While the Bears, ranked No. 6 in the Advertiser poll, are still waiting for all-state receiver Chase Nakamura to return from a sore knee, they did find one big answer to some of their offensive problems in slotback Skyler Cabacungan during last night's 36-7 win over Maui at War Memorial Stadium.

Cabacungan did just about everything — four touchdowns, six carries for 182 yards, four catches for 36 yards and one pass completion for 51 more — as Baldwin (2-1, 1-0 MIL) began defense of the last two MIL Division I titles.

"Skyler is just unreal,'' Baldwin coach A.J. Roloos said to The Maui News. "He's multiple. That kid can run, he can throw, he can do everything.''

Cabacungan, a 5-foot-5, 145-pound senior, said he was feeling good before the game.

"Nope, I have never had a game like that,'' Cabacungan said. "I was feeling pretty good today.''

Cabacungan said he wanted to make up for the absence of Nakamura, who missed his third straight game after catching 20 touchdown passes in 12 games last year.

"There is plenty of pressure without Chase because he is a big part of our team,'' Cabacungan said. "It felt super to step up.''

Roloos said, "We are still taking it slow with Chase. We have got other guys stepping up, so I am going to try to use everybody until Chase comes back. We are taking it a day at a time and we are not going to rush him back. I'm not sure yet about next week, but I am keeping my fingers crossed.''

The Bears scored two quick touchdowns in the third quarter to turn on the 35-point mercy-rule running clock after leading 22-0 at halftime.

Cabacungan scored his fourth touchdown of the night when he ran 81 yards up the middle to make the score 36-0 with 6:18 left in the third quarter. Earlier, quarterback Jordan Helle hit Kalei Kamahele on a 62-yard touchdown pass to put the Bears in front 29-0.

"All in all that is what we wanted to do,'' Roloos said. "We wanted to come out and score and just keep scoring just to get our team going. I told our O-line that we have a test for them – 'We want to score on every possession we have.' We moved the ball pretty well.''

The Sabers' Tony Anatema blocked Baldwin's first punt attempt of the night and quarterback Jordan Inamasu scored four plays later on a 7-yard run to make the score 36-7 with 9:06 left to play and turn off the running clock.

Maui got right back in business when Andrew Perry recovered the ensuing onside kick, but that possession ended on a failed fourth down.

It has been that kind of season for the Sabers (0-4, 0-2).

"What we have been emphasizing throughout the season is play to the very end,'' said Maui High coach David NeSmith. "It is something we needed to work on from last year. I'm proud of the effort. We are getting somewhere with these young men. It is not showing on the scoreboard yet, but I think we are winning in other areas and hopefully the byproduct will end up on the field soon.''

The first half had Cabacungan's hands all over it. He ran five times for 101 yards, threw a pass for 51, caught four passes for 36 yards and returned two punts for 19 more.

When Cabacungan wasn't doing the damage early, mostly on the outside, Chansi Bolosan was doing it on the inside. Bolosan had 16 bruising carries in the first half for 104 yards, and finished with 20 carries for 110 yards.

Baldwin took command early with three touchdowns in the first quarter — all belonging to Cabacungan.

The first score came when Cabacungan caught an 11-yard pass from Helle with 7:37 left in the first quarter. The scoring play capped an 11-play, 51-yard drive that featured six carries by Bolosan for 24 yards. While Bolosan was getting the tough inside yards, Cabacungan gave a hint of what was to come when he ran twice on end-arounds for 25 yards and then caught the touchdown pass.

The drive started when the Bears' Kaleo Feiteira recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff.

Baldwin scored on its next possession on a 52-yard drive that scored off more of Cabacungan's prowess. On third-and-17, he took a lateral pass from Helle and then Cabacungan hit Brennan Canencia-Black on a 51-yard pass that put the ball on the Maui High 12-yard line.

Two plays later, Cabacungan caught a 5-yard scoring pass from Helle to make the score 14-0 with 3:18 left in the first.

The next Baldwin possession went 46 yards in two plays. After an incomplete pass, Cabacungan took the ball on another end-around run and went untouched to the end zone with 2:19 remaining in the quarter.

The Bears had chances to add to their 22-0 halftime lead, but Cabacungan had a 78-yard touchdown run called back by a holding penalty, a 20-yard hookup between Helle and Kamahele was called back by another hold, and freshman placekicker CeeJay Santos missed a pair of field goals.

Bad snaps and dropped passes also cost the Bears in the first half.

"We started getting some stupid mental penalties that killed us,'' Roloos said.

The Baldwin defense was stellar in the first half, allowing just 42 yards total offense and two first downs.