The Lunas are in the middle of a 21-day break between their regular-season finale, a 44-7 win over the Trojans, and their state tournament semifinal against the winner of tomorrow's Kaimuki-Kamehameha-Hawai'i game.

Lahainaluna, the No. 1 seed in the six-team Division II tournament, is the first Maui Interscholastic League team ever to garner a top seed in a First Hawaiian Bank State Football Championship. Baldwin and King Kekaulike have each drawn byes as second seeds.

Lahainaluna head coach Bobby Watson and some of his staff will be watching the Kaimuki-Kamehameha-Hawai'i game tomorrow night at Kaiser Stadium.

The Lunas will play the winner on Nov. 24 at War Memorial Stadium with a berth in the D-II state final — set for Nov. 30 at Aloha Stadium — on the line.

The Lunas, who outscored their nine opponents this season 323-65, used last week for conditioning and to allow banged up players to heal.

They got down to business on Wednesday.

"Yeah, we just started really getting after each other yesterday,'' Watson said to The Maui News. "We are rusty at times on offense. We have got to work on our timing again — we need to bring everything back.''

Watson said having three weeks between games can be a good thing, or not.

"Three weeks, I don't think it is a bad thing,'' he said. "It was good for us. We get a chance to feel out some kids that were hurt. The first week was good for that. I think things are working out fine. I think it can work either way. It can hurt you with the long layoff or it can help you to get healed up like it has for us.''

The Lunas earned their top seed last month when they were 6-0 before a 23-20 overtime loss to MIL D-I champion Baldwin. That was the only game Lahainaluna were seriously challenged in.

The Lunas finished first in the MIL in both total offense — averaging 361.4 yards per game — and defense (155.7 ypg).

Now, it is a matter of honing their spread option offense. Nearly 78 percent of their offense in MIL play — 1,973 of 2,530 yards — came on the ground. Three of the top six rushers in the MIL — No. 3 Kailas McGhee, No. 5 Blaise Smith and No. 6 Lake Casco – belong to Lahainaluna. Fellow Lunas Jacob McCarthy and Bryson Williams were 12th and 13th, respectively.

While the passing game plays a secondary role for the Lunas, junior quarterback Jake Manning was the best passer by completion percentage in the league. He connected on 36 of 63 passes (57.1 percent) for 557 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions.

"We still have one or two more kids that we need to concentrate on getting healthy,'' Watson said. "But overall, I think everybody is about 80 percent as far as getting ready for the game. Next week, we'd like to at least get them up to 90 percent.''

Casco, who missed the final three games of the regular season on offense because of an ankle sprain, looks like he will be able to go both ways by game time. Last season, he was a first-team MIL All-Star as a slotback and defensive back. He has played in the last three games on defense.

"It looks like Lake is going to play offense,'' Watson said. "I think the break has been good overall for everybody, but guys like Lake really needed the time.''

Overall, Watson said his team is starting to focus on the task at hand.

"At this point, the health is pretty good. We added some academic casualties for the last couple of games,'' he said. "Academics have always been a problem for us. We still have a few kids that we have to make sure they qualify for the state tournament.''