Mililani's Dillon Gabriel puts a stiff arm on a Kapolei defender. The junior QB rushed for two touchdowns and threw for three more. Spencer Honda | SL

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Mililani WR Ryan Chang breaks free to haul in a 34-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Spencer Honda | SL

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Mililani WR Nayyir Muhammad (80) celebrates on the sideline after scoring on an 8-yard pass on the opening possession of the game. Spencer Honda | SL

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Mililani QB Dillon Gabriel watches on after being stripped for a fumble as Kapolei's Junior Tuia (99) runs free for a 55-yard scoop and score. Spencer Honda | SL

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The Trojans defense celebrates Shane Kady's (Left) interception score in the end zone near the end of the first half. Spencer Honda | SL

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Kapolei defensive back Christian Broome (19) intercepts a pass in the first quarter. Spencer Honda | SL

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Mililani's Kaysen Higa (right) holds the ball for kicker Damien Santiago (left) as he kicks a PAT attempt that was nullified by a penalty. Spencer Honda | SL

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The Trojans defense celebrates Shane Kady's interception score in the end zone near the end of the first half. Spencer Honda | SL

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Kapolei's Dylan Toilolo fills the gap to stop Mililani RB Jalen Tuivaiave-Olomua on a 2-point conversion attempt in the third quarter. Spencer Honda | SL

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Saige Mactagone-Kuhaulua (middle left) celebrates with his Hurricanes teammates nabbing an interception in the second quarter. Spencer Honda | SL

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Kapolei's Junior Tuia scoops up a fumble forced by Hurricanes defensive lineman Dylan Naehu. Spencer Honda | SL

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Mililani WR Ryan Chang trucks a defender in the end zone following his second touchdown catch of the game. Spencer Honda | SL

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Trojans QB Dillon Gabriel stands tall after scoring on a 5-yard run in the third quarter. Spencer Honda | SL

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Fri, Sep 15, 2017 @ Kapolei [ 7:30 pm ]

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Mililani

42

Kapolei

21

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Mililani (10-2-0)	14	12	9	7	42
Kapolei (5-5-0)	7	14	0	0	21

• Pass
• Rush
• Rec

Lonenoa Faoa 188 yd 2 TD

Dillon Gabriel 398 yd 3 TD

Dreyden-Steele Kawewehi 7 yd

Dillon Gabriel 40 yd 2 TD

Isaiah Ahana 86 yd 1 TD

Ryan Chang 94 yd 2 TD

KAPOLEI — Dillon Gabriel threw for 398 yards with three touchdowns and rushed for two other scores to help No. 3 Mililani down No. 10 Kapolei, 42-21, in an Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I Red Conference game Friday night.

The Trojans scored the game's final 22 points to rally from a one-point, second-quarter deficit to improve to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in league play.

Gabriel, a junior quarterback, overcame three first-half turnovers (two interceptions and a fumble) to finish 30-of-44 passing and added 40 rushing yards on a team-high 16 carries.

"We didn't execute as well as we wanted to. We put up points, but at the same time we made a lot of mistakes," said Gabriel, a 6-foot, 180-pound lefty.

A Gabriel fumble led directly to a 54-yard scoop-and-score for Junior Tuia, which tied it at 20 with three minutes and 22 seconds left in the second quarter. Braden Bantolina's extra point gave the Hurricanes a lead — albeit, a brief one.

The teams exchanged punts before Gabriel was intercepted by Saige Mactagone-Kuhaulua at the Kapolei 8-yard line with just 33 seconds left before the intermission.

On the very next play, as Hurricanes' quarterback Lonenoa Faoa wound up for a short pass, the ball slipped out of his hands and into the waiting hands of Shane Kady in the end zone for a Mililani touchdown.

"Everything just kind of went blank when I was rushing and (Faoa) just threw the ball and I just saw it in the air and just grabbed it," said Kady, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound sophomore defensive end.

Trojans coach Rod York could not overstate the impact of Kady's play.

"That was huge. To give us the lead with less than (thirty) seconds left (in the half). I thought we were going in down one (point), next thing you know we're up five," York said. "Humongous play."

Conversely, it had the opposite effect on the other sideline.

"That end of the first half, we called a play and it was a screen and the ball slipped out of Noa's hands — that was a killer. That was a momentum-changer," Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez said. "I thought we were playing them up and up until that point. For one half we played up to what I thought would be our potential."

The defensive score sent the Trojans into halftime with a 26-21 lead that they further built upon after the break.

Kapolei's first second-half possession ended four plays in when Faoa was picked off by Dylan Mathew Tirso Miguel, who returned it to the Mililani 46-yard line.

The Trojans eventually recycled the turnover into a 37-yard field goal by Damien Santiago.

Gabriel's 5-yard TD run around the right end on third-and-goal stretched the lead to 35-21 with 4:48 left in the third quarter. He capped Mililani's next possession — which spanned 85 yards in 11 plays — with a 13-yard TD pass to Ryan Chang on a third-and-5 to close out the scoring about two minutes into the fourth quarter.

The Trojans finished with 542 yards of total offense. They rushed for 144 yards — 98 of them coming after halftime.

"We just executed (in the second half). I mean, the kids tried a little harder," York said. "We ran three wrong routes and we had (two) picks in the first half, I had to do a better job of calling plays and we had to run the ball more effectively — we had to hit the hole, hit the blocks — we just did a little better."

Gabriel registered completions to nine different pass-catchers. He threw first-half TD passes of 8 and 34 yards to Nayyir Muhammad and Chang, respectively. Gabriel's first TD run — of 13 yards — gave Mililani a 20-7 lead with 5:16 left in the first half.

"I think the difference is Dillon Gabriel. He's a great quarterback, he hurt us with his scrambling in the second half, he has pinpoint accuracy," Hernandez said. "His experience really showed in the second half, so he was the toughest guy to defend out there."

Both of Kapolei's offensive touchdowns were TD passes by Faoa aided by missed tackles in the Trojans secondary. Isaiah Ahana hauled in a 52-yard score in the first quarter and Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala pulled down a 65-yard TD in the second.

Faoa, making his just his second start since transferring from national powerhouse Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), finished 20-of-39 passing for 188 yards. He was intercepted twice.

"He's a sophomore and he's going through some growing pains, but he's getting better," Hernandez said. "He's going to be a good one, but he's still progressing and trying to learn the system, so we're proud of him. We're proud of the boys; They played hard."

Kapolei was held to minus-10 rushing yards finished with 178 yards of total offense.

Matt Gututala posted a game-high 10 1/2 tackles, including two for losses, and Bam Amina added eight stops, one for loss, and a pass break-up for the Hurricanes (3-4, 2-4).

Darius Muasau led the Trojans defensively with nine tackles, including 3 1/2 for losses, and a sack.

Late in the game, Mililani offensive lineman Scottie Agasiva and Kapolei linebacker Rocky Savea were ejected after drawing personal fouls. In accordance with OIA rules, both will have to sit out the next game.