Among many other intriguing matchups in the inaugural Hawai'i/Polynesia vs. Mainland Bowl, perhaps the most anticipated one will be to see how Hawai'i's "game speed" can try to keep up with the Mainland team's national-caliber track speed.

Because when it comes to guys who can fly, the Mainland team has a lot of them.

Two receivers from Los Angeles in particular — Randall Carroll of Cathedral and Shaquelle Evans of Inglewood — promise to be a challenging test for the Hawai'i secondary in tomorrow night's game, set for 8 o'clock at Aloha Stadium.

Carroll, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior who has made a verbal commitment to play for Southern California, said he has run the 40-yard dash in 4.28 seconds. His coach at Cathedral, Chris Flores, said Carroll is only the fifth boy in California history to win state championships in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

His times: 10.42 in the 100, 20.91 in the 200.

By comparison, the times of Hawai'i's 2008 state champion, Christopher Rainey of Radford, were 11.00 and 22.44.

Evans — who is a chiseled 6-1, 203 pounds — said he has run the 40 in 4.44 seconds. He has committed to Notre Dame.

And according to former All-Pro receiver Andre Rison, who is an assistant on the Mainland team, Carroll and Evans are not just fast.

"There are guys who run like deers, but a guy like Shaq — who is already 195, 200 pounds — is hard to find," Rison said. "Football is the one sport where physically, you cannot jump from high school to the pros. But these two kids, when you look at their bodies, they look like they could play pro ball already."

Rison said Carroll and Evans also are technicians who "take the time to do the little things to get better." He said they have been known to catch 500 passes a day in private workouts.

"When I look at a guy, I want to see if he can run routes, because a lot of speed guys can't run routes," Rison said. "We always say, 'If you line up a 4.4 guy against another 4.4 guy, who's going to win?'

"You have to know how to get open, how to stop, go, break down. These guys know how to find the windows, the creases in the defense. I coach hard, I coach to score (touchdowns), and both of them can do that."

When asked to compare Carroll and Evans style-wise to NFL receivers, Rison said Carroll "is like a Santana Moss," and he likened Evans to Andre Johnson.

The special all-star game rules will allow the Hawai'i team to play a "Cover 3" (three safeties deep) zone defense in certain situations, and the cornerbacks — Kela Marciel of 'Iolani and Jray Galeai of Kahuku — can play "press" near the line of scrimmage in Cover 2.

"Sometimes, the only way to beat speed is with speed, and the hardest part for us will be to prevent the big plays," Hawai'i coach Wendell Say said. "They have guys with speed, gamebreakers.

"But we have kids with 'game speed,' which can be hard to gauge. Kela and Jray are competitive, rugged guys. They're athletes, and they can play."