Saturday, August 1, 2015

MIL JV FOOTBALL: LAHAINALUNA V. BALDWIN L6-15 - OCTOBER 17, 2014


It was supposed to be a revenge game for Lahainaluna, who were shutout and manhandled by Baldwin in their first meeting 21-0. The Lunas overall played pretty well defensively, but poor play on special teams gave Baldwin great field position early on for early scores. Each time, Baldwin punted it into a stiff wind from the outer band of Hurricane Ana. Each time, a Lahainaluna player near the punt’s landing zone failed to clear the way, allowing the ball to touch them. Baldwin would recover in great field position. This happened on successive punts in the first half.

 
 
 
 
 


The Lunas lost the battle in the trenches to the bigger Bears team. Defenders got quick and early penetration into our backfield, often times disrupting the play before it could get going. On the other end, Baldwin runners showed patience waiting for holes to be inevitably opened up through which they accelerated through for big gains. The familiar gang-tackling from Lahainaluna was often absent as defenders found themselves having to go one-on-one in trying to tackle the Baldwin runners. Still, the Lunas kept themselves in the game. The big play came on a pass play from Bailey Honda to Siale Hafoka, who caught the ball and was taken to the ground about 3 yards short of the goal line. The Lunas eventually scored on a Nathaniel Somera plunge up the middle to make the score 13-6 (the extra point attempt was blocked by about 5 Bears).

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Lunas still had a shot, but the Lunas fielded a punt within their own 5 yard line (rather than letting it bounce into the endzone for a touchback) and the runner was dropped at about the 2. Two plays later, a runner was tackled in the backfield – in the end zone- and the Bears had a safety to make it 15-6.

 

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