OIA Football
Kaiser gets by Kalaheo to lock up No. 2 seed in OIA D2 playoffs


ScoringLive staff
October 14, 2023, 11:23pm

  


Sat, Oct 14, 2023 @ Kaiser [ 6:00 pm ]

Kaiser

21

Kalaheo

14

Final 1 2 3 4 T
Kaiser (5-4-0) 0 7 0 1421
Kalaheo (2-5-0) 0 6 0 814
Jude Weber 333 yd 1 TD
Sean Connell 75 yd 1 TD
Kamalu Anoba-Jordan 172 yd 1 TD
Keagan Lime 33 yd 1 TD

Sean Connell threw a touchdown pass and ran for another to help Kaiser hold off Kalaheo for a 21-14 win in an Oahu Interscholastic Association Division II game Saturday night. 

The Cougars improved to 5-3 overall and 5-2 in league play, while the Mustangs fell to 2-4. 

After a scoreless first quarter, Connell got the Cougars on the board with his touchdown run. Kalaheo answered with a TD run by Kamalu Anoba-Jordan, but missed the extra point. 

Kaiser held a 7-6 lead at halftime, which held through the start of the fourth quarter. 

Connell hit Keagan Lime for a touchdown pass with 7:50 left in the third quarter before Anoba-Jordan evened the score by running in a touchdown and the two-point conversion that followed to tie it at 14 with 6:17 to play. 

The Cougars eventually got the game-winning score on a Brady Kim touchdown run with 54.1 seconds remaining. Bijan Yarbabaev added the PAT. 

"Every game we've had this year has been competitive and that's just the nature of our league this year," Kaiser coach Tim Seaman said. 

"I'm very proud of our kids for the fight they have displayed throughout the course of the year. They've been in tight situations, they know how to compete and when it gets to the fourth quarter, that's when it's time for our guys to step up," he added. 

"We still haven't played our best football, but we definitely stepped it up today. This was gonna be a hard game but we all knew it," said sophomore running back Jayvian Smith, who ran for a season-high 130 yards on 20 carries in the win. 

Kaiser will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming OIA D2 tournament and will face third-seeded Roosevelt in a semifinal game in two weeks.

Kalaheo was eliminated from playoff contention with the loss, its third in a row. 

The Mustangs will close out the regular season Friday night against Kalani at Kaiser Stadium. 




Show your support

Every contribution, no matter the size, will help ScoringLive continue its mission to provide the best and most comprehensive coverage of high school sports in the state of Hawaii and beyond.

Please consider making a contribution today.

ADVERTISEMENT


IMAGE GALLERY


MORE STORIES

Aiea downs Radford to claim first OIA D2 title since 2017

Na Alii led early and rapped out 13 total hits to pull away from the Rams to clinch their first OIA Division...

Pagampao powers No. 1 Mililani past No. 7 Kapolei for 12th OIA crown

The senior belted three home runs, including the go-ahead and game-ending blasts, to lead the Trojans...

Kapolei dethrones Campbell to set up OIA D1 title tilt with Mililani

The Hurricanes pulled away from the Sabers in the final frame while the Trojans held off a late charge...

Surfriders cash in on Na Alii miscues to claim 15th league crown, ninth under Ishigo

Kailua sent eight batters to the plate and scored five runs in a tide-turning bottom of the third inning,...

Waianae rolls past Radford to claim first OIA championship since 2017

Shysten Nagasako did work on both the mound and at the plate in the Seariders' mercy-rule shortened win...

No. 1 seeds Aiea, Kailua to face off for OIA Division I baseball crown

Na Alii posted a 3-1 win over Roosevelt behind Aidan Yoshida's complete game, while two pitchers combined...