An interleague clash between two perennial O'ahu high school football powerhouses last night turned into a game of inches, as Kamehameha held off visiting Farrington, 7-6.

The Warriors, tied for No. 4 with Farrington in The Advertiser's statewide Top 10 football poll of media and coaches, improved to 3-0 overall.

The Governors fell to 2-1, but only after missing an extra point attempt with 5:21 remaining and coming up short on fourth-and-inches on the Kamehameha 30-yard line with 1:38 left.

"It's hard to say, I didn't see it too well from where I was," Farrington coach Randall Okimoto said of the final, crucial spot. "It looked close, but that's the way the game goes."

Very little separated the two teams all night in a hard-hitting, high-quality contest that more resembled a state tournamment championship than an early season nonleague matchup. A capacity crowd of about 3,000 at Kamehameha's scenic Kunuiakea Stadium was on the edge of its collective seat for most of the night.

"It was a high-intensity game," Warriors coach Kanani Souza said. "A spectator's delight."

The game was a scoreless duel for 39 minutes, as both teams came up with countless huge plays on defense — including 10 sacks by Kamehameha and six by the Govs. The Warriors finally broke through on Jordan Rego's 12-yard touchdown run with 8:27 remaining.

Even that drive was kept alive by a conversion on fourth-and-4 from the Farrington 32.

The Govs answered with an 11-play, 80-yard scoring drive that was kept alive by a 12-yard quarterback scramble by Elijah Filifili on fourth-and-5 from his own 48.

However, the extra point attempt was wide right by about a foot.

Farrington's defense then came through again, forcing a three-and-out and giving the offense the ball back with 3:20 left. A spectacular 13-yard catch by Maeli Siliga set up the fourth-and-inches, but Filifili was stuffed at the line of scrimmage.

Okimoto said it was Kamehameha's secondary that caused problems earlier in the game.

"Most of the (Warriors') sacks were coverage sacks; there wasn't too much breakdown in protection," Okimoto said. "I'm disappointed in our offense; we expected to score more. But their secondary did a great job."

Kamehameha safety Rykin Enos, who had one of the Warriors' two interceptions, said the Warriors were up to the challenge of facing a Governors offense that scored 98 points in their first two games.

"Our coaches did a good job preparing us well for this week," Enos said. "Our team was focused to play. If we cover our guys, if everybody does their job, guarantee we'll get a sack."

Souza was equally impressed with Farrington's defense.

"Boy, they're good," Souza said. "They did a super job."

FARRINGTON (2-1) 0 0 0 6—6

KAMEHAMEHA (3-0) 0 0 0 7—7

Kam — Jordan Rego 12 run (Tyler Akao kick)

Far — Elijah Lesu 11 pass from Elijah Filifili (kick failed)

RUSHING — Farr: Elijah Filifili 14-(minus-12), Joshua Fernandez 2-8, Hercules Sula 8-54. Kam: Michael Hoke 9-(minus-36), Truman Chun 17-67, Jordan Rego 11-41, Kekoa Osorio 1-3, Kahaku Ka'ai 1-(minus-9).

PASSING — Farr: Filifili 12-23-2—122. Kam: Hoke 4-5-0—20; Ka'ai 4-8-0—34.

RECEIVING — Farr: Fernandez 2-22, Elijah Lesu 4-49, Sula 4-23, Maeli Siliga 2-28. Kam: Osorio 3-6, Chun 1-4, Charles Soon III 2-23, Ian Bernardino 1-14, Rego 1-7.

Reach Wes Nakama at wnaka ma@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2456.

MORE NON-LEAGUE GAMES

PUNAHOU 23, EASTLAKE 16: Manti Te'o scored on a 6-yard run with 7:49 to play and Everett Yano intercepted a pass with 2:24 left as the Buffanblu beat the Wolves at Qwest Field, home of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.

It was the feature game of the Emerald City Kickoff Classic, which included four other games.

Punahou quarterback Brett Kan completed 17 of 22 passes for 211 yards and one touchdown.

Buffanblu All-State wide receiver Miah Ostrowski injured his ankle in the second quarter and did not return to action. There was no information on his condition. He had five catches for 76 yards and one touchdown.

PUNAHOU (3-0) 7 2 7 7—23

EASTLAKE (0-1) 6 3 7 0—16

Pun — Miah Ostrowski 41 pass from Brett Kan (River Kim kick).

East — Jared Fagen 17 pass from Ryan Robertson (kick blocked).

Pun — Safety, Tanor Johnson intentionally grounded the ball in the endzone.

East — FG Johnson 22.

Pun — Manti Te'o 6 run (Kim kick).

East— Dane Steele 50 run (Johnson kick).

Pun — Te'o 6 run (Kim kick). RUSHING — Punahou: Dalton Hilliard 14-36, Kainoa Carlson 8-22, Kan 4-(minus 15), Te'o 3-13. Eastlake: Johnson 4-14, Robertson 3-(minus 4), Taylor Lappano 3-5, Steele 6-67, Kani Hughes 1-0.

PASSING — Punahou: Kan 17-22-2—211. Eastlake: Johnson 4-10-0—20, Robertson 11-22-1—150.

RECEIVING — Punahou: Kamerson Steinhoff 3-73, Kim 5-43, Ostrowski 5-76, Kyle Whitford 2-(minus 4), Carlson 1-8, Hilliard 1-15. Eastlake: Fagen 2-51, Taylor Corr 1-31, Lucas Hufford 2-37, Justin Helwege 5-28, Eric Hill 2-(minus 3), Steele 2-13, Cory McKay 1-13.

Reported by Yukio Hamada

IOLANI 26, MOANALUA 7: Ryan Dung hits Aaron Fong with a 23-yard scoring pass and Kela Marciel and Justin Yamamoto ran for touchdowns to lead the Raiders of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu over Na Menehune of the O'ahu Interscholastic Association.

MOANALUA (1-2) 0 0 7 0— 7

IOLANI (2-1) 0 3 14 9—26

Iol — FG Kody Adams 21.

Iol — Aaron Fong 23 pass from Ryan Dung (Adams kick).

Moan — Jordan Monico 3 run (Justin Watanabe kick).

Iol — Kela Marciel 17 run (Adams kick).

Iol — Safety, Kirk Hubbard tackled in endzone.

Iol — Justin Yamamoto 1 run (Adams kick). RUSHING — Moanalua: Monico 19-104, Jordan Taniyama 3-1, Chazman Oili Laa 1-2, Mark Tupas 12-32, Pono Tiave 4-12. Iolani: Yamamoto 24-94, Marciel 4-43, Daniel Takami 1-3, Travis Muraoka 3-(minus 2).

PASSING — Moanalua: Monico 6-13-2—77. Iolani: Dung 15-21-0—152, Marciel 1-1-0—12.

RECEIVING — Moanalua: Darryl Nicely 1-11, Jarin Salvador-Atabay 2-25, Savai'i Eselu 2-34, Tupas 1-7. Iolani: Lionel Fujioka 7-80, Reid Furukawa 3-33, Ronnie Hirokawa 2-17, Fong 2-33, Jordan Nakamura 1-6, Yamamoto 1-(minus 5).

Reported by Stu Matsunami

PAC-FIVE 28, KALAHEO 20: Bryson Beirne tossed two TD passes, and Liko Satele and Jaime Rivera each scored twice to lead the Wolfpack of the ILH past the Mustangs of the OIA Red.

PAC-FIVE (2-1) 7 7 7 7—28

KALAHEO (1-2) 0 14 0 6—20

P5 — Jamie Rivera 17 pass from Bryson Beirne (kick good).

P5 — Liko Satele 10 pass from Beirne (kick good).

Kala — Aka Poole 7 pass from Cody Vonappen (kick failed).

Kala — Poole 6 pass from Vonappen (Poole run).

P5 — Satele 20 run (kick good).

P5 — Rivera 45 run (kick good).

Kala — Koakela Siliga 10 run (run failed).

RUSHING — Pac-Five: Satele 7-59, Rivera 15-124, Matt Chibata 9-9, Phillip Sarubi 2-6, Chris Tamanaha 2-9. Kalaheo: Vonappen 5-29, Siliga 6-63, Lopaka Ancog 1-3, Poole 13-129, Kord Walls 2-14,

PASSING — Pac-Five: Beirne 7-15-1—98. Kalaheo: Vonappen 4-9-0—96.

RECEIVING — Pac-Five: Rivera 2-56, Matt Vayan 2-26, Sarubi 1-6, Zach Fujimoto 1-3, Chibata 1-7. Kalaheo: Kao Malama-Custer 2-26, Bruce Andrews 1-38, Keano Bruhn 1-9, Siliga 1-23.

JV score — Pac-Five 27, Kalaheo 14.

Reported by Chris Mellor

OIA GAMES

'AIEA 21, CAMPBELL 20: Alfredo Higa threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as visiting Na Ali'i held off the Sabers in an OIA Red West game. Higa threw TD passes pf 6 and 69 yards to Aldodius Colquitt, and scored on a 1-yard run.

'AIEA (2-1, 1-0) 7 6 0 8—21

CAMPBELL (2-1, 0-1) 7 0 0 13—20

Camp—Obadiah Mataio 1 run (Martin Kodama kick)

'Aiea—Aldodius Colquitt 6 pass from Alfredo Higa (Mason Puckett kick)

'Aiea—Higa 1 run (kick failed)

Camp—Jesse Lee 2 run (Kodama kick)

'Aiea—Colquitt 69 pass from Higa (Bryan Echalas pass from Higa)

Camp—Lee 5 run (run failed) RUSHING — 'Aiea: Crenston Ioapo 7-17, Daniel Liilii 3-18, Alan Fonoti 1-7, Higa 4-1. Campbell: Bronson Ellis-Riveria 13-64, Lee 9-37, Pita Feleunga 4-17, Mataio 4-(minus 16), Kodama 1-17, Lowen Tynanes-Perez 7-23.

PASSING — 'Aiea: Higa 18-30-2—297. Campbell: Mataio 3-9-0—45.

RECEIVING — 'Aiea Ezra Knight 3-2, Echalas 2-61, Colquitt 4-104, Kekoa Kaaiakamanu 1-12, Fonoti 8-118. Campbell: Kodama 2-38, Keneke Kapule 1-7.

JV score — Campbell 48, 'Aiea 6.

Reported by Iman Nejad

LEILEHUA 37, RADFORD 19: Bryant Moniz threw three touchdown passes, two to Martin Iosefo, and Micah Abreu Laybon scored on runs of 5 and 17 yards as the Mules beat the Rams in the OIA Red West opener for both teams at Mililani High School.

LEILEHUA (2-1, 1-0) 7 17 7 6—37

RADFORD (1-2, 0-1) 0 6 0 13—19

Lei — Micah Abreu Laybon 5 run (Jordan Figueroa kick).

Lei — FG Figueroa 32.

Lei — Allan Macam 10 pass from Bryant Moniz (Figueroa kick).

Rad — Kyle Blair 91 kickoff return (pass failed).

Lei — Martin Iosefo 11 pass from Moniz (Figueroa kick).

Lei — Abreu Laybon 17 run (Figueroa kick). Lei — Iosefo 9 pass from Moniz (kick failed).

Rad — Stephen Jenkins 10 pass from Justin Lord (kick blocked).

Rad — Scott Ruehl 29 pass from Lord (Jonathon Atangan kick). RUSHING — Leilehua: Alex Cruz 2-6, Abreu Laybon 13-83, Bronson Pausa 6-14, Moniz 4-(minus 12), Kaipo DeRego 7-5, Stanford Salavea 1-21, Paul Hernandez 3-6, Will Burford 2-7, Robert Siavii 1-(minus 4), Team 1-(minus 12). Radford: Ezekiel Pulou 10-21, Epa Maika 3-(minus 10), Lord 5-35, Team 2-(minus 18).

PASSING — Leilehua: Moniz 15-37-0—134, DeRego 1-2-0—8. Radford: Lord 6-16-3—88, Maika 2-6-1—9.

RECEIVING — Leilehua: Iosefo 6-46, Tony Belen 1-5, Elijah Manaea 2-14, Abreu Laybon 3-34, Macam 3-28, Aric Edra 1-15. Radford: Pulou 1-5, Lord 1-4, Jenkins 1-10, Blair 1-15, Travis Daniels 1-2, Stephen Palmer 1-20, Ruehl 2-41.

JV score — Leilehua 10, Radford 7.

Reported by David Lane

KAIMUKI 13, KAISER 12: Kapono Kaiwi-Barrenuebo's 1-yard TD run and Perry Faleao's PAT early in the fourth quarter gave the Bulldogs a 13-6 lead.

Skyler Chan hit Kalua Noa with a 45-yard TD pass with about three minutes left, but the PAT kick was blocked as the Cougars lost an OIA White game.

KAIMUKI (2-1, 2-0) 6 0 0 7—13

KAISER (0-2, 0-1) 6 0 0 6—12

Kaim — Perry Faleao 1 run (kick blocked).

Kais — Skyler Chan 58 run (kick failed).

Kaim — Kapono Kaiwi-Barrenuebo 1 run (Faleao kick).

Kais — Kalua Noa 45 pass from Chan (kick blocked). RUSHING — Kaimuki: Faleao 6-11, Joshwa Salvador 5-8, Kaiwi-Barrenuebo 10-(minus 18), Craig Cabudol 2-13, Stephen Harris 1-3, Dolly Ainuu 1-3, James Bower 3-9, Keone Reyes 2-16, Chase Nanod 4-26. Kaiser: Isaac Saffery 11-(minus 15), Chan 9-80.

PASSING — Kaimuki: Kaiwi-Barrenuebo 13-21-0—174. Kaiser: Chan 7-17-2—85.

RECEIVING — Kaimuki: Bower 6-95, Romnick Paguryan 4-57, Salvador 3-22. Kaiser: Jake Esteban 2-11, Noa 2-50, Sid Slom 3-24.

JV score — Kaimuki 7, Kaiser 0.

Reported by Vivian Lin

PEARL CITY 53, KALANI 6: Antoin Dewalt scored on runs of 11, 24 and 10 yards in the first half and returned the second-half kickoff 73 yards for another score to lead the host Chargerss over the Falcons in an OIA White game.

KALANI (0-3, 0-2) 0 0 0 6— 6

PEARL CITY (3-0, 2-0) 33 6 7 7—53

PC — Micah Dela Cruz 11 run (Sean Hasegawa kick).

PC — Antoin Dewalt 11 run (kick failed).

PC — Dewalt 24 run (Dela Cruz run).

PC — Dewalt 10 run (kick failed).

PC — Chris Ditten 50 pass from Kawika Borden (kick failed).

PC — Cameron Dela Cruz fumble recovery in the endzone (kick failed).

PC — Dewalt 73 kick return (Hasegawa kick).

PC — Stayson Isobe 1 run (Hasegawa kick).

Kal — Dylan Matsuda 60 run (run failed).

RUSHING — Kalani: Brent Kanae 1-1, Timothy Benito 2-0, Sean Yamamoto 20-43, John Kaleimamahu 2-1, Dylan Matsuda 4-66. Pearl City: Micah Dela Cruz 8-74, Antoin Dewalt 3-45, Stayson Isobe 5-13, Jon Yamada 7-39, Arlen Ibesugawa 1-1, Zachary Teves 1-0, Kawika Borden 1-24.

PASSING — Kalani: Matsuda 4-8-0-1. Pearl City: Borden 4-10-0-114.

RECEIVING — Kalani: Matt Shishido 1-6, Yamamoto 3-minus 5. Pearl City: Jarrett Questel 1-8, Francis Hewlett 1-21, Chris Ditten 2-85.

Reported by Tony Soller

NEIGHBOR ISLAND GAMES

KONAWAENA 21, KEA'AU 18: Quarterback Kawai Kanuha scored on a 6-yard run with five seconds left as the visiting Division II Wildcats rallied past the Division I Cougars in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation game.

KONAWAENA (1-1, 1-0) 0 7 6 8—21

KEA'AU (0-2, 0-1) 0 0 12 6—18

Kona — Kenny Whiting 30 pass from Kawai Kanuha (Kali'i Kunitomo kick).

Kea — Bronson Kaneau 10 run (kick failed).

Kea — David Howell 70 pass from Kekai Cazimero (kick failed).

Kona — Nolan Reed 6 run (kick failed).

Kea — No. 54 50 kickoff return (kick failed).

Kona — Kanuha 6 run (Kunitomo from Kanuha).

Reported by Todd Brown

HONOKA'A 29, KAMEHAMEHA-HAWAI'I 28: The host Dragon rallied for 20 second-half points, including 13 in the fourth quarter to beat the Warriors in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division II game.

KAMEHAMEHA (1-1, 0-1) 14 14 0 0—28

HONOKA'A (1-1, 1-0) 0 9 7 13—29

Kam— Reece Alnas 97 fumble recovery (Kamaka Tauati kick).

Kam — Kolton Wong 15 run (Tauati kick).

Hon — Eddie Kawamoto 16 run (Jericho Sombrio kick).

Kam — Hogan Rosehill 8 pass from Nick Miyasato (Tauati kick).

Kam— Miyasato 12 run (Tauati kick).

Kam— Safety.

Hon— Kaipo Stender 1 run (Sombrio kick).

Hon — Stender 4 run (Sombrio kick).

Hon —Stender 14 run (run failed)

Reported by Kristen IIda

HILO 17, KOHALA 7: The visiting Vikings (1-1, 1-0) beat the Cowboys (0-1, 0-1) in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation opener for both teams. Details of the game were unavailable.

KING KEKAULIKE 40, MAUI 20: Shannon Kamakaokalani scored on runs of 9 and 18 yards, and also scored on an 88-yard kickoff return and a 47-yard punt return to power Na Ali'i over the Sabers in a Maui Interscholastic League game at War Memorial Stadium.

KING KEKAULIKE (2-0, 2-0) 7 14 13 6—40

MAUI (0-2, 0-2) 6 6 0 8—20

Maui — Andre Heslip 13 run (kick failed).

KK — Shannon Kamakaokalani 9 run (Matthew Casil kick).

KK— Kamakaokalani 18 run (kick failed).

Maui — Lance Villa 26 pass from Travis Kahaleauki (kick failed).

KK — Kyle Duarte 13 run (Javan Fulton run).

KK — Kamakaokalani 88 kick return (run failed).

KK — Kamakaokalani 47 punt return (Casil kick).

Maui — Jonathan Los Bano 23 run (Los Banos run).

KK — Michael Douglas 1 run (kick failed).

Reported by Rodney Higa

Reach Wes Nakama at wnakama@honoluluadvertiser.com.