Call him the Energizer Bunny. 

No matter the circumstances, it seems that Dallas Enriquez just keeps on going and going and going. Enriquez, a sophomore running back for the Kamehameha-Hawaii football team, put forth a performance to remember Friday night. 

In the Warriors' 39-26 win over Honokaa in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division II title game, Enriquez logged a staggering 44 carries for 329 yards and four touchdowns. 

Needless to say, all of those are career-high marks for the 5-foot-8, 225-pound Enriquez. 

The stunning final statistics even took Kamehameha-Hawaii coach Kealoha Wengler by surprise. 

"I didn't realize it until I was reporting my stats and I'm like, ‘Oh my goodness, we gave it to him that many times?,' " Wengler said. 

The Warriors ran 85 plays from scrimmage, including 56 rushes for 382 yards. Wengler noted that with the no-huddle, hurry-up offense they use, it typically yields a high numbers of snaps. Still, the fact that the ball ended up in Enriquez's hands more than half the time — he also caught a pass for 11 yards — and accounted for 58 percent of his team's total yards was something to behold, to say the least. 

"I was kind of surprised to see that 44 (carries) that I had to double-check my stats to see that it's correct because that's a lot. I even had a couple other people do the same and we all came up with similar numbers," Wengler said. 

Enriquez opened the scoring with an 8-yard touchdown run with 6:45 left in the first quarter. After Honokaa pulled ahead 20-9 in the second stanza, Enriquez pulled his team within a field goal with a 1-yard TD plunge with 62 seconds left in the first half. 

The Dragons held a slim 26-25 lead going into the fourth quarter, but Enriquez helped the Warriors rally with TD runs of 6 and 22 yards over the final 12 minutes. 

While Enriquez's counterpart for the Dragons, Chrys Coelho, ripped off long scoring runs of 60, 95 and 92 yards, his production came in smaller chunks. 

"He doesn't have that breakaway speed yet so every yard he gains, he earns that. Everything is about 10 yards here, 15 there, three yards here, four yard here and so it's impressive that he doesn't get huge chunks of yardage, but rather he earns every yard every time," Wengler said. 

How the Warriors get Enriquez the ball also comes in a variety of ways — including as a wildcat quarterback — but any which way he gets the rock, Enriquez produces time and time again. 

"If he's working and it's working for us, we're gonna keep giving it to him and he just keeps going and keeps going. It's so much of a safer ball game when we're handing the ball to him because he doesn't fumble much. He knows how to handle that ball really well and he's had maybe two, three fumbles the whole season," Wengler said. 

As a freshman last year, Enriquez was more of a complementary back to senior Xander Hoopai, who amassed 1,152 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns. Enriquez, who also saw extensive time at defensive end, finished his freshman campaign with 490 yards and seven TDs on 73 carries. 

"Xander had a lot of good moves — he was quick, he was fast — and so we had a little combination with that where, to change up the pace, we'd put Dallas in to be the power guy and when we needed short yardage we'd get that from him, but Xander got most of the carries and that's why Dallas was able to play D-end a lot, but this year with Dallas getting 80 percent of the carries, we've minimized his time on defense," Wengler said. 

By comparison, Enriquez has carried a much heavier load this fall. He has recorded 238 carries for 1,136 yards and 18 TDs. Senior Isaac Aurello (60 carries for 410 yards, 5 TDs) fills the role of lightning to Enriquez's thunder this year. 

"Isaac is our speed guy, so we try to mix them up a big. When defenses get used to the power of Dallas, we bring in Isaac with the speed to try to keep them off-balance," Wengler described. 

Despite the heavy work load, Enriquez is, by every measure, the consummate team player. 

"He's very unselfish. When he gotta block, he'll block. He doesn't get the ball, ‘no worry.' We'll pull him out, he gets his water and it's, ‘I'm ready when you are, coach,' " Wengler said.  

To Wengler's point, Enriquez was willing to take a back seat on Halloween night, when the Warriors had their way with Kohala, 54-0, in a BIIF semifinal game. 

"That was our senior night so Dallas was so gracious to step back and say, ‘Hey, let the seniors run the ball,' so we let Isaac run the ball a lot more and some other seniors run the ball, just to get in there and fulfill some of their football dreams of carrying the football," Wengler said. 

There was also some strategy involved, however. Not that Wengler or the Warriors were looking past the Cowboys, but they figured that Enriquez — who logged just five carries for 62 yards against Kohala — would play a pivotal role in the championship game against Honokaa the following week. 

"We also wanted to rest Dallas because we knew that game against Honokaa would be a tough game, so we wanted to rest him (against Kohala), so that's why he didn't get a whole lot of carries, but because he's really unselfish we were able to get everybody else in the game that night," Wengler said. 

Enriquez's 238 rushing attempts is the most by any player statewide. His 18 rushing touchdowns also leads the state, while his 1,136 rushing yards ranks second behind Keanu's Charleston Salazar's 1,240 yards. 

"He's just a solid workhorse for us, but what I like most about him is he's just durable. He's never in the trainer's office — and you know he's got the bumps and bruises, got the Charlie horse from the helmets to the thigh — and yet he just comes to practice and never complains. Everybody's got a grumble sometimes against conditioning, but not him. Even in the weight room, he doesn't talk, doesn't say anything, just goes on his own and he just works — that's him, that's what he's all about," Wengler said. 

Along with his durability, Enriquez also displays noticeable maturity in all of his actions and words — and sometimes lack of words. 

"You won't see him celebrating or spiking the football or anything like that. He'll just hand the ball to the ref or put it down on the ground and get back to the huddle. He's very self-motivated and he's also a great motivator for everybody else but he doesn't ever boast about himself. He's a quiet dude, doesn't say much, doesn't get into scraps and people like to talk to him and try to get into his head, but he just turns away and walks away every time. He doesn't talk a whole lot, but when he needs to, he'll motivate the team — he's just an old-school football player and just mature above everybody else," Wengler said. 

Enriquez is both meticulous and thorough with everything that he does, from offseason work, to strength training, as well as with his film study. In fact, during Tuesday's practice session, a visit with OC16's Felipe Ojastro was put on hold by Enriquez until after he was through reviewing film on KS-Hawaii's upcoming opponent, PAC-5. 

"I told Dallas that he could come out of film and go with Felipe a little bit, but he asked if Felipe can wait so he could take a look at PAC-5," Wengler chuckled. "He's just a student of the game and he's on a mission. He wants to take us to the next level — meaning we want to win the state championship — and he is our running game so a lot of teams will plan and scheme to try to take him out, but he just keeps getting up and it's amazing."

Wengler likens Enriquez's skillset to that of former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis. Bettis, famously nicknamed "The Bus," punished opposing defenders with his power-running style.

"He's really powerful and he'll get you off-balance. He's smart in that he'll never take you head on. Instead, he'll get that slight angle and pierce that shoulder and get past you — that's the type of runner he is. He just knows how to get people to miss just a little bit and he reads very well. He also doesn't let anybody take his reps in practice — he'll get every rep he can, even on scout team," Wengler said. 

Enriquez's maturity and diligence made him an easy choice to serve as one of the team captains for the Warriors this fall. 

"We usually try to keep our captains to our seniors, but if somebody is exception and leads by example, we want that example to be contagious and there's this saying that you always harvest what you plant, or you reap what you sow and this guy just doesn't get tired of doing what is right all the time. He never cuts corners, doesn't ever skip anything and is just so disciplined. He's an amazing athlete, he really is. I've coached for many years and had a lot of great players, and athletic ability aside, he's just really mature, very humble and very unselfish," Wengler said. 

To be sure, Enriquez hasn't achieved what he has by himself. As Wengler noted, Enriquez would be the first to pass the credit on to his teammates for blocking up front and opening up the running lanes for him. 

The Warriors' offensive line is made up of two freshmen in right tackle Kamakana Maertens (5-11, 220) and right guard Keoni Cummins (5-10, 290), two sophomores in left tackle Elijah Luchenbill (6-1, 250) and left guard Logan Ahuna-Alofaituli (6-0, 290) and center Ahyou Akau (6-1, 260), the lone senior up front. 

Teva Sanchez (5-11, 235), a senior defensive end, also serves as a key blocker as an H-back when the Warriors operate out of the wildcat. 

"Putting Teva in the backfield to lead block for Dallas has been a huge contributor to our success," Wengler said. 

Wengler also noted the sacrifice of senior Chanse Kaaua-Long (6-1, 210), who shifted positions from starting quarterback to slotback to make better use of his athleticism. 

"This guy is a beast; He power cleans 350 (pounds), the most on our team. He's been real valuable as a blocker because he'll get that linebacker or get downfield to that safety to help Dallas get those extra yards," Wengler said of Kaaua-Long. 

The Warriors are averaging more than 29 points and nearly 350 yards per game. They claimed their third BIIF title and are hoping to breakthrough in states after first-round exits each of the past two seasons. 

Kamehameha-Hawaii is 1-9 all-time in state tournament games, with its lone win coming back in 2014 with a 42-20 victory over Nanakuli. It has lost five straight state contests since. 

Wengler knows that if his team is to pull off a win Friday night, chances are Enriquez will have to play a prominent role in it. 

"We'll respond to what they show us with their defensive front, but we do want to run the ball a lot against them. At the same time, we're trying to become a little bit more balanced in passing the ball a little more so if they crowd the box and bring a lot of people up, we'll go to the pass, so whatever they give us, we'll try and take advantage of," Wengler said. 

Enriquez and the Warriors (7-5) are seeded fifth in the six-team Division II state tournament and will face the fourth-seeded Wolf Pack (3-3) at Farrington's Kusunoki Field at Edward ‘Skippa' Diaz Stadium, which kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. 

The winner will advance to face defending champion and top-seeded Kamehameha-Maui on Nov. 22 in Pukalani, Maui. 

FOOTBALL

Keenan Alani, Konawaena — Threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns on 14-of-29 passing with one interception and ran seven times for 45 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Keaau 

Legend Byrd-Tauala, Aiea — Caught six passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns in a loss to Kailua 

Chrys Coelho, Honokaa — Ran for three touchdowns in a loss to Kamehameha-Hawaii 

Zane Fujihara Faavesi, Konawaena — Made five tackles, including 2 ½ sacks, and forced a fumble in a win over Keaau 

Chevy Flanary, Konawaena — Made eight tackles, including two sacks, and recovered a fumble in a win over Keaau 

Caizel Jesus-Kapesi, Aiea — Threw for 316 yards and three touchdowns on 21-of-36 passing without an interception in a loss to Kailua 

Ioane Kamanao, Roosevelt — Caught seven passes for 91 yards with a touchdown, ran for a touchdown, recorded an interception, kicked an 18-yard field goal and converted 4 of 4 extra points in a win over Pearl City 

Malachi Liilii-Utu, Aiea — Made eight tackles, including one for a loss, and recorded an interception in a loss to Kailua 

Jaedon Pablo, Campbell — Made 3 ½ tackles and broke up five passes in a win over Mililani 

Giovanni Paia, Roosevelt — Made five tackles, including 2 ½ for losses with two sacks, in a win over Pearl City 

Tevita Paongo, Campbell — Made five tackles, including four for losses with two sacks, in a win over Mililani 

Ezekiel Soon, Roosevelt — Made a game-high 7 ½ tackles, including two for losses, and recorded an interception in a win over Pearl City 

Caisen Yuen, Pearl City — Made six tackles, recovered a fumble and broke up three passes in a loss to Roosevelt