Mililani WR Kalakaua Timoteo hauls in one of his four touchdowns on the night in a win over Punahou. Joshua Lopez | Special to SL

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HALAWA — He wears no. 81 and he is Mililani's version of Calvin Johnson.

Kalakaua Timoteo, a 6-foot-2 junior receiver, caught a game-high seven catches for 117 yards and hauled in four touchdown passes to help lead Mililani's offense to their first ever football state championship on Friday night over Punahou. His four touchdowns ties a state tournament record. 

McKenzie Milton threw for 421 yards and seven touchdowns in the game and Timoteo was his go-to receiver when the Trojans needed a big play.

"It was the guys around me that did everything and they were the ones that set me up. McKenzie was throwing good balls and Vae is running the ball and opening it up. It's a team effort all the way around," said Timoteo.

"I think it's the complete opposite, actually. I was throwing it and he was making grabs and Kala is a special player and it was an awesome game today. He's like Megatron and he's a beast," said Milton.

"He's our weapon and he's becoming a complete receiver. It's not about catching the ball, it's about running right routes and blocking. He's becoming a complete wide receiver," said Mililani coach Rod York.

He caught a 13-yard touchdown for the first score of the game and ran a fade route to the corner of the end zone for another 13-yard touchdown to put the Trojans up, 20-7.

"Anytime Kala is one-on-one, I'll throw him the ball," said Milton.

His longest catch of the game was 27 yards, which helped extend the lead to 33-14 with 10 minutes remaining in the second quarter.

Facing a second-and-goal from the Punahou 10-yard line, although he was blanketed by Robert Straton, he came back to the ball to catch his fourth touchdown, which turned out to be Mililan's last score of the game in with over 3 minutes left in the third quarter.

"He was a great defender, I give that guy props, he stayed with me the whole game and got me a couple times. Other than that, it was about McKenzie throwing good balls and throwing it only where I could catch it," said Timoteo.

Timoteo finished his junior season with 56 receptions for 1,025 yards and 11 touchdowns. Despite his season stats, winning a state championship is the most gratifying accomplishment of this season given how it ended last year.

"It feels good to know it's paying off. Actually, before coming to the stadium, I couldn't live with myself with the way we let our seniors leave last year with a loss. I told myself I'm not going to leave here without being a state champion. I came out here to do my best and do what I got to do," said Timoteo.