GAME NIGHT 11/2: Kahuku/Mililani

Final box

At Aloha Stadium
Kahuku (7-4)    0    7    0    0    —    7
Mililani (9-2)    7    14    6    0    —    27

Mil—Ryan Chang 67 pass from Dillon Gabriel (Liam McGehee kick)
Kah—Mason Paulo 60 pass from Robert Sauvao (Duke Heffernan kick)
Mil—Cy Kuboyama-Hayashi 29 pass from Gabriel (McGehee kick)
Mil—Kilifi Malepeai 11 run (McGehee kick)
Mil—Reichel Vegas 47 pass from Gabriel (kick blocked)

RUSHING—Kahuku: Wes Alo-Maiava 6-10, Toalei Lefau 4-9, Sauvao 10-(-54), Zealand Matagi 3-1, Thorton Alapa 4-(-10). Mililani: Malepeai 11-40,  Raysen Motoyama 6-19, Gabriel 2-9, Javon Miller 1-2, RJ Javar 1-(-8), Team 2-(-5).
PASSING—Kahuku: Sauvao 9-21-0-127, Alapa 1-1-0-(-1). Mililani: Gabriel 26–39-2-375.
RECEIVING—Kahuku: Heffernan 3-15, Paulo 4-89, Lefau 1-2, Kainoa Crismon 1-4, Alo-Maiava 1-16.
Mililani: Chang 6-133, Vegas 5-86, Malepeai 3-27, Maka Hill 2-33, Mystik Sampaga 2-26, Kuboyama-Hayashi 5-57, Keola Lanias 1-5, Kai Banks 1-11, Motoyama 1-(-3).

Gabriel’s night is done with RJ Javar at QB. He takes a sack but it matters little. Mililani fumbles and Kahuku recovers with the clock at :00. Official puts :02 back on. Kahuku ball at its 38. Red Raiders take a knee and Mililani wins the OIA Open Division championship.

Sauvao hits Alo-Maiava over the middle for 16 yards and Paulo for 11. Holding on first down pushes the Red Raiders back as does an 18-yard sack on third down. Kahuku punts on fourth and 38. Mililani ball with 1:30 left.

Malepeai picks up 9 yards on two carries, the third down run is called back by an illegal shift. Gabriel to Kuboyama-Hayashi on a WR screen for 12 yards on third down. Kuboyama-Hayashi stays down after the play but is able to walk off the field. First down at the Kahuku 44. Raysen Motoyama picks up 11 up the middle. He’s dropped for a loss of 3 and is called for a facemask to move the Trojans back to the 40. Kahuku calls timeout before third-and-28. Screen to Motoyama goes for a loss of 3. Trojans punt. Kahuku ball at its 12 with 3:44 left.

Sauvao is sacked on second down and the Red Raiders go three and out for the third time in the second half.

Gabriel hits Chang for 10 yards and connects with Mystik Sampaga for 12 to the 39 on the final play of the third quarter. Gabriel to Maka Hill for 24 to the Kahuku 37. Drive stalls there and a fourth down pass sails high. Kahuku ball.

Red Raiders bring the return out to the 33. Sauvao back in at QB for Kahuku. He completes two passes for 13 yards to pick up a first down. Sauvao is dropped for a loss of 11 and the Red Raiders will punt again. Mililani ball at its 22.

Kahuku goes backward again and punts on fourth and 17. Mililani ball at the Kahuku 47. Gabriel wastes no time and goes deep to Vegas, who runs under it for the 47-yard TOUCHDOWN MILILANI. PAT blocked. 3:41 Q3.

Gabriel completes his first five throws of the half, working the right side, with Chang picking up 23. Trojans drive to the Kahuku 11 but consecutive holding calls brings up first and 27 from the 28. After three incomplete passes, McGehee attempts a 45-yard field goal, but it’s wide again. Kahuku ball. 6:07 Q3.

Mililani kicks off to start the second half. Kahuku starts at its 27. Thorton Alapa at QB for the Red Raiders. Kahuku goes three and out after a net loss of 6 yards. Mililani ball at its 36.

Halftime box

At Aloha Stadium
Kahuku (7-3)    0    7    —    7
Mililani (8-2)    7    14    —    21

Mil—Ryan Chang 67 pass from Dillon Gabriel (Liam McGehee kick)
Kah—Mason Paulo 60 pass from Robert Sauvao (Duke Heffernan kick)
Mil—Cy Kuboyama-Hayashi 29 pass from Gabriel (McGehee kick)
Mil—Kilifi Malepeai 11 run (McGehee kick)

RUSHING—Kahuku: Wes Alo-Maiava 5-7, Toalei Lefau 3-8, Sauvao 6-(-24), Zealand Matagi 3-1. Mililani: Malepeai 8-33, Gabriel 2-9.
PASSING—Kahuku: Sauvao 5-11-0-87. Mililani: Gabriel 11-17-2-208.
RECEIVING—Kahuku: Heffernan 2-16, Paulo 2-69, Lefau 1-2. Mililani: Chang 3-96, Reichel Vegas 2-33, Malepeai 3-27, Maka Hill 1-9, Mystik Sampaga 1-14, Kuboyama-Hayashi 1-29.

Sauvao tries a draw and is dropped for a loss of 4. After an incomplete pass and a 3-yard run, Mililani calls timeout with :18 left. Kahuku punts and Vegas brings it back 20 yards to the Kahuku 30 with :07 left. Trojans send out Liam McGehee for a 47-yard field goal. Kahuku calls timeout. McGehee’s kick goes wide right and that’ll end the half.

On second down, Gabriel hits Reichel Vegas over the middle and Vegas gets loose for a 29-yard gain to the Kahuku 15. Malepeai takes the next two handoffs and breaks through for an 11-yard TOUCHDOWN MILILANI. PAT good. 1:03 Q2.

Kahuku starts at its 20 and loses three yards. The drive ends with a sack by Kady and the Red Raiders punt. Mililani ball at midlfield.

Mililani starts at its 45. Gabriel takes off up the middle for 17 to the Kahuku 38. Gabriel to Malepeai on a screen for 11. On second and 12, Gabriel lofts a throw to the right side and Cy Kuboyama-Hayashi leaps to make the grab over a defender for a 29-yard TOUCHDOWN MILILANI. PAT good. 4:22 Q2.

False start moves it back to the Kahuku 1. On second down, Sauvao drops the snap, recovers and throws deep. Pass interference, Mililani. First down at the 16. Holding moves it back to the 8. Mililani stuffs a screen for 2 yards. A 9-yard completion is well short. Kahuku punts.

On second and 8, Sauvao is sacked by Mykah Tuiolemotu and fumbles. Shane Kady recovers for Mililani. After a Gabriel completion and a personal foul on Kahuku, Mililani had first and goal at the 9. Gabriel tries to throw an out to the left, but Joseph Taufa jumps it and comes up with the interception in the end zone and momentum brings him out to the 3. Kahuku ball. 7:35 Q2.

Mililani’s Kai Banks picks up a bouncing kickoff at the 15, circles back then hits a seam to the Kahuku 45. But holding brings it back to the Mililani 25. Timeout Mililani. Gabriel goes deep down the middle and it’s intercepted by Frisco Aveau at the Kahuku 45.

Wes Alo-Maiava picks up 6 yards on two runs. On third and 4, Sauvao hits Mason Paulo on a quick slant, Paulo slips away from a defender and he’s gone for a 60-yard TOUCHDOWN KAHUKU. PAT good. 9:04 Q2.

Gabriel is sacked for a loss of 8 on first down. Malepeai picks up 9 on a draw on third down, but the Trojans will punt again. Kahuku ball at its 34.

Lefau picks up 7 yards on first down. Encroachment gives Kahuku a first down. Sauvao’s pass is tipped but caught by Heffernan for 4 yards. Sauvao fakes a handoff and is swallowed up by Ezra Save for a 4-yard loss. Sauvao’s third down pass sails out of bounds on the final play of the first quarter. Kahuku opens the second with fourth and 10. A low punt bounces and is muffed but recovered by the Trojans at their 18.

Holding on first down brings up first and 18 from the 7. Gabriel to Kilifi Malepeai on a shovel pass for 13. A hold on Kahuku gives Mililani a first down at the 30. Cy Kuboyama-Hayashi makes a diving grab of a short throw but it comes back due to offensive pass interference. Malepeai gets 6 yards back on second down but Gabriel has to throw it away on third down and the Trojans will punt. Kahuku takes over at its 25. 1:53 Q1.

Kahuku faces third and 9 after two runs. Sauvao’s deep ball to Heffernan is long, but flags come in and pass interference gives the Red Raiders a first down at their 42. Time out Mililani. Toalei Lefau takes a snap and is stopped after 2 yards. Sauvao’s next two throws are incomplete. Red Raiders punt. Mililani ball at its 15. 4:04 Q1.

Gabriel finds Chang for 16 on first down. Holding and a delay of game push the Trojans back and Mililani punts. Kahuku ball at its 26. 6:33 Q1

Kahuku starts at its 20 after a touchback. Robert Sauvao’s first throw goes to Duke Heffernan for 12 yards. Sauvao fumbles on first down but the Red Raiders recover for a loss of 2. Trojans stuff a run up the middle and a third down pass is high. Ethan Erickson gets a big roll on his punt, which rolls to the Mililani 8.

Mililani starts at its 19. Dillon Gabriel’s first throw is incomplete. The next goes to Ryan Chang for 13 yards and Gabriel is the 11th Oahu QB to throw for 3,000 yards in a season. On the next snap, Gabriel rolls away from pressure, lofts it deep for Chang, who gets behind the secondary and takes it the distance for a 67-yard TOUCHDOWN MILILANI. PAT Good. 10:58 Q1.

Kahuku wins the toss and defers. Mililani will receive the opening kickoff. It looks like the teams are ready to take the field, but then remember to sing the alma maters first.

After a 3-hour-plus third-place game — Campbell def. Farrington 42-26 — the OIA Open final is about to get started. Probably one of the smaller crowds for an OIA championship.

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