Second-half rally propels Castle past Kailua, 40-32
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
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| Castle's Matt Kanahele spins out of a tackle en route to a kickoff return for a touchdown against Kailua. Castle won, 40-32.
Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser |
The Knights are 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the O'ahu Interscholastic Association's Red Conference-East. Kailua falls to 3-1, 2-1. The teams are ranked No. 5 and No. 4, respectively, in The Advertiser's statewide Top 10 poll of coaches and media.
Ethan Gonzalves caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Kalauoka'aea and kicked a 45-yard field goal five minutes later with 3:52 remaining in the game to give the Knights a 34-24 lead. Jon Reis returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown to make it 40-24 with 3:08 left.
The Surfriders answered with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Kelroy Kohatsu to Dylan Linkner and Kekoa Sua ran in the two-point conversion to close it to 40-32 with 2:06 remaining, but Ikaika Ho intercepted a pass with 27 seconds remaining to seal it for Castle.
The teams traded momentum swings throughout the game, starting with Matt Kanahele's 72-yard return for a touchdown on the opening kickoff. Castle went up 14-3 after Guy Humalon's 12-yard touchdown catch, but the Surfriders scored 21 straight points to take a 24-14 lead into halftime.
- KAILUA (2-1) 3 21 0 8—32
- CASTLE (3-1) 14 0 10 16—40
Cast—Matt Kanahele 72 kickoff return (Ethan Gonzalves kick)
Kail—FG Mike Sakaba 21
Cast—Guy Humalon 12 pass from Bryce Kalauoka'aea (Gonzalves kick)
Kail—Jeremy Wicker 31 pass from Kelroy Kohatsu (Sakaba kick)
Kail—Dylan Linkner 45 pass from Kohatsu (Sakaba kick)
Kail—Kekoa Sua 75 run (Sakaba kick)
Cast—FG Gonzalves 25
Cast—Antone Watanabe 21 fumble return (Gonzalves kick)
Cast—Gonzalves 47 pass from Kalauoka'aea (Gonzalves kick)
Cast—FG Gonzalves 45
Cast—Jon Reis 41 interception return (kick failed)
Kail—Linkner 13 pass from Kohatsu (Sua run)
RUSHING—Kailua: Kohatsu 7-(minus-5), Sua 20-146, Damien Torres 6-21. Castle: Kalauoka'aea 5-(minus 52), Humalon 2-5, Justin Kruse 4-9, Tarann Bajet 1-2, Louis Mansanas Jr. 3-(minus 7), Jarred Suzui 2-3.
PASSING—Kailua: Kohatsu 11-30-2—191. Castle: Kalauoka'aea 14-26-1—191, Mansanas Jr. 2-3-0—33.
RECEIVING—Kailua: Wicker 2-47, Linkner 5-88, Sua 2-39, Albert Kaleo 2-17. Castle: Mansanas 2-11, Ikaika Ho 8-98, Humalon 1-12, Gonzalves 3-76, Kruse 2-27.
JV—Castle 29, Kailua 28
OTHER OIA
• LEILEHUA 8, WAIPAHU 6: Justin Lawelawe scored on a 1-yard run and BJ Fruean caught a pass from Jameson Ramiscal for the two-point conversion in the third quarter to lift the Mules in an OIA Red West game at Waipahu.
Jacob Aga scored on a 39-yard pass from Johnathan Cordeiro with 1 minute, 50 seconds to go, but the two-point conversion run failed.
- Leilehua (2-1) 0 0 8 0—8
- Waipahu (0-4) 0 0 0 6—6
Lei—Justin Lawelawe 1 run (BJ Fruean pass from Jameson Ramiscal)
Waip—Jacob Aga 39 pass from Jonathan Cordeiro (run failed)
RUSHING—Leilehua: Kaione Rivera 9-19, Pio Malagaoma 2-3, Fruean 5-21, Blake Furtado 4-5, A.P. Palomeres 1-(minus 5), Ramiscal 1-(minus 4), Lawelawe 14-82, Jonathan Scruggs 1-(minus 5). Waipahu: Bishop 7-31, Krypton Taito 2-7, Codeiro 14-83, Joshua Hicks 5-14, Stan Abasial 2-15.
PASSING—Leilehua: Ramiscal 3-9-1—43. Waipahu: Cordeiro 8-13-0—68.
RECEIVING—Leilehua: Scruggs 1-15, Fruean 2-28. Waipahu: Abasial 4-17, Hicks 3-12, Aga 1-39.
JV—Leilehua 47, Waipahu 0
Reported by Candice Hikiji
• MILILANI 28, CAMPBELL 12: Aran Bisho scored two rushing touchdowns and Maka Kahoano threw for a pair of TDs as the host Trojans beat the Sabers in an OIA Red West game.
- Campbell (0-3) 0 6 0 6—12
- Mililani (4-0) 14 0 7 7—28
Mil—Darren Smith 44 pass from Maka Kahoano (Jay Abrigo kick)
Mil—Aran Bisho 27 run (Abrigo kick)
Camp—Kealiiohokakea Basham 2 run (kick failed)
Mil—Bisho 6 run (Abrigo kick)
Camp—Isaac Laupola 8 pass from Kenneth Amaral (pass failed)
Mil—Peter Raneses 4 pass from Kahoano (Abrigo kick)
RUSHING—Campbell: Anthony Shimizu 5-19, Basham 11-49, Amaral 9-(minus 18), Jorden Cadelinia 8-32, Jacob Kaku 1-0, Brandon Tanigawa 3-(minus 15), Jonovan Ercanerack 1-0, Laupola 1-3. Mililani: Jordan Apduhan 10-90, Bisho 9-26, Reneses 3-15, Jordan Perry 2-7, Chase Nakachi 1-4, Kahoano 1-3, Sene Ma'afala 1-1, Jared Tavares 1-(minus 17), Ryan Agoun 1-(minus 5).
PASSING—Campbell: Amaral 11-21-0—174. Mililani: Kahoano 12-18-1—186, Smith 0-1-0—0.
RECEIVING—Campbell: Laupola 6-101, Kaku 2-33, Ronson Correia 2-21, Shimizu 1-19. Mililani: Bisho 4-72, Jonovan Santos 3-45, Smith 1-44, Andrew Tokumi 3-21, Reneses 1-4.
JV—Mililani 29, Campbell 24
Reported by Sara Mitman
• PEARL CITY 32, NANAKULI 8: Justin Cabanero threw for three touchdowns and the Chargers' defense recovered three Golden Hawk fumbles in an OIA Red West win.
- Pearl City (3-1) 14 15 3 0—32
- Nanakuli (2-2) 8 0 0 0— 8
PC—Jensen Cabanero 1 run (Steven King kick)
Nana—Donald Fisher fumble recovery (Kyle Beck run)
PC—Brandon Green 8 pass from Cabanero (King kick)
PC—Cabanero 1 run (Royce Yuen run)
PC—Green 20 pass from Cabanero
PC—FG King 20
RUSHING—Pearl City: Gomez Willis 1-2, Cabanero 9-(minus 29), Keale Akana 1-3, Michael Yamauchi-Yamate 9-32, Michael Tanuvasa 5-7, Royal Kaua 5-44, Chaston Bertola 3-20. Nanakuli: Beck 8-20, Albert Distajo 6-26, Alex Maiava 1-1, Jaycee Alapai 3-(minus 9).
PASSING—Pearl City: Cabanero 15-30—148, Bertola 4-12-1—35. Nanakuli: Distajo 7-22-0—77, Alapai 1-6—12.
RECEIVING—Pearl City: Keone Peiper 4-40, Green 6-73, Nathaniel Nasca 3-13, Yuen 3-30, Vincenzo Stamegna 1-11, Joe Nededog 1-10, Tanuvasa 1-6. Nanakuli: Distajo 4-54, Beck 1-8, William Kamana-Leong 3-27.
JV—Nanakuli 10, Pearl City 7
Reported by Lilia Aki
• ROOSEVELT 20, KAIMUKI 13: Makaea Salis scored on two 1-yard runs and Erik Nariyoshi scored on a blocked punt return as the Rough Riders held off the winless Bulldogs to win their first OIA game of the year.
Kaimuki, which had been outscored 138-0 in its three previous OIA defeats, tallied 13 fourth-quarter points. Both came on runs by Shaye Aso'au.
- Kaimuki (0-4, 0-5) 0 0 0 13—13
- Roosevelt (1-3, 2-3) 6 0 14 0—20
Roos—Erik Nariyoshi 9 blocked punt return (kick blocked)
Roos—Makaea Salis 1 run (Salis run)
Roos—Salis 1 run (kick failed)
Kaim—Shaye Aso'au 32 run (Ji Min Kim kick)
Kaim—Aso'Au 24 run (kick blocked)
RUSHING—Kaimuki: Keha Akau 5-26, Jona Qoro 5-20, Shelden Sarcedo 4-15, Kaeo Neal 2-25, Shayne Aso'au 12-92. Roosevelt: La'akea Moikeha 9-44, Makaea Salis 14-52, Micah Dutro 2-5.
PASSING—Kaimuki: Keha Akau 4-5-0—38, Shelden Sarcedo 3-6-1—7, Shaye Aso'au 7-12-0—75. Roosevelt: La'akea Moikeha 9-20-1—65.
RECEIVING—Kaimuki: Andre Agbayani 4-37, Dylan Kuratsu 1-0, Shelden Sarcedo 2-39, Shaye Aso'au 2-1, Tupou Kuliha'apai 4-30, Kaeo Neal 1-13. Roosevelt: Makaea Salis 3-12, Del Onaga 1-8, Ha'aheo Shea-Miyamoto 2-5, Tui Richter 2-23, Brent Kawakami 1-17.
• RADFORD 20, MOANALUA 14: Dennis Medina passed for three touchdowns as Radford scored 20 unanswered points in the first half against the host Menehunes in an OIA White game.
Medina threw TD passes of 12 and 15 yards to Sunny Belcher and 10 yards to Stephen Baughn.
- Radford (3-1) 6 14 0 0—20
- Moanalua (0-4) 0 0 7 7—14
Rad—Sunny Belcher 12 pass from Dennis Medina (kick failed)
Rad—Belcher 15 pass from Medina (Eric Venglar kick)
Rad—Stephen Baughn 10 pass from Medina (Venglar kick)
Moa—Quintin Pang 1 run (Josh Cruz kick)
Moa—David Serrao 8 pass from Stanford Leti (Cruz kick)
RUSHING—Radford: Roderick Price 16-42, Mark Failauga 2-8, Medina 1-5, James Armstrong 7-23, Vaovasa Kuresa 2-1. Moanalua: Noel Tadeo 1-3, Pang 14-23, D'Taire Hopkins 23-22, Leti 9-11, Brandon Taniyama 1-46, John Estores 2-5.
PASSING—Radford: Medina 11-22-0—151. Moanalua: Leti 4-10-1—43.
RECEIVING—Radford: Belcher 4-78, Baughn 2-18, Armstrong 1-6, Roscoe Paguirigan 2-27, Price 1-2, Venglar 1-20. Moanalua: Nigel Ross 1-11, D.J. Ramos 1-14, Dustin Williams 1-10, Serrao 1-8.
JV—Radford 20, Moanalua 6
Reported by Cassandra Bohe
MAUI
• King Kekaulike 17, Maui 14: Brisen Gonsalves opened the game with a 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown as King Kekaulike upset previously undefeated Maui in a Maui Interscholastic League game.
King Kekaulike's defense held Maui's offense to seven yards in the first quarter.
- King kekaulike (2-1) 7 7 0 3—17
- Maui (2-1) 0 0 6 8—14
King—Brisen Gonsalves 93 kickoff return (Zack Gilarski kick)
King—Kona Quinabo 2 run (Gilarski kick)
Maui—Andrew Nakihei 1 run (run failed)
Maui—Chadwick Sagon 1 run (Nakihei run)
King—FG Gilarski 37
RUSHING—King Kekaulike: Davin Iwata 23-117, Joshua Wilheim 1-(minus 4), Quinabo 25-69, Aaron Wood 4-17. Maui: Eric Watson 3-(minus 14), Sagon 1-1, Nakihei 21-96, Maika Carpio 2-9, Ryan Ishizu 4-20.
PASSING—King Kekaulike: Iwata 0-4-1—0. Maui: Watson 5-8-0—46.
RECEIVING—Maui: Sagon 4-37, Ishizu 1-9.
JV—Maui 13, King Kekaulike 6
Reported by Rodney Higa
OIA
Yesterday at Aloha Stadium
- Castle 40, Kailua 32
At school fields
- at Mililani 28, Campbell 12
- Radford 20, at Moanalua 14
- Leilehua 8, at Waipahu 6
- at Roosevelt 20, Kaimuki 13
- Pearl City 32, at Nanakuli 8
- Kalaheo 65, Kalani 7
Today
McKinley vs. Farrington at Roosevelt
ILH
Today at Aloha Stadium
Iolani vs. Pac-Five, 4:45 p.m.
Kamehameha vs. Punahou, 7:30 p.m.
Big Island
Yesterday
Waiakea at Kea'au
Konawaena at Honoka'a
Today
Hilo at Ka'u, 7 p.m. (varsity only)
Kamehameha at Kealakehe, 5 p.m. (JV)
Hawai'i Prep at Kealakehe, 30 minutes after JV game
Kaua'i
Yesterday
Kaua'i 26, Waimea 12
Maui at War Memorial Stadium
Yesterday
King Kekaulike 17, Maui 14
Today
Baldwin vs. Pac-Three
Correction: Pearl City's quarterback Jensen Cabanero threw three touchdown passes in Friday night's victory over Nanakuli. Cabanero's name was misspelled in a previous version of this story.
