Running back Alex Daniels rushed for 241 yards and three touchdowns for Radford, but it was the defense that saved the day at the end in a 35-13 win against Moanalua last night in O'ahu Interscholastic Association White football.

The Rams (4-1 overall, 4-0 White) earned sole possession of first place in the conference in handing the Menehunes (4-1, 3-1) their first loss of the season before a crowd of about 3,000 at John E. Velasco Stadium.

"It's great," Radford defensive end Russell Wantowski said. "All week they've been talking about Moanalua being the top team. We just wanted to come out and prove we're the top team."

The Rams took control early, taking a 21-0 lead into the half on two TD runs by Daniels, his first for 9 yards in the first period, and his second for 78 in the second. His TDs sandwiched a 47-yard punt return for a TD by Trevor Waldon in the first quarter.

But the Menehunes found their rhythm in the second half, pulling to 21-13 with 8:50 left in the game. An interception by Moanalua's J.D. Baba against Ryan Burciaga gave Moanalua possession at its 20. The Menehunes drove 80 yards in 13 plays with John Estores taking a pitch to the right from quarterback Stanford Leti to score from 5 yards out with no time showing third quarter to make it 21-7.

The Menehunes closed the deficit to 8 with 8:50 left in the game when Leti scored on a 47-yard run. But an unsportsmanlike penalty on the play forced Landon Watanabe to try his PAT from 35 yards, where he missed.

But the Rams snuffed any kind of momentum the Menehunes had gathered to that point when linebacker Bronson Leafa intercepted a screen pass from Leti, returning it 9 yards for a TD to make it 28-13.

"I just stayed with him (the intended receiver), read it and came up," Leafa explained.

"That was a great play by No. 9 (Leafa's jersey number)," Moanalua coach Arnold Martinez said.

The Rams closed the door with 2:25 left when Daniels scored on a 23-yard run.

The Menehunes struggled in the first half. They threatened with about four minutes left in the half, when a 21-yard pass from Leti to Savai'i Eselu and an 18-yard run by Ryan Monico put Moanalua to the Radford 5. But the Rams' defense only budged for 2 yards. On fourth-and-goal at the 3, linemen Willie Pulou and Wantowski stopped Monico, who had 65 yards on the night, to no gain. Four plays later, Daniels scored on his 78-yard run.

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadver tiser.com or 525-8042.moanalua (4-1, 3-1) 0 0 7 6—13

RADFORD (4-1, 4-0) 14 7 0 14—35

Rad—Alex Daniels 9 run (kick failed).

Rad—Trevor Maldon 47 punt return (Michael Goodman pass from Ryan Burciaga).

Rad—Daniels 78 run (Jamie Whitworth kick).

Moan—John Estores 5 run (Landon Watanabe kick).

Moan—Stanford Leti 47 run (kick failed).

Rad—Bronson Leafa 9 interception return (Whitworth kick).

Rad—Daniels 23 run (Whitworth kick). RUSHING—Moanalua: Leti 14-46, Ryan Monico 12-65, Estores 4-9, Jarin Salvador-Atabay 4-22, Ben Crippen 1-4, Quinton Tang 2-15, Robby Eusebio 1-0. Radford: Burciaga 5-29, Daniels 22-241.

PASSING—Moanalua: Leti 10-18-1—95, Estores 2-3-0—10. Radford: Burciaga 7-19-1—75.

RECEIVING—Moanalua: Salvador-Atabay 2-23, Monico 2-17, Estores 4-33, Savai'i Eselu 2-22, Leti 2-10. Radford: Kyle Blair 2-52, Joe Brundidge 1-(minus 1), Shane Masaniai 1-6, Daniels 2-(minus 4), Justin Lord 1-22.

JV scores—Waialua 13, 'Anuenue 6; Moanalua 20, Radford 15.

KAHUKU 37, KAILUA 0

Kamuela Alisa ran for two touchdowns and caught a 17-yard pass from Kaulin Krebs for another score in the Red Raiders victory over Kailua at Kahuku field. Bad weather postponed the game from Friday to yesterday.

KAILUA (1-5, 1-3) 0 0 0 0— 0

KAHUKU (3-1, 2-1) 0 18 19 0—37

KAH—Lehi Aumua 5 run (pass failed)

KAH—Kamuela Alisa 6 run (pass failed)

KAH—Redmond Tutor 14 pass from Jacob Kahawaii (pass failed)

KAH—ALISA 10 RUN (KICK FAILED)

KAH—Alisa 17 pass from Kaulin Krebs (pass failed)

KAH—Jason Mauai 2 run (Gary Nagy kick)

RUSHING—Kailua: Jacob Gibson 2-15, Darren Sugimoto 1-1, Keelan Gonda 1-10, Travis Holeso-Wolfe 2-31, Nicholas Tepea 1-4 . Kahuku: Kaeo Alo 2-53, Kamuela Alisa 18-91, Kaulin Krebs 5-(minus 9), Lehi Aumua 14-85, Ivan Fujinaga 1-6, Jason Mauai 5-20, Ioane Teriipaia 2-(minus 6), George Tafuna 12-13.

PASSING—Kailua: Sugimoto 12-40-5—115, Micah Gibson 0-1-0—0. Kahuku: Krebs 3-5-0—38, Jacob Kahawaii 3-6-0—39, Teriipaia 1-3-1—17.

RECEIVING—Kailua: Micah Gibson 2-11, Jacob Gibson 5-53, Shaun Forges 1-6, Gerald Ho 3-41, Sugimoto 1-4. Kahuku: Devin Unga 2-21, Jason Evans 1-5, Redmond Tutor 2-34, Alisa 1-17, Javen Kaka 1-17.

JV—Kahuku 21, Kailua 13.

Reported by Brandy Burke

WAI'ANAE 35, NANAKULI 0

Curtis Jones rushed for touchdowns of 1 and 40 yards to help the Seariders past the visiting Golden Hawks, who were held to 16 yards rushing.

NANAKULI (0-5, 0-3) 0 0 0 0— 0

WAI'ANAE (5-1, 3-1) 2 13 13 7—35

WAI—Safety, Vincent Marcellino tackled quarterback in end zone

WAI—Nui Stevens 10 pass from Henry Keomalu (Keomalu kick)

WAI—Curtis Jones 1 run (kick failed)

WAI—Jones 40 run (kick failed)

WAI—David Ferreira 16 run (Keomalu kick)

WAI—Alfred Coffin 0 punt return (Keomalu kick)

RUSHING—Nanakuli: Curtis Wright 1-(minus 1), Issac Iuta 3-5, Chase McGill 7-(minus 11), Mark Chong 5-11, Zachary Tolentino 5-(minus 1), Ainoa Oliveira 4-10, Clemson Kaawa 2-3. Wai'anae: Darius Fuller 4-40, Stevens 8-41, Keomalu 3-19, Jones 5-56, Ferreira 7-40, Joshua Telles 4-13, Tyson Ranada 3-17, Cranston Newman 4-20, Kainoa Hussey 1-1, Joe Abell 1-(minus 2).

PASSING—Nanakuli: McGill 5-11-0—39. Wai'anae: Keomalu 3-11-2—29.

RECEIVING—Nanakuli: Wright 1-2, Setu Lepaga 1-0, Gysen Garcia 1-11, Alika Willacker 2-26. Wai'anae: Douglas Newman 1-9, Stevens 2-20.

JV—Wai'anae 23, Nanakuli 0.

Reported by Kat Cadirao

CASTLE 28, ROOSEVELT 14

Seth Estioko scored on a 15-yard run and Moku Bruhn ran in a two-point conversion to break a 14-all tie in the second quarter. Scott Keiter-Charles' second touchdown pass from Bryce Kalauaoka'aea gave Castle its margin of victory.

ROOSEVELT (2-3, 0-3) 7 7 0 0—14

CASTLE (4-2, 4-0) 14 8 6 0—28

CAST—John Ufuti 1 run (kick blocked)

ROOS—Kahai Freitas 50 pass from Koloa Kahalewai-Crawford (Hikiaumoana Flood kick)

CAST—Scott Keiter-Charles 8 pass from Bryce Kalauaoka'aea (Moku Bruhn run)

ROOS—Darin Fujii 60 pass from Shaide Quisano (Flood kick)

CAST—Seth Estioko 15 run (Bruhn run)

CAST—Keiter-Charles 26 pass from Kalauaoka'aea (kick failed) RUSHING—Roosevelt: Quisano 7-8, Jordan Bush 8-35, Kahalewai-Crawford 5-5, Makena Artuyo 1-8. Castle: Ufuti 5-54, Nicholas Rapoza 2-(minus 7), Lihikai Domingo 3-32, Blaine Kobashigawa 2-51, Estioko 1-15, Kaleo Silva 1-6, Andrew Fakatoka 4-43.

PASSING—Roosevelt: Bush 10-27-0—120, Kahalewai-Crawford 1-2-0—50, Quisano 1-1-0—60. Castle: Bryson Ukauka 3-4-0—35, Kalauoka'aea 17-34-1—179.

RECEIVING—Roos: Kahai Freitas 5-98, Daniel Arruda 2-19, Kahalewai-Crawford 2-22, Darin Fujii 2-79, Robbie Fukuhara 1-12. Castle: Kobashigawa 3-21, Domingo 3-21, Keiter-Charles 5-67, Ikaika Fonseca 1-15, Alika Kalopodes 2-17, Silva 1-8, Shayson Suzui 2-60, Corey Paredes 1-4, Ufuti 1-(minus 1), Fakatoka 1-2.

JV—Castle 35, Roosevelt 14.

Reported by Randall Kobashigawa

CAMPBELL 28, KAISER 10

Jesse Lee rushed for two touchdowns to rally the host Sabers Friday.

KAISER (3-2, 2-2) 0 7 3 0—10

CAMPBELL (4-1, 3-1) 7 0 7 14—28

Camp—Dominique Dennis 12 run (Matthew Nuufolau kick)

Kais—Isaac Saffery 12 run (Kyle Niiro kick)

Kais—FG Niiro 42

Camp—Jesse Lee 18 run (Nuufolau kick)

Camp—Lee 15 run (Nuufolau kick)

Camp—Isiah Smith 28 run (Nuufolau kick)

RUSHING—Kaiser: Saffery 15-67, Nick Yuzawa 6-2. Campbell: Bronson Lleces 5-39, Berzil Kelii 11-34, Lee 3-36, Bronson Ellis-Rivera 2-7, Dennis 6-18, Smith 7-56, Keneke Kapule 1-6, Martin Kodama 1-16, Obadiah Mataio 1-0.

PASSING—Kaiser: Yuzawa 13-24-3—92, Saffery 0-2-0—0. Campbell: Kevin Newcomb 0-2-0—0, Kepaninaokamali Basham 1-1-0—40, Mataio 5-10-1—51.

RECEIVING—Kaiser: Paa Kamauoha 2-40, Skyler Chan 1-3, Thomas Khamvongsa 1-4, Devin Dela Pena 6-25, Sid Slom 1-5, Saffery 2-15. Campbell: Lleces 1-11, Lee 3-30, Ropati Tautua 1-40, Berzil 1-10.

JV—CAMPBELL DEF. KAISER, SCORE UNAVAILABLE

Reported by James Huyck

O'AHU INTERSCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATION

LEAGUE OVERALL

RED EAST W L T PF PA W L T PF PA

Castle 4 0 0 94 33 4 2 0 151 124

Farrington 3 1 0 83 37 3 3 0 98 144

Kahuku 2 1 0 80 23 3 1 0 96 23

McKinley 1 2 0 14 70 2 3 0 58 105

Kailua 1 3 0 41 81 1 5 0 62 161

Kaimuki 1 2 0 39 59 1 4 0 59 110

Roosevelt 0 3 0 20 68 2 3 0 81 110

YESTERDAY'S GAMES

at Kahuku 37, Kailua 0

Castle 28, Roosevelt 14, at Kailua

RED WEST W L T PF PA W L T PF PA

Kapolei 4 0 0 183 41 5 1 0 237 83

Mililani 3 0 0 102 30 4 1 0 135 56

Wai'anae 3 1 0 127 38 5 1 0 185 58

'Aiea 1 2 0 33 79 3 2 0 98 105

Leilehua 1 2 0 62 53 2 3 0 108 100

Nanakuli 0 3 0 0 130 0 5 0 14 194

Pearl City 0 4 0 39 175 0 5 0 80 241

YESTERDAY'S GAME

at Wai'anae 35, Nanakuli 0

WHITE W L T PF PA W L T PF PA

Radford 4 0 0 176 20 4 1 0 203 52

Moanalua 3 1 0 110 62 4 1 0 142 75

Campbell 3 1 0 98 44 4 1 0 147 74

Kaiser 2 2 0 77 88 3 2 0 101 94

Waialua 1 2 0 34 91 1 3 0 41 108

Waipahu 1 3 0 52 90 1 4 0 59 134

Kalaheo 1 2 0 63 80 1 3 0 71 115

Kalani 0 4 0 41 176 0 5 0 54 203

YESTERDAY'S GAME

at Radford 35, Moanalua 13

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com.