Posted at 8:39 p.m., Saturday, October 14, 2006
Damien makes stand to defeat Iolani, 14-10
By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer
The Monarchs' defensive stand in the closing seconds preserved Kama Bailey's 1-yard touchdown run with one minute, 41 seconds left to lift Damien over No. 10
Iolani, 14-10, Saturday in Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II action at Kozuki Stadium.
"It's a great feeling right now," Damien coach Dean Nakagawa said. "I feel best for these guys, especially the seniors. They hung together. They learned through trial and error."
The Monarchs (3-3-1 overall, 2-1-1 ILH) aided their chances for the ILH Division II title. The two played to a 34-all game the first time around; each has another D-II game with Pac-Five, as well as two games against D-1 opponents.
"We have to beat some D-1 schools," 'Iolani coach Wendell Look said of pulling into a tie with Damien to force a playoff. "They're in the driver's seat now."
Bailey had 222 yards on 33 carries.
KAMEHAMEHA 28,
PAC-FIVE 15
Ryan Montez returned a third-quarter kickoff 95 yards for the go-ahead touchdown and Truman Chun rushed for 105 yards and three TDs Saturday to help the Warriors rally past the Wolfpack at Aloha Stadium.
Kamehameha, ranked No. 4 in The Advertiser's statewide Top 10 poll of coaches and media, improved to 6-2 overall and 2-2 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu. Pac-Five fell to 2-5, 0-4.
The Wolfpack put a scare into the Warriors by taking an early 9-0 lead and going up, 15-14, after Bryson Beirne's 1-yard quarterback sneak with 47 seconds remaining in the third quarter. But their two-point conversion pass fell incomplete, and Montez took the ensuing kickoff at his own 5-yard line, shot up the middle and bounced to the outside, then broke two tackles along the right sideline en route to the end zone.
