ST LOUIS STAYS UNDEFEATED

David Kawada Digital Sports Hawaii Correspondent

Sept. 29th, 2007
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	The only 2 veteran quarterbacks in the ILH met up for the first time this year. Micah Mamiya, operating the St Louis vaunted run and shoot with the �??Urban Meyer ground attack�?�, and Michael Hoke, running the new Kamehameha balanced run and passing game. But the defensive units proved to be the dictator of field position in this physical contest with the Crusaders defeating the Warriors 14-7 at Aloha Stadium.
St. Louis Micah Mamiya last year against Kamehameha

Field position became vital as the game progressed
as both teams struggled offensively. Penalties also proved to be
important keys as time and again the yellow flag either thwarted drives
or kept drives going for both teams. Several passes were
incomplete due to jarring hits from the defensive backs on receivers.

St Louis scored first in the opening quarter on a 24-yard TD toss from
Mamiya to Tamatoa DeMello with 4:14 on the clock.

Then the Warrior defensive backs, playing mainly man defense, went into
shut-down mode. Chaz Bajet and Kevin Doo played tight one-on-one
coverage on the speedy Crusader receivers and limited Mamiya to a total
of only 103 yards passing.

Kamehameha answered back in the 2nd quarter. A 45-yard
toss from Hoke to Carl Minns led to a 5-yard touchdown run from Truman
Chun, which tied the score at 7.

St Louis defensive linemen Geordan Hanohano and Ryan Eastman controlled
the line of scrimmage. Eastman recorded 2 sacks and another tackle for
a loss. Along with Ho�??oikaika Cavaco-Amoy and linebacker Steven
Donohue, the defense limited Kamehameha to only 97 yards on the
ground. Warrior running back Brandon Dumlao led the way with 12
carries and 66 yards.

Hoke kept drives moving with the passing game as he
threw for 175 yards, completing 15 of 25 attempts. But the Crusader
defense frustrated the Warriors once they got into the red zone.

It wasn�??t until early in the 4th quarter that St Louis broke the tie.
Aided by a pass interference and personal foul penalties on Kamehameha,
the Crusaders culminated a 55 yard drive with Austin Wakinekona�??s
4-yard run for a touchdown with 9:31 to play.

The Warriors had one last possession with 2:43
remaining starting at their own 18 yard line. But an Eastman sack
of Hoke led to a 4th and 18 play with 1:27 to go. As evidence of
the how this game flowed, Cavaco-Amoy sealed the victory for the
Crusaders with a sack.

These 2 teams will meet again and we could see another classic
defensive and strategic battle in the ILH.