LIHU‘E —Kapa‘a Eagle Bryce Dato broke open for a four-yard touchdown with 30 second remaining to give the JPW Kapa‘a Eagles a 6-2 edge over the Lihu‘e Patriots. Billed as the game of the week, the Eagles JPW emerge as
LIHU‘E —Kapa‘a Eagle Bryce Dato broke open for a four-yard touchdown with 30 second remaining to give the JPW Kapa‘a Eagles a 6-2 edge over the Lihu‘e Patriots.
Billed as the game of the week, the Eagles JPW emerge as the sole leader of the standings with the win in the Kaua‘i Pop Warner Football League.
Lalane Corpuz, president of the Lihu‘e Pop Warner Association, said this year, the JPW winner from the Kaua‘i league has a chance to participate in the Nationals game in Florida.
Once the Kaua‘i title is secure, Corpuz said the Kaua‘i JPW winner advances to a playoff game on O‘ahu, and if successful, will advance to the Nationals in Florida.
Alika Ventura had two 9-yard touchdown runs and Brock DeCosta had a 91-yard interception runback for touchdown in the Koloa JPW’s 19-0 win over the Hanapepe Colts JPW.
The Koloa win puts it in a tie with the Lihu‘e Patriot JPW at 1-1 and two points each. Kapa‘a Eagles JPW leads the division at 2-0 and four points. Kekaha, enjoying a bye, Saturday, is 0-1.
Koloa Jr. Midget quarterback Kelson Andrade threw for four touchdowns and Kainoa Simao added a 14-yard scoring run in the Koloa Jr. Midgets’ 34-18 win over the Hanapepe Colts.
Adrade opened the books on a one-yard hit to Chase McFadden at the 3:46 mark of the opening frame followed by Simao’s 14-yard scamper announcing Koloa at the 4:02 mark in the second quarter for the 14-0 advantage after Kyren Rapacon iced Simao’s TD on a PAT boot.
Simao’s score was set up on a fumble recovery by Koloa defender Ka‘eo Palama-Souza who ran the ball to the Hanapepe 14-yard stripe where Simao scored from on the next play from scrimmage.
But Hanapepe Colts’ Henry Delos Reyes connected with Clysen Agrade for a 79-yard pass play for touchdown at the 1:44 mark.
The scoring flurry continued when Andrade answered on a 45-yard touchdown pass to Kendall Rivera with just 33 ticks showing in the half for the 20-6 halftime score.
Andrade opened the third quarter on another scoring hit to McFadden, this time an 8-yarder with Andrade taking the point-after for the 27-6 Koloa lead.
The Colts answered with two touchdowns in the final period when Brock Tacata scored on a 7-yard plunge and Blaze Rendon scooted 30 yards to paydirt at the 3:13 mark.
Koloa answered on another Andrade to Rivera connection, this time a 39-yard scoring hit at 6:25. Rapacon took the point-after run for the 34-18 final.
Leevi Bethel ran for two touchdowns and Rashaan Kuhaulua threw a scoring pass as Kapa‘a Eagles Jr. Midgets wrapped up a 23-0 win over the Lihu‘e Patriots.
Kuhaulua’s pass was good for a 22-yard strike to Daniel Alonzo in the opening quarter.
Alonzo also ran the point-after for the 7-0 first quarter bulge.
With 1:58 showing in the first quarter, Bethel struck paydirt on a 32-yard run with Kuhaulua doing the PAT kick for the 15-0 first quarter Kapa‘a lead.
Bethel peeled off 48 yards for the final score in the third quarter with Kuhaulua doing the PAT boot for the 23-0 final at the 8:56 mark.
Both Koloa and Kapa‘a are tied for the lead in the Jr. Midget division with 2-0 records and 4 points each. Hanapepe and Lihu‘e drop to 0-2 and Kekaha is 0-1.
Games move to the Hanapepe Stadium, Saturday, when Koloa hosts Kapa‘a in the morning series and Hanapepe hosts Kekaha in the afternoon series. First games kick off at 9 a.m.
