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The Crusaders turned the ball over on downs on their first possession
and Kailua, rotating quarterbacks Kale Sumner
and Kenny Ellis on every play, marched from its own 30-yard line to the St. Louis
34-yard-line. Kaleo Wong then broke free
for what looked like a good gain, but he was hit from behind, forcing a fumble
that the Crusaders recovered at their own 9-yard line.
The first big offensive play for St.
Louis came a couple plays later when senior
quarterback Micah Mamiya hit junior slotback Lucas Gonsalves on a short pass. Gonsalves then made some nifty moves in the
open field to pick up 23 yards and a first down. After a holding call pushed the ball back to
the 30, Mamiya hit a streaking Ryan Iaea over the middle and nobody would catch
the senior slotback. The 70-yard
touchdown culminated a 6-play 91-yard drive to give the Crusaders a 7-nothing
lead.
On the ensuing kickoff, Joseph Lacaden chased down the Kailua kick returner at the 10-yard line and
the Crusaders had the Surfriders backed up near their own goal-line. On the very next play, the St. Louis defensive line came hard with big
Geordon Hanahano breaking through and tackling Sumner in the endzone for a
safety. That made it 9-nothing St. Louis.
A scoring barrage that took a mere 33 seconds continued. On the ensuing free kick, Tamatoa DeMello
broke free and went 72 yards for an apparent score. Unfortunately for DeMello, a block that
occurred several yards behind him was flagged for a penalty, and the ball was
brought back to the Kailua
40-yard line. No problem. On the very next play, Mamiya hit Billy
Stutzmann on a high-arching pass down the sidelines and Stutzmann got to the
goal-line as the Crusaders went on top 16-nothing. The three scores came between the 3:38 and
3:05 mark of the first quarter.
The first quarter scoring wasn??t over.
On Kailua??s
next possession, senior defensive lineman Ryan Eastman and senior linebacker
Kapa??ihi Umebayashi had back-to-back tackles for losses and then on 4th
down, the ball was snapped over the head of the Surfrider punter. Senior defensive back Brandon McKee tackled
the Kailua punter in the endzone and the St. Louis lead was
18-nothing.
A minute and a half later, the Crusaders scored again, this time very
early in the second quarter. A 53-yard
drive took just four plays with Mamiya hitting Gonsalves on a pass to the
sidelines and the speedy junior turned on the afterburners up the sidelines for
a 44-yard touchdown and a 25-nothing St.
Louis lead.
The five scores??three touchdowns and two safeties??took a total of 3
minutes and 54 seconds.
The Crusader defense continued to step up later in the half. Sophomore defensive back Marcus Umu stepped
in front of a Sumner pass and then followed a wall of blockers for a 50-yard
interception return for a touchdown.
That pushed the St. Louis
lead to 32-nothing.
On Kailua??s
next possession, the ball was snapped out of the back of the endzone on fourth
down, resulting in another safety. St. Louis scored on three
safeties in the first half and led 34-nothing.
But they weren??t through with their first half scoring, as they put
together a 45-yard drive in just five plays just before intermission. The last score of the half came on a leaping
catch by DeMello??probably the catch of the night??in the back of the endzone on
a 22-yard pass from Mamiya to make the score 41-nothing at halftime.
In that first half, the St. Louis defense scored a total of 12 points??on
an interception return and three safeties??and the offense got touchdown
receptions from four different receivers??DeMello, Gonsalves, Iaea, and
Stutzmann. Mamiya completed 9 of 17
passes for 232 yards and four touchdowns.
Warren Spencer added four extra points to complete the impressive
scoring parade.
In the second half, with a running clock, the starters rested, but St. Louis scored early in
the fourth quarter on a 13-play, 66-yard drive.
Sophomore runningback Hoku Isaia pushed across the final yard to put the
Crusaders up 48-nothing.
Kailua
answered with its own long drive. Junior
quarterbacks Ellis and Sumner each made big plays in a 12-play, 80-yard drive
that consumed over ten minutes on the clock.
Ellis ran for two first downs, including a 20-yard dash to the 15-yard
line. Then with just over a minute left,
Sumner found Dominique Romero in the endzone for the first Surfrider touchdown
of the pre-season. That made the final
score 48-7.
Kailua starts OIA conference play next
week, while top-ranked St. Louis plays Aiea next in another
pre-season contest, then waits for their ILH season to start next month.
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