A perfect season. Although Waimea lost one game in pre-season play, they never lost a single contest for the rest of the regular season. Not in KIF play, and certaintly not last evening, after they handed Kapa’a (2-4) a grueling
A perfect season.
Although Waimea lost one game in pre-season play, they never lost a single contest for the rest of the regular season.
Not in KIF play, and certaintly not last evening, after they handed Kapa’a (2-4) a grueling 41-0 loss at Hanapepe Stadium.
Credit this latest walloping to the Menehune defense, who allowed only 32 yards of total offense in the first half.
Five first-half Menehune fumbles might have dampened their perfect 5-0 record. But Waimea’s “D” wouldn’t have it.
Kapa’a caused RB Jordan Dizon to fumble early in the first quarter, giving the Warriors good field position on the Menehune 40-yard line.
But following two sacks and a stuff for a mere one-yard gain, Waimea caused a three-and-out situation for Kapa’a, giving the Menehune offense another opportunity to step it up.
On Waimea’s ensuing possession, they fumbled again.
No matter. Another three-and-out gave the Menehunes a second chance to get some offensive production.
This time they got some in the form of Chelsey Barba. He was phenomenal on the ground, gaining 113-yards rushing in the first half alone (134 on the night).
Barba ran for 19-yards, reaching the neutral zone, and would run it in from six-yards out for the first score of the game: 7-0.
This would be the first of three Barba end-zone appearances in the evening.
Waimea stuffed Kapa’a’s offense again on the ensuing possession, which led to a 17-yard run from Barba, and his second touchdown run-this one from five yards out: 14-0.
In the second half, the Menehune offense tore it up. They would amass 419 total offensive yards in the game-323 on the ground, and would score four unanswered toucdowns in the second half alone.
Rayson Cacal scored the first TD of the second period with 6:43 on the clock, making it 21-0.
Replacement quarterback Jon Polacio, with 3:48 left in the third, threw a 25-yard bullet to TE Lanikai Kanahele: 28-0.
Barba would then score his third touchdown, a one-yard dash, with 1:20 left in the third quarter. Waimea missed the field goal: 34-0
And then Palacio made matters worse for the Warriors, bombing a 20-yard throw to Oliver Villanueva for the Menehune’s sixth end-zone appearance of the evening.
That about sealed the deal.
The Menehunes allowed the Warriors only 78 total yards of offense on the evening.
Waimea will next face the loser of Kailua and Castle next week in the first round of the HHSAA State Championships.
