It was the final HHSAA Division I tournament contest to finish on Friday night, but Campbell pretty much had its quarterfinal game wrapped up by the half against Waiakea.
Behind a stingy defense and rolling running attack, the Sabers opened up a big halftime lead against the BIIF runner-up Warriors and cruised into the Division I semifinals with a 48-0 victory.
Campbell will play Iolani — the No. 3 seed out of the ILH — which beat Moanalua 17-14.
The season is over for Waiakea with a record of 3-9.
Kawika Ulufale scampered for three touchdowns, while Tasi Faumui and Dustin Abillanida each accounted for two scores in the Sabers lopsided victory.
The shorthanded Warriors didn’t get much done on the offensive side of the ball, but Wesley Amuimuia and Austin Deperalta did their best to chip away for yardage. The duo combined for just over 100 yards rushing.
Campbell got on the board with a weaving 31-yard run by Faumui in the first quarter. The flowy-haired back tossed one Warrior to the ground, then cutback up the field for the score to conclude a six play drive.
On the ensuing kickoff, Waiakea had a miscommunication and the Sabers took over inside the Warriors 5-yard line. One play later, Ulufale found the end zone and a two-point pass made it 14-0 less than two minutes into the game.
The Sabers continued to rally in the first quarter. Set up by another long run from Faumui, Vernon Etrata-Daite ran untouched into the end zone on a 15-yard shovel pass from Abillanida.
On Campbell’s next drive, Ulufale added his second score of the game — a 21-yard scamper into the left corner of the end zone.
Waiakea did have something to cheer about at the end of the first quarter, picking up a first down and getting close to midfield with the help of a personal foul against the Sabers. However, a big sack pushed the Warriors back, and quarterback Ksiolana Kon had his first long try of the game picked off to start the second quarter.
The Warriors got another glimmer of hope after linebacker Peter Matsuura put a hard hit on the Campbell QB, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Fafo Tevaseu and returned into Saber territory. The drive ended with Kon’s second interception in the end zone, but Waiakea would get the ball right back on an interception by Cheyn Tam-Switzer.
The rest of the quarter would be all Campbell with Abillanida and Faumui adding scores to put the Sabers up 41-0 at the break.
It was more of the same to start the second half, albeit at a lesser pace for Campbell. Ulufale added his third rushing score on a 3-yard plunge to make it 48-0, a touchdown that wrapped up the scoring for the night.
With Waiakea’s loss, the BIIF fell to 0-19 at the Division I state tournament.
DIVISION I
IOLANI 17, MOANALUA 14
Yards were easy to come by but points were not in Iolani’s 17-14 victory over Moanalua in the quarterfinals of the HHSAA Division I state tournament on Oahu on Friday.
The Raiders led 14-7 at the half but were held out of the end zone in the final two quarters. However, with the game tied at 14 in the third quarter, Iolani’s Evan Minami connected on a 32-yard field goal. The points would hold until the end of the game.
Raiders quarterback Tai-John Mizutani completed 13 of 29 passes for 258 yards and a touchdown. Justin Genovia was his primary target with five catches for 156 yards. KJ Pascual rushed 27 times for 128 yards.
Moanalua quarterback Nevin Yuen completed 25 of 34 passes for 212 yards.
MILILANI 49, BALDWIN 28
Mililani scored 28 unanswered points late in the second half to defeat No. 4 Baldwin 49-28 to advance to the semifinals of the HHSAA Division I tourney on Friday.
The T he run by the Trojans.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel led Mililani, completing 22 of 35 passes for 397 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed eight times for 57 yards. Andrew Vallasdares caught five passes for 214 yards.
Baldwin running back Kamaki Gouveia had 18 rushes for 177 yards. He also had one catch for 61 yards.
DIVISION II
Lahainaluna 52, Waipahu 14
The Lunas ran their way into the HHSAA Division II semifinals behind three touchdown runs from Elijah Ragudo, sending the OIA runner-up Marauders (8-3) packing with a blowout victory.
Lahainaluna (7-4) will come to the Big Island to take on No. 2 seed Konawaena (8-1) on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
The MIL champion Lunas scored 38 unanswered points in the first half to coast to victory. The bruising rushing attack racked up 296 yards on the ground, utilizing 10 different ball carriers. Radon Sinenci led the way with 80 yards. Ragudo was close behind at 79 yards on seven carries.
The Lunas also got it done on defense, scoring on an 84-yard interception return in the first half and recovering a fumble in the end zone.
Damien 40, Waialua 0
Four different Monarchs found the end zone for the ILH champions to advance to the semifinals. Damien will meet No. 1 seed Kapaa at Vidinha Stadium on Kauai.
Damien quarterback Marcus Faufata-Pedrina was nearly perfect. He completed 8 of 9 passes for 126 yards and two scores. The Monarchs picked off the Bulldogs four times and allowed just 44 total yards and negative 15 rushing.
