Lee, Islanders open with victory

Advertiser Staff

Cal Lee, the winningest coach in Hawai'i high school football history, made a successful debut with the Hawaiian Islanders of arenafootball2 tonight at the Blaisdell Arena.

Darnell Arceneaux completed 9 of 21 passes for 180 yards and four touchdowns and the Islanders overcame a slow start to beat the expansion Green Bay Blizzard, 48-37. The season opener for both teams was watched by a paid attendance of 2,247.

Green Bay took an 18-9 lead four minutes into the game before the Islanders got going. The Islanders scored a safety when Morrie Roe sacked backup quarterback Ramon Robinson in the back of the end zone and tied the score at 18 when Arceneaux connected with Nian Taylor on a 45-yard touchdown pass with 6:27 left before halftime.

After a 20-yard field goal by the Blizzards' Matt Swartz, the Islanders took their first lead at 25-21 on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Arceneaux to Taylor with three seconds remaining before halftime.

The Islanders' largest lead was 42-30 following a 4-yard run by Josh White with just under five minutes to go.