Mililani quarterback Jarin Morikawa makes a throw against Baldwin. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Baldwin quarterback Keelan Ewaliko carries the ball against Mililani. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Mililani Kahlil Stevens makes a pass reception against Baldwin. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Mililani's Dayton Furuta is congratulated by a teammate after a score against Baldwin. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Mililani RB Dayton Furuta charges through Baldwin defense for a touchdown. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Fri, Nov 9, 2012 @ Baldwin [ 5:00 pm ]

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Mililani

24

Baldwin

13

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Mililani (10-3-0)	3	7	7	7	24
Baldwin (7-3-0)	13	0	0	0	13

• Pass
• Rush
• Rec

Keelan Ewaliko 56 yd

Jarin Morikawa 177 yd 1 TD

Keelan Ewaliko 115 yd 1 TD

Dayton Furuta 118 yd 2 TD

Zacharia Coloma-Mariano 38 yd

Ekolu Ramos 85 yd 1 TD

WAILUKU, Maui-Dayton Furuta rushed for a season-high 118 yards and two touchdowns and Mililani rallied past Baldwin, 24-13, in an opening round of the First Hawaiian Bank Division I state football tournament Friday night at War Memorial Stadium.
The Trojans (10-2), third in the ScoringLive/OC16 Power Rankings, will play No. 2 Punahou in a semifinal next Friday at Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium.

It was Mililani's first state tournament win in five appearances.

The No. 7 Bears (7-3) end their season in the first round for the fourth time in the past five years to an Oahu Interscholastic Association Red West team. Before last year's win against Red East Farrington, the Bears lost three in a row to nemesis Leilehua.

Furuta, whose season-best before this game was 14 carries and 96 yards in a loss to Leilehua, was the Trojan horse that snuck up on the Bears, who were prepared for the passing of Jarin Morikawa, who threw for 177 yards on 17-of-31 passing. It was only the third time Morikawa was held to under 200 yards passing this season.

Furuta, a linebacker, also had an interception off a deflection that set up Ryan Carlomany's 31-yard field goal.

"It feels great," Furuta said of his busy night. "I love playing football. I don't want to leave the field."

Baldwin QB Keelan Ewaliko literally accounted for all his team's scoring, rushing for an 18-yard touchdown, kicking the PAT, as well as field goals of 30 and 40 yards, all in the first quarter. Both field goals came after a muffed punt and a fumble by the Trojans. But there would be no deja vu of last week's debacle in the Oahu Interscholastic Association Red champion in a 50-13 loss to Kahuku; the Trojans turned over the ball eight times in that game.

The Trojans trailed 13-10 at halftime. They opened the second half by successfully recovering an onside kick, but ended up punting to the Bears' 4 with 11:21 in the third quarter. The Bears were methodically driving downfield, eating clock until they reached the Mililani 14. On first down, Trojans lineman Dakota Turner stripped the ball from Baldwin QB Keelan Ewaliko and picked up the ball and ran it 70 yards to the Bears' 15, setting up Morikawa's eight-yard TD pass to Ekolu Ramos with 5:20 left in the quarter to give the Trojans a 17-13 lead.

"He made a good strip of Keelan," Baldwin coach A.J. Roloos said. "That's the momentum changer. Costly turnover hurt."

Mililani padded its lead with a 16-play, 95-yard drive that consumed 7:38 off the clock when Furuta scored on an 11-yard run with 7:56 left in the game to make it 24-13. The key to the drive was when the Trojans decided to go for it on fourth-and-2 at their own 41 during the middle of the drive. Mililani lined up to punt, but called timeout. When the Trojans broke from the sidelines, they lined up for a run and Furuta bolted for six yards and a first down.

"Well, we're going to lay it on the line," Mililani coach Rod York said. "I was going to punt it, but our kids, they wanted to go for it."
The Trojans took the opening kickoff but were forced to punt after three down. The Bears, from their 49, wasted little time getting on the board with Ewaliko accounting for 53 yards - 42 yards rushing and 11 yards passing - in the nine-play, 54-yard drive that ended with his 18-yard TD run. His PAT made it 7-0.

Mililani punted again on its next series, but Furuta's interception that followed set up Carlomany's field goal to pull the Trojans to 7-3 with 5:54 in the first quarter.

The Bears were forced to punt on their ensuing series, but the Trojans muffed it and Stephen Caones-Paahana recovered the ball for Baldwin at the Trojans' 15. That set up Ewaliko's 30-yard field goal to extend the Bear's' lead to 10-3 with 2:07 in the first quarter.

The Trojans lost the ball on a fumble by Morikawa on a hand-off exchange and Miki Fangatua recovered at the Mililani 25. The Bears eventually settled on Ewaliko's 40-yard field goal with seven seconds left in the first quarter to make it 13-3.

"Especially after last week, turnovers right off the bat," York said. "But it's a long game."

Mililani scored on its next series with a 14-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Furuta's two-yard TD run with 7:29 left in the half to cut Baldwin's lead to 13-10.

The Bears were expecting the Trojans to pass as they had consistently all season. Baldwin did a reasonably good job of defending the pass, or at least limiting big plays; only two of Morikawa's completions were for more than 20 yards. One of those came during the Trojans' 16-play drive on third-and-22 from the Baldwin 42. Morikawa hit Kahlil Stevens on a 25-yarder for a first down to keep the series alive.