{"id":12802,"date":"2012-09-26T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T10:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=12802"},"modified":"2012-09-25T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T02:04:58","slug":"west-teams-in-playoff-mode-for-critical-weekend-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/west-teams-in-playoff-mode-for-critical-weekend-games\/","title":{"rendered":"West Teams In Playoff Mode For Critical Weekend Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The OIA post-season may still be a few weeks away, but with every game critical from here on out, West Oahu teams can\u2019t help but be in playoff mode already. A preview of this weekend\u2019s matchups follows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campbell at Kapolei \u2014 7 p.m. Friday<\/strong><br \/>\nThe rivalry could take a back seat to playoff posi- tioning, as both teams find themselves in a battle to make the playoffs in the balanced Red West. As the Sabers\u2019 bye week comes prior to the final weekend of the regular season, the outcome of this one may be even more crucial since Campbell is a week ahead of the rest of the league, schedule-wise. The Sabers entered last weekend\u2019s game with Leilehua trying to right the ship following consec- utive losses to Mililani and Waianae. A key will be how well they can handle the Kapolei run game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kapolei was highly productive until it was overwhelmed in a recent loss to Leilehua. The good news for the Sabers is that their run defense has been the strength of the \u201cD.\u201d For the Hurricanes, this is their final home date, with a road game against Aiea to come on the heels of this one. Kapolei, which was to play Mililani over the week- end, will look to get back to the things that enabled it to get off to a solid start this season \u2014 the ability to run the ball on offense and stop the run, defensively. Campbell won last year\u2019s meeting 29-13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mililani at Aiea \u2014 7 p.m. Friday<\/strong><br \/>\nThe game plan for every team that faces Mililani is to disrupt the rhythm of Trojan quarterback Jarin Morikawa, who has been putting up huge numbers for most of the year. Considering that Aiea beat the only team (Leilehua) to have beaten Mililani so far, expect Na Ali\u2018i defense to come into this one with confidence. If any team is built to match the Mililani offense play for play, it\u2019s Aiea, which has truly been one of the state\u2019s most stout units so far. Its run defense has been especially stingy, as it\u2019s yielding less than 40 yards on the ground per game. How well Aiea\u2019s front seven can handle the Mililani offensive line here will be huge in determining the outcome. The Aiea offense also will need to come through with long, sustained drives to aid the cause by keeping Morikawa and Company off the field. A big game from Mana Kaahanui (5.5 yards per carry; seven rushing touch- downs) could help position Aiea for a win. Mililani won last year\u2019s game 7-6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Waipahu at Leilehua \u2014 7 p.m. Friday<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a league defined by balance, as well as ups and downs for every team, per- haps no program has come back stronger week after week than Waipahu, regard- less of its fate the week before. Both of its losses in the Red West have been by less than five points, so Waipahu was only a few plays from being undefeated through their first four league games. Included are impressive wins over Kapolei and Aiea, which handed Leilehua its only loss in the first half of the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Expect the Mules to be on \u201cUpset Alert\u201d this week and to give their best effort, as Waipahu\u2019s win over Aiea Sept. 15 certainly got the rest of the league\u2019s attention, most notably Leilehua\u2019s. Waipahu defense has been solid all season, especially against the run, and the key here will be to eliminate the big plays Leilehua always thrives on. Waipahu\u2019s best defense this week may be its offense, whose balance has enabled the team to possess the ball against every opponent they\u2019ve faced to date, thus keeping the quick-striking Leilehua offense off the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pearl City at Waialua \u2014 7 p.m. Friday<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the last road game of the year for the Chargers, who finish up with a home date against Kalani next week. Following a run of four straight losses, their offense found its groove with back-to-back routs of Anuenue and Roosevelt and had plenty of momentum as it went into last weekend\u2019s game with Kalaheo. All signs point to another big day for the Pearl City offense this weekend, as Waialua has been giving up yardage in big chunks for most of the season. Pearl City\u2019s offense is averaging 240 yards a game through the air behind quarterback Brock Teixeira and receivers Isaac Amorin, Daicorri Briscoe and Tanner Tokunaga. The group has combined for 14 touchdowns to date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OIA post-season may still be a few weeks away, but with every game critical from here on out, West..<\/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-12802","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>West Teams In Playoff Mode For Critical Weekend Games - 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\/west-teams-in-playoff-mode-for-critical-weekend-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"West Teams In Playoff Mode For Critical Weekend Games - 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