Kellen Imada rushed for three touchdowns and Jarrett Arakawa completed his first 11 passes to lead 'Iolani to a 28-6 win over Word of Life yesterday.

An afternoon homecoming crowd of about 2,000 at Kozuki Stadium saw the Raiders improve to 8-3 overall and 5-2 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II. Word of Life fell to 2-9, 0-8.

"We just came off playing the 'big three,' so that took a toll on the confidence," said 'Iolani coach Wendell Look of having played the ILH's Division I teams. "We came out and did what we needed to do, both offensively and defensively."

The Raiders, ranked 9th in The Advertiser's Top 10 poll, had clinched the ILH Division II championship and the league's lone state tournament berth before yesterday's game.

"This game was important (despite previously clinching), because we needed to regain that confidence and get back to playing well," Look said.

The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Raiders.

'Iolani, which did all of its scoring in the first half, used its opening drive to jump out to a 7-0 lead on Imada's first touchdown run.

The play was set up by a 20-yard pass from Arakawa to Imada to get it down to the Firebrands' 7-yard line. Imada's scamper off left tackle with 7:42 left in the first quarter capped a six-play, 54-yard drive.

After a WOLA three-and-out, the Raiders' offense put together a nine-play drive that covered 79 yards and extended their lead to 14-0 on a 3-yard run by Imada.

"Everybody got their blocks down, the receivers downfield and the (offensive) linemen did a good job driving their guys back," said Imada, who finished with 83 yards on 15 rushes.

On the first play of the second quarter, 'Iolani's Breland Almadova fielded a WOLA punt and returned it to the Firebrands' 40-yard line.

Three plays later, Arakawa found Kela Marciel alone in the back of the end zone for a TD.

Imada scored on a 7-yard run on the Raiders' next drive to give his team a 28-0 halftime lead.

WOLA got its lone score on a 73-yard run by Gabe Miller, who finished with 112 yards.

Arakawa finished 17 of 23 passing for 219 yards.

WORD OF LIFE (2-9, 0-8) 0 0 0 6 — 6

'IOLANI (8-3, 6-2) 14 14 0 0 — 28

Iol — Kellen Imada 7 run (Andrew Skalman kick).

Iol — Imada 3 run (Skalman kick).

Iol — Kela Marciel 30 pass from Jarrett Arakawa (Skalman kick).

Iol — Imada 7 run (Skalman kick).

WOLA — Gabe Miller 73 run (kick blocked).

RUSHING — WOLA: Miller 11-112, Richard Lanford 5-12, Alex Bodine 9-14, Ryan Alvarado 1-3, Paul Christian Morales 6-3, Kendall Ching 6-13. 'Iolani: Imada 15-83, Travis Sato 1-2, Ammon Baldomero 15-20, Kasai Naiwi 1-0, Jaron Teramoto 4-5, team 1-(minus 8).

PASSING — WOLA: Ching 3-4-0—43, Morales 0-1-1—0, Alvarado 1-3-0—8. 'Iolani: Arakawa 17-23-1—219, Jordan DePonte 1-2-0—9.

RECEIVING — WOLA: Morales 1-2, Miller 2-46, Alvarado 1-3. 'Iolani: Travis Muraoka 1-12, Keenan Ho'ohuli 3-49, Brandon Ball 4-38, Imada 1-20, Trevyn Tulonghari 1-9, Kevin Barayuga 1-9, Marciel 1-30, Anthony Genco 2-22, Sato 1-12, Sheldon Lee 1-6, Baldomero 1-12, Lambert Leong 1-9.