinley 42, Kalaheo 0: Abel Werner threw touchdown passes of 11, 42, 72 and 7 yards, completing 19 of 26 passes for 286 yards to lead the Tigers over the Mustangs at Kailua High School field.
McKinley, which already clinched a playoff berth, will be the fourth seed in the OIA Red-East.
McKinley (4-3) 20 22 0 0—42
Kalaheo (0-7) 0 0 0 0— 0
- McK—Anapuni Coleman 11 pass from Abel Werner (John Mai kick)
- McK—Iama Lauvao 42 pass from Werner (Mai kick)
- McK—Isaiah Iaea 72 pass from Werner (kick failed)
- McK—Lauvao 7 pass from Werner (Golden Lawrence from Werner)
- McK—Kaulike Kalama 17 fumble return (Mai kick)
- McK—Lawrence 10 run (Mai kick)
RUSHING—McKinley: Quinton Sayers 4-51, Werner 6-(minus 21), Lauvao 3-(minus 7), Lawrence 2-13. Kalaheo: David Pershin 6-38, John Reis 2-24, Tyson DeCambra 1-15, Jacob Akiu 1-18, Jared Neufeldt 5-23.
PASSING—McKinley: Werner 19-26-0—286. Kalaheo: Reis 11-20-2—148, Neufeldt 0-1-0—0.
RECEIVING—McKinley: Coleman 2-37, Iaea 4-99, Sayers 2-21, Lauvao 6-70, David McGhee 2-7, Taumua 3-52. Kalaheo: Pershin 2-18, Will Haile 1-14, Akiu 2-39, Neil Bowers 3-49, Eric Nau 2-28, Tyson DeCambra 1-0.
JV—McKinley 29, Kalaheo 0
Reported by Amy Yamamoto
Castle 28, Roosevelt 13: Jacob Ramos passed for 231 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another score as the Knights defeated the host Rough Riders.
Castle will be the OIA Red-East's No. 3 seed in the league tournament. Roosevelt was eliminated from the playoffs, with Farrington getting the East's No. 5 seed.
Castle (4-3) 7 21 0 0—28
Roosevelt (2-5) 0 0 13 0—13
- Cast—Aldrin Fernandez 9 pass from Jacob Ramos (Ethan Gonsalves kick)
- Cast—Jared Suzui 37 pass from Ramos (Gonsalves kick)
- Cast—Ikaika Ho 5 pass from Ramos (Gonsalves kick)
- Cast—Ramos 2 run (Gonsalves kick)
- Roos—Bryson Borges 1 run (Cameron Kimura kick)
- Roos—Borges 1 run (kick failed)
RUSHING—Castle: Kawika Sebay 9-58, Ramos 8-7, Matt Kanahele 1-1, Suzui 2-(minus 2). Roosevelt: Borges 24-16, Daniel Siracusa 6-17, Ryan Keomaka 4-(minus 14), Brad Kalilimoku 1-1.
PASSING—Castle: Ramos 12-19-1—231. Roosevelt: Borges 15-22-0—188.
RECEIVING—Castle: Suzui 4-144, Ho 4-62, Fernandez 3-13, Sebay 1-12. Roosevelt: Kimura 5-58, Anthony Holyfield 3-34, Keomaka 3-25, Mitchell Loo 1-20, Siracusa 1-14, Lokahi Simeona 1-26, Ricky Eusebio 1-11.
Waialua 21, Moanalua 17: The Bulldogs scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including the game-winner on a 75-yard pass from Po'okela Gasper to Larry Ladao, to defeat host Moanalua.
Waialua (3-4) 7 0 0 14—21
Moanalua (1-6) 14 3 0 0—17
- Waial—Albert Ramos 43 run (Travis Siu kick)
- Moan—Wallace Coleman 2 run (Nick Dang kick)
- Moan—Noah Palmerton 2 run (Dang kick)
- Moan—FG Dang 36
- Waial—Grant Yamanouchi 7 run (kick failed)
- Waial—Larry Ladao 75 pass from Po'okela Gasper (Gasper run)
RUSHING—Waialua: Ladao 13-43, Daniel Nacario 4-0, Ramos 1-43, Gasper 8-(minus 10), Kepa Hookano 2-7, Yamanouchi 6-86, Kelson Silva 1-(minus 5). Moanalua: Palmerton 9-19, Wa. Coleman 13-65, Jaimie Rego 5-(minus 2), Demetrius Hawkins 1-44, William Coleman 1-2.
PASSING—Waialua: Nacario 8-19-2—45, Gasper 2-3-0—82. Moanalua: Rego 1-8-1—33.
RECEIVING—Waialua: Hookano 1-6, Gasper 1-8, Yamanouchi 4-26, Ladao 2-73, Josh Miller 1-5, Silva 1-9. Moanalua: Hawkins 1-33.
JV—Waialua 20, Moanalua 6
Reported by Cassandra Bohe
PEARL CITY 7, KAISER 0: Michael Tanuvasa caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Chazton Bertola with 18 seconds remaining to keep Pearl City's playoff hopes alive.
The Chargers must await the outcome of tonight's Nanakuli-Kaimuki game.
Pearl City (5-2) 0 0 0 7—7
Kaiser (3-4) 0 0 0 0—0
PC—Michael Tanuvasa 19 pass from Chazton Bertola (Bertola kick)
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Neighbor Islands
Big Island Interscholastic Federation
- Konawaena 21, Honoka'a 14
- Kohala 14, Waiakea 7
Maui Interscholastic League
- Maui 24, St. Anthony 22
Kaua'i Interscholastic Federation
- Kaua'i 7, Kapa'a 6
Today's games
Big Island Interscholastic Federation
JV games at 5 p.m. with varsity to follow 30 minutes after JV game
- Hawai'i Prep at Kea'au
- Kealakehe vs. Hilo at Wong Stadium
Maui Interscholastic League
All games at War Memorial Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
- King Kekaulike vs. Lahainaluna
O'ahu Interscholastic Association
JV games at 5 p.m. with varsity to follow 25 minutes after JV game
- Red—Kailua at Kahuku
- White—Nanakuli vs. Kaimuki at Roosevelt
- Kapolei vs. Kalani at Kaiser
