Six games on Oahu are scheduled for Friday night. The OIA enters the first week of divisional play after the seven cross-division matchups last week, plus there’s a very intriguing Division II game at Leilehua featuring two teams that might see each other again in the state tournament.
Live updates of the 7:30 p.m. kickoff will follow below:
Campbell 28, Kaiser 7 FINAL
at Kaiser Stadium
Campbell (1-2, 1-1) 0 21 0 7 — 28
Kaiser (1-2, 0-2) 0 7 0 0 — 7
Camp—Kawika Ulufale 20 run (run failed)
Camp—Markus Ramos 10 pass from Ulufale (Ulufale run)
Kais—Shaun Kim 71 kickoff return (Riki Sakai kick)
Camp—Fangaima Mailei 56 pass from Ulufale (Ariel Villanueva kick)
Camp—Darius Cambe 2 run (Villanueva kick)
RUSHING—Campbell: Tasi Faumui 16-83, Cambe 12-73, Ulufale 13-58, Jeremiah Tauai 1-10, Vernon Etrata-Daite 1-(minus 5). Kaiser: Tyson Creekmur 7-11, Kainoa Craig 2-4, Noah Cambra 3-(minus 2), Kainoa Torres 2-(minus 17), Lincoln Lima 6-(minus 23).
PASSING—Campbell: Ulufale 23-32-1-180. Kaiser: Lima 6-16–3-96, Torres 3-6-0-15.
RECEIVING—Campbell: Etrata-Daite 8-28, Mailei 6-102, Ramos 6-51, Dylan Urusa 1-2, Reginald Knowles 1-0, Raven Daligcod-Rivera 1-(minus 3). Kaiser: Micah Mashima 3-15, Keoni Pangan 2-36, Antonio Omphroy 1-47, Roeden Perez 1-10, Lima 1-3, Craig 1-0.
Junior varsity — Campbell 27, Kaiser 14
FOURTH QUARTER
Jaylen Ignatowski gets the third pick by the Sabers defense.
Iosua Sevao with the interception for the Sabers defense.
Another lengthy drive by the Sabers but this time they get the 7 as Darius Cambe goes in for the 2-yard TD run. 28-7, 6:47, Q4.
THIRD QUARTER
Cambe running the ball extremely well and Ulufale mixing it up with the short passing game as the third quarter ends. Still 21-7.
Antonio Omphroy with his first-ever catch. Bounces off two or three defenders and goes 47 yards for a big pass play that ends with a personal foul on Campbell. Lima has a man open in the end zone but two defenders make the hit as the ball gets there and jars it away. Clean play to save a TD. Kaiser is going to try a 29-yard field goal but an illegal sub and a false start pushes them out of FG range. Sabers take over after a 4-yard completion.
Campbell with a 13-play drive that covers more than 5 minutes. Ulufale picks up a couple of nice first downs on third-down scrambles but the Sabers fail to convert on fourth-and-13 from the Kaiser 30.
I count 26 healthy bodies to start the second half for Kaiser. Cougars go three-and-out.
HALFTIME BOX
at Kaiser Stadium
Campbell (0-2, 0-1) 0 21
Kaiser (1-1, 0-1) 0 7
Camp—Kawika Ulufale 20 run (run failed)
Camp—Markus Ramos 10 pass from Ulufale (Ulufale run)
Kais—Shaun Kim 71 kickoff return (Riki Sakai kick)
Camp—Fangaima Mailei 56 pass from Ulufale (Ariel Villanueva kick)
RUSHING—Campbell: Tasi Faumui 8-40, Darius Cambe 5-20, Ulufale 6-16, Jeremiah Tauai 1-10. Kaiser: Tyson Creekmur 5-14, Kainoa Craig 2-4, Noah Cambra 2-0, Kainoa Torres 2-(minus 17), Lincoln Lima 5-(minus 23).
PASSING—Campbell: Ulufale 11-17-1-132. Kaiser: Lima 1-3-1-30, Torres 3-6-0-15.
RECEIVING—Campbell: Mailei 4-90, Vernon Etrata-Daite 4-10, Ramos 3-32. Kaiser: Keoni Pangan 2-36, Micah Mashima 1-6, Lima 1-3.
Junior varsity — Campbell 27, Kaiser 14
SECOND QUARTER
Lima stays in at QB. Kishaun Ki gets a TFL and a sack but a personal foul gives Kaiser a first down. Lima takes another sack as the loss of Torres is really hurting the Kaiser offense. Just after I type that Lima with a nice deep ball and Pangan goes up to make the catch for a big 3-yard gain. Kaiser into Campbell territory and calls timeout with third-and-3 at the Sabers 45 and 40 ticks remaining in the half. Creekmur picks up just enough to get the first down after a measure. Ball at the Sabers 42. Lima goes deep again for Pangan but Noah Empron makes the nice interception.
Kaiser jumps offsides on fourth-and-1 from the Campbell 39 and on the next play, Fangaima Mailei takes the quick pass from Ulufale and takes it 56 yards to the house on a pass-and-catch. 21-7, Sabers, 4:10, Q2.
SHAUN KIM picks up the squib kick at the 29 and is GONE. Right up the middle. Campbell can’t catch him. 71-yard kickoff return for a TD. XP is good.
Kaiser finally gets a good punt off. Darius Cambe runs 14 yards on the first play and two Kaiser guys are down. Cougars only suited up 28 players. Kaeo Lacanilao and Colin Chun shaken up for Kaiser. Ulufale getting into a grove and then Tasi Faumui breaks off a 32-yard run to the 10. Chun back in the game and makes a stop for no gain. Fade in the back of the end zone to Ramos is good for a 10-yard TD pass. Ulufale runs in the 2-pointer.
Kaiser will start on its 30. Tyson Creekmur is stopped for a 1-yard loss but Kainoa Torres, the QB, walks over toward the Kaiser sideline and then falls to the ground. Not sure what happened as it was a simple handoff. Lincoln Lima in the game as the backup QB and throws an incomplete pass deep. Kaiser punts.
Ulufale with a nice throw on fourth-and-5 to Markus Ramos for 15 yards and a first down at the 20. Choi continues his big game for Kaiser on defense with a tackle for loss. Fourth-and-10. Ulufale makes a great move to escape the blitz. He takes off and dives. TOUCHDOWN CAMPBELL. 20-yard run on fourth-and-10 by Kawika Ulufale. Campbell goes for 2 and gets sacked. 10:24, Q2.
FIRST QUARTER
Vernon Etrata-Daite with an 8-yard reception to set up third-and-5 at the Kaiser 35 as the quarter ends.
Torres is able to complete two short passes to Micah Mashima and Keoni Pangan for a first down but Kaiser punts.
Andrew Choi gets credited for his second sack as Ulufale has to fall on the ball. Fourth-and-7 from the 22 and Sabers go for it again. Micah Mashima breaks up the pass intended for Markus Ramos.
Sabers start on the Kaiser 25 after a 9-yard punt.
Kaiser going backwards as Jeremiah Tauai sacks Torres for a loss of 13. Three-and-out.
Campbell gets two rushes for 8 yards but then a holding penalty kills the drive. Fourth-and-20 at the 23 and the Sabers go for it. Pass over the middle is high and intercepted by Lincoln Lima, who returns it 20 yards to the 25.
Slow punt snap and Noah Cambra decides to take off but only gets a yard. Sabers take over on the Kaiser 13.
Cougars go three-and-out. Nice tackle for loss by Luke Ocreto-Penitusi.
Sabers get a first down on a fake punt as Jeremiah Tauai scramble for 10 yards. A couple of penalties kill the drive and Sabers punt. Andrew Choi was in on a sack for Kaiser.
Sabers will receive.
CAPTAINS
Camp: Fangaima Mailei, Iosua Sevao, Micah Ah Soon-See, Luke Ocreto-Penitusi
Kais: Andrew Kaufusi (not suited), Noah Cambra, Rhys Galeai
Kaiser DB/RB Andrew Kaufusi is not suited for pregame warmups.
Kickoff will be approximately 7:45 p.m.
7:18 p.m.: JV FINAL: Campbell 27, Kaiser 14
6:53 p.m.: JV battle is now a one-possession game as Kaiser scores with 5:38 remaining and trails Campbell, 20-14.
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The Sabers have struggled with the graduation of several key performers, but coach Amosa Amosa continues to air the ball out while trying to establish a ground attack. Campbell has run the ball 56 times — Tasi Faumui has 84 yards on 30 carries) in two games while airing the ball out 73 times. Kawika Ulufale has capable playmakers in Markus Ramos (eight receptions, 67 yards) and Zayne Barr-Rauschenburg (10 grabs, 66 yards).
Kaiser QB Kainoa Torres withstood a shellacking by a relentless Mililani defense last week, and still managed to make good decisions most of the night. The Cougars will welcome the return of their players who sat last week due to academic probation, but the biggest boost might come from two-way standout Andrew Kaufusi (hamstring).
History: Kaiser has not beaten Campbell since 1986, giving the Sabers a six-game winning streak in the series and a 6-5 edge in the series. The Cougars have only had a passer go over 140 yards once, with Shannon Wise getting 147 in 2004. The Sabers have never lost on Kaiser’s field, going 8-0. Noah Esprecion‘s 135 yards receiving in a 27-21 win over Kaiser last year was a high in the series.
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