Moanalua Na Menehune Varsity Football Team "vs" Waipahu Marauders (31-20) "2012 OIA Football First Round Playoff.

WR #3 Donald Lambert "TD" Sealed the Win and Celebration with Head Coach Arnold Martinez

The OIA Football Playoffs First Round has started and the OIA Red East Moanalua Na Menehune Varsity Football team will be playing the OIA Red West Waipahu Marauders at 7:00pm at Moanalua High School. Tonight's winner will move on to play Leilehua. Waipahu has had a bumpy season this year ending with 6 losses and 2 wins, but only losing by an average of 5 points per game. They cannot be underestimated, so you never know what will take place tonight. As for the Moanalua Na Menehune, their season ended with 4 wins and 4 losses, including the most recent loss against Kahuku 15-31 which involved a helmet to helmet hit to Moanalua WR #1 Chad Aragon by a Kahuku player, prompting questions as to the high school football rules.

At tonight's game, you had to be there to believe the "unbelievable."  There were so many penalties against the Na Menehune that I lost count, counting my fingers and toes.  Waipahu was able to take advantage of some of these penalties, but for the Na Menehune it was just "hard luck."  No matter what they did, there were yellow flags flying from all directions, and you could hear the fans yelling "what?" In fact when Waipahu got the flag instead of Moanalua, you could hear a big "THANK YOU!"

In the first quarter, with 5:52 on the clock, Moanalua RB #5 Richard Parham took it in for the 1st TD of the night, and kicker #88 Landon Ogawa made it 7-0.  With 2:08 left on the clock, Waipahu came right back to score with QB #10 Kaimi Paredes diving into the end zone, but the extra point was wide ending the 1st quarter, 7-6.  In the 2nd quarter with 11:15 on the clock, Moanalua kicked a field goal bringing the score to 10-6.  With 1:32 on the clock in the 2nd quarter, Waipahu drove down the field and RB #24 Isaiah Alama ran it in for a TD and QB #10 Kaimi Paredes went for the two points to give Waipahu the lead 14-10.