Kapa’a has a lot to prove right now. Both to this league and to themselves. Facing 10th ranked Waimea at Hanapepe Park this Friday night might be a good place to start. Kapa’a is coming off a discouraging 13-7 loss
Kapa’a has a lot to prove right now.
Both to this league and to themselves.
Facing 10th ranked Waimea at Hanapepe Park this Friday night might be a good place to start.
Kapa’a is coming off a discouraging 13-7 loss at the hands of Kaua’i’s apparently underrated Red Raider football team.
Their offense was held to a total of 135 yards, 22 of them stemming from 4 of 22 pass attempts.
The Warriors’ offense was virtually non-existent, showing no ability to move the ball up the field or successfully push the Red Raider defense back towards their own end-zone.
A chance was donated to the Warrior offense late in the fourth following a Jud McRoberts interception, but Kapa’a couldn’t convert.
By the time they scored, it was too late.
On a brighter note for Kapa’a, Waimea will not look forward to what they saw the Warrior defense do last Friday.
The Warriors were able to hold off the Red Raiders in the neutral zone two times before Kaua’i’s Jameson Smith powered in for a one-yard touchdown run.
The Warriors held the Red Raiders to only 187 yards of total offense and limited them to 73 yards in the air.
This defense will be the key to stopping Waimea this Friday.
But, unlike the popular saying, defense doesn’t always win games. Somewhere along the line this offense is going to have to step it up and make some plays.
Doing this against the Mehunes will not be easy.
Waimea scored 29 points against that Red Raider team only a month ago.
They were held to two points prior to the second half, but they bounced back with 206 total yards of offense, 143 of those on the ground.
Waimea can adjust.
They can step it up and play hard-nosed football when it seems as if they are losing their concentration.
It’s going to be fun, ladies and gentleman.
Will Kapa’a return from their loss with a new offensive scheme or will Waimea prepare a ground assault that might send the Warriors west with a big L on their shoulders?
Find out tommorrow under the lights of Hanapepe Park at 7:30 p.m.
We’re just going to have to wait and see.
