LIHU‘E —A fumble recovery, bad snap and pass interception provided the seeds for the Kaua‘i High School junior varsity team, which took a 19-0 win over Kapa‘a, Saturday at Vidinha Stadium. With both teams demonstrating solid, aggressive defense, the first
LIHU‘E —A fumble recovery, bad snap and pass interception provided the seeds for the Kaua‘i High School junior varsity team, which took a 19-0 win over Kapa‘a, Saturday at Vidinha Stadium.
With both teams demonstrating solid, aggressive defense, the first quarter ended in a 0-0 stalemate with more of the same in the second period until the defensive duo of Micah Akutagawa-Ramos and Kalen Smith snared the loose pigskin on the Kapa‘a 4-yard line.
That set up the first score at the 3:58 mark in the half as Trey Aguano reaped the score on a four-yard slant in heavy traffic.
The point-after kick failed and Kaua‘i took a 6-0 bulge into the locker rooms at the half.
The Junior Red Raiders opened the second half on another key defensive play when it recovered a bad snap on a Kapa‘a punt attempt on the Warriors’ 3-yard line.
Working against the goal line stand, Dryke Smith-Butac tapped paydirt on a two-yard charge at the 6:12 mark, Grant Basquez gracing the TD with the PAT boot for the 13-0 read.
Kaua‘i’s Michael Gabriel plucked a Kapa‘a pass late in the period and ran it in for a score.
But the play was nullified on a Red Raider penalty and the ball was called back to the Kapa‘a 23-yard line from where Basquez split the uprights on a field goal with 45 ticks remaining in the period.
On the ensuing kickoff, Alvin Honorato capitalized on a muffed kickoff return, corralling the ball on the Kapa‘a 37-yard line with 42 seconds showing.
Less than 30 seconds into the fourth quarter, Basquez split the uprights on a 33-yard field goal for the final score of the game as Kaua‘i wrapped up a 19-0 win.
Kapa‘a will host Waimea this Saturday at the New Kapa‘a Town Park stadium with kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and the varsity game to start no later than 4:30 p.m.
