KANE'OHE — Winning a battle of fumble-itis, Kahuku rallied past Castle, 30-6, last night to complete an unbeaten regular season in the O'ahu Interscholastic Association's Red Conference Eastern Division.

A rain-soaked crowd of about 2,000 at Castle watched the Red Raiders — ranked No. 1 in The Advertiser's statewide Top 10 poll of coaches and media — improve to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in the OIA Red East. The Knights fell to 5-3, 3-3.

Both teams will have first-round byes in the upcoming league playoffs. Kahuku is the East's No. 1 seed; Castle is No. 3.

Intermittent showers made for poor conditions in last night's tune-up, helping to account for a combined 17 fumbles. The Knights lost seven of them, with one leading directly to a Red Raiders touchdown.

Kahuku capitalized throughout the game with a steady pass rush, one of which led to a safety midway through the first quarter when Castle quarterback Jaymason Lee was sacked in the end zone by Veteson Sauni and Kawehena Johnson for a 2-0 lead.

Knights linebacker Cy Pana recovered a Red Raiders fumble later in the quarter, and Castle cashed in immediately with Lee's 45-yard TD pass to Shaydon Kehano for a 6-2 lead with 2:49 remaining.

But that would be it for the Knights' offense, as fumbles and the Kahuku defense took over.

Hauoli Jamora recovered a Castle fumble and ran it into the end zone from 7 yards out, and Cameron Mercado's extra point gave the Red Raiders the lead for good at 9-7 with 3:24 left in the half.

After Kahuku forced a three-and-out following the ensuing kickoff, backup quarterback Sage Kaka led the Red Raiders on a five-play, 59-yard drive capped by his 3-yard scramble for a touchdown. Mercado's PAT made it 16-6 one second before intermission.

The teams exchanged fumbles to open the second half, then Kahuku marched 65 yards in nine plays culminating in Kaka's 1-yard play-action TD pass to Fonoivasa Mata'afa. Mercado's extra point made it 23-6 with 5:17 remaining in the third quarter.

On the following possession, Tigi Hill intercepted a swing pass by Lee and returned it 41 yards for a touchdown.

KAHUKU (8-0, 6-0) 2 14 14 0—30

CASTLE (5-3, 3-3) 6 0 0 0— 6

KAH — Safety, Jaymason Lee tackled in end zone

CAST — Shaydon Kehano 45 pass from Lee (kick failed)

KAH — Hauoli Jamora 7 fumble return (Cameron Mercado kick)

KAH — Sage Kaka 3 run (Mercado kick)

KAH — Fonoivasa Mata'afa 1 pass from Kaka (Mercado kick)

KAH — Tigi Hill 41 interception return (Mercado kick)

RUSHING — Kahuku: Viliami Pasi 17-60; Evan Moe 4-(minus-16); Tyrone Brown 8-38; Blaze Kubota 1-10; Punga Vea 1-2; Mata'afa 4-22; Kaka 1-3. Castle: Garrett Paredes 7-31; Kehano 1-7; Cory Ramos 2-(minus-5); Lowen Rogers 1-10; Lee 1-(minus-3); Hans Reppuhn 1-(minus-4); Joshua Kong 1-13.

PASSING — Kahuku: Moe 4-8-0—47; Kaka 7-7-0—77. Castle: Lee 9-15-1—127; Ramos 5-9-0—59.

RECEIVING — Kahuku: Vea 4-47; Kaipo Pearl 2-35; Brown 1-13; Pasi 1-16, Mata'afa 2-6; Kubota 1-7. Castle: Kehano 7-113; Jacque Hough 1-1; Paredes 2-24; Ramos 2-22; Austin Dawson 1-5; Ryan Kealoha 1-21.

JV SCORE — CASTLE 8, KAHUKU 6

FARRINGTON 20, KAIMUKI 17

Jared Hakuole passed for two touchdowns and Harry Tuimaseve ran for 118 yards and one touchdown as the Governors fended off the Bulldogs in an OIA Red East game at Roosevelt.

Hakuole went 6 of 13 for 134 yards with touchdown passes of 18 yards to Benjamin Malufau and 66 yards to Alvin Feamauili. Tuimaseve scored on a 5-yard run.

FARRINGTON (7-1, 5-1) 6 14 0 0—20

KAIMUKI (2-6, 2-4) 0 3 14 0—17

FARRINGTON — Harry Tuimaseve 5 run (kick failed)

KAIMUKI — FG Kaleo Mauricio 38

FARRINGTON — Benjamin Malufau 18 pass from Jared Hakuole (pass failed)

FARRINGTON — Alvin Feamauili 66 pass from Hakuole (Tuimaseve run)

KAIMUKI — Chester Sua 12 pass from Eddie Char (Mauricio kick)

KAIMUKI — Wiseman Demei 40 interception return (Mauricio kick)

RUSHING — Farrington: Tuimaseve 24-118, Siaasi Feleunga 8-27, Scotland Smith 8-14, Jared Hauole 3-(minus 23). Kaimuki: Sua 11-18, Char 3-(minus 17), Siale Taetakua 2-4, Casey Shaft-Opien 1-3, Tre Paderes 1-(minus 2).

PASSING — Farrington: Hakuole 6-13-1-134. Kaimuki: Char 12-24-1-92, Laau Kent 0-1-0-0

RECEIVING — Farrington: Feamuili 1-66, Benjamin Malufau 1-18, Sammy park 1-17, Apollo Faumui 1-12, Ranold Williams 1-11, Andrew Gangloff 1-10. Kaimuki: Christopher Flamate 4-23, Johnnie Tuitele 3-29, Nick Motellang 2-22, Sua 2-13, Demei 1-5.

JV SCORE — FARRINGTON 47, KAIMUKI 7

KALAHEO 25, PEARL CITY 22 OT

Jesse Carney scored three touchdowns, including the winning, 6-yard score in overtime, to spark the Mustangs over the host Chargers in an OIA White game.

Carney scored on runs of 61, 3 and 6 yards.

KALAHEO (6-2, 5-3) 7 3 2 7 6—25

PEARL CITY (3-5, 3-4) 0 13 6 0 3—22

KALAHEO — Jesse Carney 61 run (Dongwoo Kim kick)

PEARL CITY — Cyrus Coen 65 run (Tyler Yamanouchi kick)

PEARL CITY — Ronson Barrett 19 fumble recovery (kick failed)

KALAHEO — FG Kim 40

KALAHEO — Phil Tauai Safety

PEARL CITY — Coen 9 run (kick failed)

KALAHEO — Carney 3 run (Kim kick)

PEARL CITY — FG Yamanouchi 34

KALAHEO — Carney 6 run

RUSHING — Kalaheo: Eddie Tauai 6-33, Jonathan Dew 25-292, Justin Pagan 18-32. Pearl City: Ray Cooper III 10-50, Issac Shim 6-10, Dustin Bataya 10-69, Coen 5-106, Jarrick Duvachelle 1-3.

PASSING — Kalaheo: Pagan 3-6-0-34. Pearl City: Shim 5-10-1-61, Bataya 1-2-0-17.

RECEIVING — Kalaheo: Eddie Tauai 1-11, Torin Kringel 1-4, Jonathan Dew 1-19 Pearl City: Yamanouchi 2-47, Duvachelle 2-24, Cooper III 1-4, Kelson Laboy 1-3.

JV SCORE — PEARL CITY 31, KALAHEO 6

Reported by Kai Kamaka