LIHU‘E — Waimea’s trademark of running the ball certainly left a mark on Kapa‘a last night at Vidinha Stadium. The Menehune trampled over the Warriors, notching over 200 yards through the ground and defeating Kapa‘a, 29-6. With the win, the
LIHU‘E — Waimea’s trademark of running the ball certainly left a mark on Kapa‘a last night at Vidinha Stadium.
The Menehune trampled over the Warriors, notching over 200 yards through the ground and defeating Kapa‘a, 29-6. With the win, the Menehune jump right into the driving seat for KIF football with a perfect 2-0 record.
The Warriors are on the other side of the coin with an 0-2 record. Meanwhile, idle Kaua‘i sits in second place, one game back of the Menehune at 1-1.
With the score knotted at zero throughout the first part of the game, Kapa‘a was able to draw first blood and score its very first offensive points of the season with an 18-yard TD pass from Kalima Leong to Ward Mikami. Leong rolled out to the right and threw a perfect strike right into the soft hands of Mikami. However, the Warriors failed to convert the PAT to make it 6-0 at the two minute mark in the first.
Waimea was unable to get on the scoreboard in the initial period, but early in the second, the Menehune utilized quarterback Max Hadwin’s arm to get into the redzone. Hadwin’s 18-yard pass to Eric Oroc gave the Menehune good field position at the Kapa‘a five yard line, as Isaac Miyashiro made a TD saving tackle to deny Oroc the score. Just like in their first game against Kaua‘i, the Warriors put themselves in a hole with unsportsmanlike penalties, with one of them giving Waimea a first and goal at the three minute mark. Waimea’s Aina Emayo put the Menehune on the scoreboard with a 1-yard TD plunge, but Justin Estes’ PAT sailed wide right, as the game remained tied at 6-6. The Menehune struck again late in the second, as Hadwin hooked up with Estes for a 10-yard strike, as the two-point conversion failed, so at the half, the Menehune led 12-6. After a 39-yard scamper by Emayo, Estes connected on a 28-yard FG to put Waimea up 15-6 at the end of the third.
With seven minutes to go in the fourth, Emayo set his own TD up with a 19-yard run to the Kapa‘a four and then slashed in for the TD on the next play to give Waimea a 21-6 advantage with the Estes PAT.
A Hadwin to Estes 8-yard connection gave the Menehune another score with three minutes to go. Estes managed to punch the PAT through, for a 29-6 Waimea win. Kaua‘i and Kapa‘a battle next Friday at Vidinha Stadium, with JV action at 5 p.m. and varsity kick-off at 7:35 p.m.
Catch the TV broadcast off this game on Oceanic Time Warner Cable Channel 6 on Sunday and Wednesday from 9-11 p.m., following the JK Show.
