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It was only the first game of
the season. But St Louis versus Kahuku definitely has a
magnetic ring to it. Thank goodness for
Inter-League play as high school football fans got to see the top 2 high school
football programs square off at Aloha Stadium to start the 2007 season. St
Louis defeated Kahuku 21-6.
Fans may have read into the
matchup as a rematch of last year�??s State Championship game. Maybe even the players did as well. But both coaches saw the game for what it was
�?? the first game of the season. The new
players, the mistakes. The execution. The new uniforms. And probably a few more mistakes.
Second year Crusader QB Micah
Mamiya showed he was fully healed from his collarbone injury on their first
offensive drive, hitting Lucas Gonsalves for a 65 yard TD strike.
But the Red Raiders responded
in the 2nd quarter as new junior QB Jray Galeai, a transfer from Timpview, UT,
showed that he can run the option and throw a nice spiral. Galeai connected with RB Junior Mataafa for a
16 yard score. The kick failed.
The Crusaders then shut the
door with 2 unanswered touchdowns. One a
3 yard run by Vonn Feao. The other by
the defense as LB Joseph Lacoden recovered a fumble and returned it 41 yards
for a touchdown.
�??Sloppy. We were pretty sloppy,�?� said St Louis coach Delbert Tengan. Coach Reggie Torres would probably say the
same things. Both teams suffered through
off-sides penalties, turnovers, and delay-of-games penalties.
The best part is that both
teams will only get better. We may even
see them play each other again in late November �?? during the HHSAA playoffs.
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