Kaimuki's Andrew Neves had a game-high 7 receptions for 192 yards and a touchdown in a win over Kalaheo. Johnny Wilson | Special to SL

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Sat, Oct 3, 2015 @ Kailua [ 6:00 pm ]

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Kaimuki

24

Kalaheo

0

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Kaimuki (7-5-0)	0	14	7	3	24
Kalaheo (2-7-0)	0	0	0	0	0

• Pass
• Rush
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Tommy Capllonch 66 yd

Keanu Pratt 237 yd 2 TD

Kaliu Lapera 40 yd

Billy Masima 71 yd

Kamani Ah Yat 22 yd

Andrew Neves 192 yd 1 TD

KAILUA – Kaimuki rolled up 342 yards of offense to beat on Kalaheo, 24-0, Saturday night to clinch the third seed in Oahu Interscholastic Association Division II football.

The Bulldogs, eighth in the Hawaiian Electric Division II Power Rankings, improved to 5-3 overall and 5-2 in the OIA. They have already beaten Waialua and Kalani, both 4-3, to clinch head-to-head tiebreakers should they all finish 5-3.

Only the top four seeds advance in the OIA Division II tournament. Radford and Nanakuli clinched the top two spots, respectively. Waialua and Kalani are vying for the fourth spot; Waialua beat Kalani earlier in the season to clinch the head-to-head tiebreaker should both finish with the same record.

The Mustangs fell to 2-6 and 2-5.

Keanu Pratt passed for 237 yards on 11-of-22 passing, including TD passes of 71 yards to Andrew Neves and 11 yards to Billy Masima, both in the first half for the Bulldogs. Neves led all receivers with seven catches for 192 yards.

Kaimuki secured its lead in the second half on Suliveti Nisa's one-yard TD run in the third quarter and Phillip Kealoha's 25-yard field goal in the fourth.

The Mustangs were held to 95 yards of offense.  Overall, Kalaheo was hampered by 11 penalties totaling 111 yards, including three that came on the same play, the latter two being unsportsmanlike conduct penalties that were preceded by a personal foul. The Mustangs also lost the ball three times, twice on fumbles and the other on a Daniel Nguyen interception.

"I think our team is stepping up at the right time," Bulldogs' first-year coach David Tautofi said.

The game was a scoreless struggle in the first quarter. Kalaheo could not capitalize on an early turnover – a muffed punt – and eventually punted early in the game.

After a Kalaheo punt early in the second quarter, Kaimuki took over at its own 13. But four plays later, the Bulldogs broke the scoreless deadlock on Pratt's 71-yard TD pass to Andrew Neves. Kealoha's PAT put Kaimuki up 7-0 at 10:12 in the first half.

Nguyen's interception on Kalaheo's next series set up Kaimuki's next score. From the Mustangs' 24, the Bulldogs needed only four plays before Pratt hit Masima for an 11-yard TD pass to make it 14-0 at 8:21. Both teams could not materialize anything the rest of the half.

Taking the two touchdown lead into the second half, the Bulldogs mostly ran the ball behind Masima, who led all rushers with 71 yards on 17 carries.

Kaimuki increased its lead to 21-0 with 37 seconds left in the third period. A nine-play, 77-yard drive ended with Nisa's one-yard TD run. The 6-foot-2, 302-pound sophomore lineman lined up as the lead back to Masima, but took the handoff up the middle to score. Tautofi said Masima has experience running the ball as a rugby player.

Kaimuki boosted its lead with 4:09 left on Kealoha's 25-yard field goal to make it 24-0.

The Bulldogs then recovered the ensuing kickoff – it wasn't an onside kick – at the Mustangs' 20, but they could not capitalize on the field position and Kealoha's 35-yard field goal try fell short.