LIHUE — Brycenson Abigania scored three touchdowns to lead the Kauai Bulldogs to a 48-8 win over the Kapaa Warriors Saturday at Vidinha Stadium. The nice-sized audience who braved the cold north winds saw the Bulldogs improve to 2-0 on
LIHUE — Brycenson Abigania scored three touchdowns to lead the Kauai Bulldogs to a 48-8 win over the Kapaa Warriors Saturday at Vidinha Stadium.
The nice-sized audience who braved the cold north winds saw the Bulldogs improve to 2-0 on the season while the Warriors, who dropped the season opener to the Westside Pride, fell to 0-2.
The Westside Pride, dropping to the Bulldogs 46-6 during a Friday night under the lights outing two weeks ago, sit at 1-1.
Following a fruitless exchange on the kickoff, the Bulldogs, an intermediate division squad of players in sixth through eighth grades, settled down. Yam opened the scorebooks on a 5-yard charge through traffic at the 5:55 mark.
Noah Tangalin split the uprights on the point-after boot for the 8-0 lead.
The score capped a long cross-field drive fueled by a long pass reception from Yam to Jacob Lombardo
Brycenson Abigania got his moment in the limelight on the next possession, taking a punt on a 50-yard ride down the sidelines to paydirt at the 3:31 mark.
Tangalin’s PAT boot was blocked for the 14-0 score at the end of the first quarter.
Abigania announced the Bulldogs in the second quarter by taking a Kapaa punt return for a 30-yard score with 7:01 remaining in the half.
Tangalin’s PAT boot pushed the Bulldogs to a 22-0 read which stood until the Bulldogs’ next possession.
On an ensuing punt return, Yam tucked in the pigskin and romped 68 yards to paydirt for the 28-0 margin.
The Bulldogs weren’t done yet as Abigania, with just 17 ticks remaining in the half, broke out for a 38-yard score. Tangalin’s PAT came up empty, leaving it 34-0 lead at the break.
Battling to keep from triggering the running clock, the Bulldogs’ defense generated its third quarter score when Taylenn Daligdig intercepted a Kapaa pass and ran it back to the Warriors’ 26-yard line.
Oli Baclayon set the running clock in motion after tapping paydirt on a 3-yard charge through heavy Kapaa traffic.
The Warriors got its break on the ensuing kickoff, relief signal caller Teili Fonua found Jai Alapai in the end zone on a long 50-yard pass play.
Kahale Kaleiohi did the point-after kick for Kapaa for the 40-8 reading.
Baclayon reaped the Bulldogs’ final score with 1:51 showing in the game, plucking a Fonua airball and running it back 11 yards for the score.
Brad Hiranaka, the KYF commissioner, said the next matchup will take place May 3 at Vidinha Stadium.
