For example, in the 1974 Prep Bowl vs Leilehua, the game winning touchdown play was “Boom 2 Keeper” with QB Blane Gaison faking handoffs to FB Reggie Keaunui and HB Radford Park, and then bootlegging untouched around right end into the Ewa endzone of the old Honolulu Stadium.

Also in that game, Clyde Kaui dashed 91 yards, also into the Ewa endzone, after a successfully executed “Boom 1 center trap” which had Warrior center Brian Plunkett pull left to trap Leilehua DT Feleti Brown. Meanwhile, LG Wendell Kawakami blocked down on the Mule NG while LT Dayle Turner (this poster) also blocked down on the (surprised due to misdirection fake) MLB (Leilehua was using a 5-3 defense). In the backfield, Gaison faked a handoff to FB Keaunui off right guard (hence the misdirection), and then pivoted to hand the ball off to Kaui over center.

We had practiced that play many times in the days preceding the game, and all that repetition paid dividends because in the game it worked beautifully. The MLB was influenced by the fake and at the moment he realized it was a fake and turned toward center, I was on him with a crushing block.

My block executed, I recall being atop him and Clyde leaping over us and streaking toward Ewa end zone glory.

A great memory of the Boom series.