'Iolani can at least be assured of some security at quarterback.

Junior Jarrett Arakawa completed 19 of 29 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns to help the Raiders outlast Damien, 27-21, last night in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II season opener at Aloha Stadium.

With Arakawa behind center, the Raiders (3-1 overall, 1-0 ILH) were able to use the athletic Kela Marciel, last year's starting quarterback, at receiver. But mostly, Arakawa's performance gives 'Iolani depth at QB.

"It still gives us options and that's what we're looking at," 'Iolani coach Wendell Look said of having both available to play quarterback.

Look was pleased with Arakawa's outing.

"He was pretty sharp, made pretty good decisions all around," Look said. "For the first time in an ILH game for a long time, I thought that was an impressive start right there."

Arakawa threw TD passes of 4 yards to Keenan Hoohulu, 77 yards to Brandon Ball and 39 yards to Trevyn Tulonghari.

But his best play came while the Raiders were trying to milk the clock. On fourth-and-3 at the Damien 21 with 52 seconds left, Arakawa's hard count drew the Monarchs to an encroachment that gave 'Iolani a first down, ending any hope of a Damien rally. Arakawa took a knee on the next two plays to drain the clock.

"We do that all the time in practice," Damien coach Wally Aina said of preparing for hard counts. "But the kids played their hearts out. Who knows what 15, 16, 17 year olds are going to do?"

The Raiders took a 21-0 lead after linebacker Carl Gibson returned an interception 24 yards for a TD with 1:21 left in the half.

An interception by Damien's Andrew Morgan set up the Monarch's first TD of the game, a 6-yard run by Brenan Furtado with Makana Ka'anoi's PAT pulling Damien to 21-7.

Arakawa's third TD pass of the game to start the fourth quarter increased Iolan's lead to 27-7.

The Monarchs made it interesting with two fourth-quarter TDs to pull within six.

Ball led all receivers with 118 yards on five catches for Iolani.

Damien's Tuitele passed for 151 yards, 101 of them to receiver Ka'anoi, who had eight catches. Furtado led all rushers with 136 yards on 20 carries.

'IOLANI (3-1, 1-0 14 7 0 6 — 27

DAMIEN (3-1, 0-1 0 0 7 14 — 21

Iol—Keenan Hoohuli 4 pass from Jarrett Arakawa (Andrew Skalman kick)

Iol—Brandon Ball 77 pass from Arakawa (Skalman kick)

Iol—Carl Gibson 24 interception return (Skalman kick)

Dam—Brenan Furtado 6 run (Makana Ka'anoi kick)

Iol—Trevyn Tulonghari 39 pass from Arakawa (kick failed)

Dam—Ka'anoi 35 pass from Anthony Tuitele (Ka'anoi kick)

Dam—Tuitele 1 run (Ka'anoi kick)

RUSHING—'Iolani: Arakawa 2-0, Kellen Imada 22-97, Ammon Baldomero 2-6, Kela Marciel 1-(minus 4), Team 2-(minus 15).

Damien: Tuitele 11-50, Furtado 20-136, Kawika Anders 5-13.

PASSING—'Iolani: Arakawa 19-29-1—300.

Damien: Tuitele 17-27-2—151.

RECEIVING—'Iolani: Tulonghari 4-71, Hoohulu 3-27, Marciel 4-59, Brandon Ball 5-118, Kevin Barayuga 2-19, Travis Muraoka 1-6.

Damien: Furtado 5-18, Ka'anoi 8-101, Josh Asuncion 2-6, Anders 1-15, Austin Dawson 1-11.