It’s opening night in the 808 with seven high school football games scheduled for Oahu.
One of two games pitting a team from the ILH against a team from the OIA takes place in Savai’i Eselu’s debut as head coach for Moanalua Na Menehune, which hosts Eddie Klaneski’s Damien Monarchs. Kickoff is scheduled for right around 7:30 p.m.
Final: Moanalua 46, Damien 24
Boxscore
Moanalua 46, Damien 24
At Moanalua
Damien (0-1) 3 0 6 15 — 24
Moanalua (1-0) 0 19 14 13 — 46
DMS—FG Dylan Tapat 31
Moa—Roland Rodrigues 1 run (run failed)
Moa—Ryan Ramones 88 yard pass from Alakai Yuen (Yuen kick)
Moa—Ramones 27 yard pass from Yuen (run failed)
Moa—Rodrigues 9 yard pass from Yuen (Yuen kick)
Moa—Ramones 41 yard pass from Yuen (Yuen kick)
DMS—Marcus Faufata-Pedrina 1 yard run (run failed)
Moa—Ramones 16 yard pass from Yuen (Yuen kick)
DMS—Shaun Apiki 42 yard pass from Mar. Faufata-Pedrina (Tapat kick)
DMS—Mar. Faufata-Pedrina 10 yard run (Matt Faufata-Pedrina pass from Mar. Faufata-Pedrina)
Moa—Ramones 19 yard pass from Yuen (kick failed)
Rushing
MOA: Rodrigues 8-66; Yuen 8-38; Jeremy Rodriguez 3-8; Chad Shiraishi 2-6
DMS: Mar. Faufata-Pedrina 14-93, Deacon Kapea 10-5; Akila Arecchi 4-4; Mat. Faufata-Pedrina 1-(-3)
Passing
MOA: Yuen 17-27-3-364
DMS: Mar. Faufata-Pedrina 11-24-3-135
Receiving
MOA: Ramones 10-268; Rylan Miguel 2-44; Ezra Grace 2-9, Charles Reed 1-21; Brandon Bender 1-13; Rodrigues 1-9
DMS: James Livingston-Lopez 3-34; Apiki 2-48; Arecchi 2-40; Mat. Faufata-Pedrina 1-11; Kapea 1-1.
10:21: And that’s it. Na Menehune with a big win under Eselu, no small feat matching wits with Klaneski and coming out on top.
10:01 p.m.: Faufata-Pedrina scores again for Damien, this time from seven yards. Monarchs out of time, though, down 40-24 with 2:42 left.
9:43 p.m.: Damien doing work, Faufata-Pedrina to Apiki for 42 yards but Monarchs trail 40-16
9:33 p.m.: Yuen to Ramones 16 yards, Monarchs just can’t keep him from getting the ball. Moanalua up 40-9. Ramones at 208 yards, school record is 310 by Karson Kruz. Only he and Jason Sharsh has had more receiving yards than Ramones.
9:25 p.m.: Marcus Faufata-Pedrina breaks the plane frokm a yard out for Damien, but the PAT failed. Moanalua up 33-9 after three quarters.
9:15 p.m.: Yuen to Ramones again, this time from 41 yards. 33-3 Moanalua. Ramones has 6 catches for 192 yards and 3 scores, already the sixth highest yardage game in Moanalua history.
8:59 p.m.: Yuen to Rodrigues for 9 yards, Moanalua runs it to 26-3 in the third.
8:34 p.m.: Halftime. Damien can’t stop Moanalua from running up the gut. Roland Kea Rodrigues of Moanaloua has 6 carries for 53 yards, an 8.8 average, skewed by his earlier plunge. Adjustments are sure to come.
8:25 p.m.: Yuen pass to Ramones for 25 yards, but the PAT failed.
1:40 in 2Q, Na Menhune up 19-3
8:19 p.m.: Alakai Yuen of Moanalua has three picks already. 5:32 left in 2Q
8:08 p.m.: Moanalua scores again, this time on a long pass, Yuen to Ryan Ramones. Moanalua 13, Damien 3 in the second quarter.
8:03 p.m.: Moanalua scored on a plunge from the 1, but the PAT failed. Na Menehune 6, Monarchs 3.
7:50 p.m.: Damien gets on the board first with a 37-yard field goal. Three minutes left in the first.
Live updates will follow but for now, here are some notes to get you ready:
Last meeting: Moanalua’s Jay Laudato accounted for 197 total yards and three touchdowns as Moanalua won an interleague game 27-7 to open the 2011 season.
>> The teams have only played twice in the last 43 years, splitting the two meetings. Damien opened the 1989 season with a 21-0 shutout of Na Menehune at Aloha Stadium.
>> Since the start of the 2012 season, Damien is 3-1 against OIA teams.
>> Damien QB Marcus Faufata-Pedrina set the Monarchs’ single-game passing record in his last game, throwing for 296 yards in a 42-33 loss to Konawaena in the D-II state tournament last year.
>> The Monarchs have won four consecutive season openers since going 0-9 in 2011.
>> Moanalua hasn’t played a team from the ILH since 2011.
>> Savai’i Eselu is the 11th head football coach at Moanalua. Coaches in their debut games for Na Menehune are 3-6-1 all-time.
2014: Jason Cauley beat Waianae 30-23
2003: Arnold Martinez lost to Waiakea 46-12
1995: Jose Guevara lost to Aiea 35-6
1992: Clyde Fukumoto lost to Baldwin 41-7
1990: Nino Murray lost to Campbell 16-0
1984: Donald Ng beat Kalani 16-7
1980: Stan Uyeshiro tied Kalaheo 7-7
1978: Keith Morioka lost to Waimea 19-7
1976: Larry Arnold loss to St. Anthony 25-6
1973: Allen Takamori beat Kau 20-0
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