The Trojans worked some magic last night at War Memorial Stadium, dominating both sides of the ball in a 44-14 win over Maui and snapping a 22-game winless streak in the Maui Interscholastic League.

The Trojans' last MIL win was in 2004 — they were 0-21-1 in league games since, with a 6-6 tie against the Sabers last year.

"We practiced hard this week, we came out strong and we wanted to get them back from last year and we wanted to take it to the house this year,'' said linebacker Aaron Wilsey to The Maui News, who picked off two passes for the Trojans.

The Trojans (2-3, 1-2 MIL) split time between quarterbacks Buta Wilhelm-Ioane and Aronne Santos, who both proved they could do plenty of damage in the air and on the ground.

Wilhelm-Ioane completed four of six passes for 100 yards, while Santos ran for a score.

"It's a good bunch of kids and they've been working hard, and it's nice to get a win and (give them) something they can look back on,'' said Trojans coach Charlie Pico.

The Trojans struck early, moving the ball 70 yards and scoring on a 9-yard run by Billy Pacheco with just under nine minutes to go in the first quarter.

Pacheco lit up the board again with a 21-yard touchdown run the next time he touched the ball.

"The linemen came out strong — if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have gotten anything,'' said Pacheco, who finished with 19 carries for 107 yards and three touchdowns. "They were making holes and I had to use my speed and I had my lead blocker, (Keith Flores).''

Flores also contributed two touchdowns of his own, and gained 86 yards on 10 carries.

While things couldn't have gone much better for the Trojans, little went right for Maui (0-5, 0-3).

The Sabers went for a first down on fourth-and-2 on their opening drive, only to find themselves inches short.

Their luck worsened minutes into the second quarter when a bad snap went past quarterback Jordan Inamasu and into the end zone, resulting in a safety.

Perhaps even more detrimental were three Maui penalties in the first half that resulted in first downs for the Trojans, two of them on touchdown drives.

"We just hurt ourselves,'' said Sabers coach David NeSmith. "(We just need to work on) being more together and just playing as a team — we haven't done that yet this year and that's something we're hoping to be able to do in the next few weeks.''

The Sabers stopped the running clock with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Inamasu to Mitchell Crim and scored again on a 64-yard pass from Inamasu to A.J. Trillis with less than two minutes left in the game.

Inamasu finished with 13 carries for 97 yards and went 12-of-21 passing for 145 yards with four interceptions.

"Jordan has been a person that has never quit in a game,'' NeSmith said. "It's his personal attitude he has about playing, he loves playing the game.

"But my hat goes off to St. Anthony — there were great coming out and they were well-prepared and did everything the right way.''

Although Pico knows his team's work over the Maui County Fair break last weekend did help, he feels it was simply a matter of time until they realized their potential.

"We worked over the two weeks and it's just reiterating the stuff we do and maybe a few different things, but it just comes down to them getting the opportunity to do good and get a win,'' he said. "Now they know they can play that good.''

Said Pacheco: "It feels so good. This whole last year and the beginning of this year, we were just losing and we finally just talked it over with each other and turned it around.

"We wanted to win tonight and we got it.''

No. 5 Baldwin 14, Kamehameha-Maui 12

PUKALANI, Maui — The Baldwin High School football team has led the Maui Interscholastic League in passing for the last seven seasons, winning four MIL titles along the way.

Facing a nickel package from Kamehameha-Maui all game long, especially in a nail-biting second half, the Bears were forced do something different last night at Kanaiaupuni Stadium.

Despite missing leading rusher Chansi Bolosan, who gained more than 1,000 yards last season, the fifth-ranked Bears ran their way to a 14-12 win.

The win lifts Baldwin to 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the MIL, leaving them atop the Division I standings. Kamehameha (1-3, 1-2) is tied at the bottom of Division II.

David Kaanana finished with more than 130 yards on the ground for the Bears, including 91 on 14 carries in the second half.

"We put it on David Kaanana's shoulders and he carried the weight,'' Baldwin coach A.J. Roloos said to The Maui News. "They took away the pass, but we gave it to Kaanana and he came through.''

The Bears were missing Bolosan, who was out with an injured shoulder, and all-state wide receiver Chase Nakamura has yet to play this year for the Bears.

"We expected them to try to take away the pass – it seems like every team tries to do that to us,'' Roloos said. "They don't want Skyler (Cabacungan) and the rest of the wide receivers to beat them. I take my hat off to (Kamehameha) coach Delatori. They did a hell of a job.''

Delatori was pleased with what he called his team's best effort of the season.

"When was the last time you saw Baldwin run more than throw?'' Delatori said after his team played its first game in 20 days after a bye and the Maui County Fair break last weekend. "I was worried about the long layoff, but we showed a lot of progress. That is a hell of a team over there.''

Delatori said the Bears did what they needed to do down the stretch when they went on a 17-play, 63-yard drive that ended at the Kamehameha 3-yard line when Brandon Rodrigues tackled Kaanana for a 2-yard loss on fourth-and-goal from the 1. The drive took the fourth-quarter clock from 10 minutes, 18 second remaining to 33 seconds left.

Kaanana carried nine times on the drive for 51 yards and four times he got a first down, including a 7-yard run on fourth-and-2 at the Kamehameha 35 and another 11-yard run that took it to the 2.

The Bears ran 25 times and passed three in the second half, but still had to come back from a 12-7 deficit.

Trailing 7-6 at halftime, the Warriors took the lead on a quick 79-yard, three-play drive to begin the second half. After a 4-yard run on first down by Chaysen Miyazono, Kamehameha quarterback Bryan Pali hit tight end Jordan Puu-Robinson for a 25-yard pass to the 49-yard line.

On the next play, Pali took an option run around the right side for a 51-yard touchdown to give the Warriors a five-point lead with 10:32 to play in the third quarter.

Baldwin responded on the next possession with a 65-yard drive that took 3:17 off the clock. Kaanana's 13-yard touchdown run gave the Bears the lead with 7:08 still remaining in the third quarter. Kaanana carried five times for 32 yards on the go-ahead march.

An uneventful first half quickly turned around when Cabacungan took a bouncing punt on the left sideline and returned it 71 yards for a 7-0 Baldwin lead with 3:06 left in the second quarter.

On the ensuing kickoff, Kamehameha's Keloni Kamalani rambled 92 yards for a touchdown to make it 7-6.

In the end, it was Baldwin sophomore Brock Shishido's two successful PATs that spelled the difference. After Baldwin took its final lead, Mikie Webb intercepted a Pali pass and returned it 54 yards to the Kamehameha 5. On the next play, Baldwin fumbled the snap and Kamehameha recovered.

Fittingly, Kaanana stopped the Warriors' final chance with an interception with 10 seconds left.

"That was a tough ball game,'' Roloos said. "That team gave us everything we could handle.''