{"id":10639,"date":"2012-08-15T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T10:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2012-08-14T20:01:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T06:01:06","slug":"a-weekend-of-prep-matchups-for-west-oahu-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/a-weekend-of-prep-matchups-for-west-oahu-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weekend Of Prep Matchups For West Oahu Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>With all five teams from the West Region in action this weekend, MidWeek\u2019s West Oahu Islander previews the prep football matchups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campbell at Kailua \u2013 Friday at 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nThis marks the second week in a row the Sabers will play a team from the East, having hosted Division II Kaiser last weekend for their preseason game. Amosa Amosa\u2019s team arguably draws a tougher assignment this week in its Oahu Interscholastic Association crossover game versus a Kailua team that went 4-2 in the Red East in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Generating offense has never been an issue for Campbell since Amosa took over the program. The Sabers\u2019 offensive lead- ers this year include quarterbacks Justin Tago-Sue<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>and Isaac Hurd, running backs Paul-Andrew Rhoden and Triston Pebria, as well as a deep wide receiver corps Solomon Leaeno, Amate Savusa and Toese Tia are among Campbell\u2019s defensive leaders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Castle at Aiea \u2013 Friday at 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nDefense has been Aiea\u2019s strength in recent years under the tutelage of defensive coordinator Mika Liilii, and Na Al\u2018ii figure to have a solid test this week with Castle coming to town for an OIA crossover game.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights\u2019 spread offense is led by senior quarterback Kela Shea and a fleet-footed group of receivers. The Aiea defense held opponents to less than 75 yards rushing per outing and yielded 14.0 points per game in 2011. Among the stars of the unit are A.J. Aleaga, Samate Talia and Kyle Ishikawa in the secondary in addition to defensive end Ualesi Sale, one of the state\u2019s most capable at his position. Sale is currently rated seventh among Hawaii prep prospects from the class of 2013, according to the recruiting service rivals.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kapolei versus McKinley \u2013 Friday at 7 p.m. (at Roosevelt High School)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis shapes up as one of the more intriguing OIA crossover matchups to take place this weekend. For both teams, it\u2019s an opportunity to put disappointing 2011 seasons fur- ther in the rear-view mirror. Injuries were mainly responsible for Kapolei\u2019s struggles last year, so expectations are high once again for 2012, as the Hurricanes are coming off a great off-season, accord- ing to head coach Darren Hernandez. Look for Kapolei to set the tone, defensively, behind a seasoned defensive line that features Andrew Julius, Elias McMoore, Owen Souza, Isaiah Alapai and Urima Foi. In the second- ary, the Hurricanes\u2019 Kaeo Kanoa and Mason Alfaro are among the state\u2019s best.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Radford at Pearl City \u2013 Saturday at 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the second straight home game for first-year head coach David Hallums and the Chargers, who hosted Division I Kapolei last weekend. Pearl City will only play three true road games (their Sept. 15 date with Anuenue will be played on a neutral field \u2014 at Waialua) among their full slate of nine games for 2012. Pearl City finished 9-3 in 2011 en route to earning a berth in the First Hawaiian Bank Division II State Championships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iolani at Waipahu \u2013 Saturday at 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Marauders were rewarded for a solid 9-4 season (and Division II OIA Title) in 2011 by being promoted to Division I. Although this interleague game against Division II Iolani won\u2019t count in Waipahu\u2019s playoff posi- tioning, it is nevertheless a chance to take care of some unfinished business, since the Raiders defeated the Marauders 34-0 in last year\u2019s DII First Hawaiian<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bank State Championship game. Expect Waipahu to have revenge on their minds as a motivating factor. All totaled, Iolani has won five straight DII State Championships and six in the last seven years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all five teams from the West Region in action this weekend, MidWeek\u2019s West Oahu Islander previews the prep football..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-west","category-west-oahu-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Weekend Of Prep Matchups For West Oahu Teams - MidWeek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/a-weekend-of-prep-matchups-for-west-oahu-teams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Weekend Of Prep Matchups For West Oahu Teams - 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