Brett Rypien’s first start
for Boise State immedi-
ately brought compari-
sons to a former Broncos
quarterback who made an
impression as a freshman.
All those comparison
between Rypien and what
Kellen Moore accom-
plished as a freshman
came from outside sourc-
es. Those inside the Boise
State program found room
for Rypien to improve.
“Overall, I thought he
played well. He prepared
well for that game and
he needs to continue that
for this week,” Boise State
coach Bryan Harsin said.
“Overall, he graded out
fairly well.”
Rypien gets the spot-
light of his first home
start when the Broncos
(3-1) open Mountain
West Conference play
on Saturday night host-
ing Hawaii. Boise State
should get a chance to
return to the Top 25 in
the coming weeks as long
as it keeps winning, with
upcoming road games at
Colorado State and Utah
State.
Most of the attention
will be on Rypien, who
became the first true
freshman to start a game
for Boise State since 1993
when he led the Broncos
to a 56-14 rout of Virginia
last week. Rypien was 24
of 35 for 321 yards and
three touchdowns. It
was the most yards pass-
ing in a first start by any
Boise State quarterback
in school history, topping
Moore’s debut in 2008
when he threw for 274
yards.
“For him it was a great
opportunity getting in
there and playing, and
playing the way he did,”
Harsin said. “That’s got to
carry over to this week.”
After falling 28-0 to
Wisconsin, the Warriors
(2-2)returnedtoHonolulu
on Sunday, only to have a
Thursday return flight to
the mainland. The com-
bined round trip air miles
for the trip to Wisconsin
and Boise in consecutive
weeks: 13,988.
OFFENSIVE PUNCH
Even with a veter-
an quarterback in USC
transfer Max Wittek, the
Hawaii offense has yet to
get going. The Warriors
rank 121st in the coun-
try in scoring offense at
just 18.8 points per game.
They’re 93rd in passing
offense and 121st running
the ball at just 97 yards
per game on the ground.
RETURN HOME
The game in Boise will
be a homecoming for
Hawaii offensive coor-
dinator Don Bailey and
defensive coordinator
Tom Mason. Bailey and
Mason were part of Pokey
Allen’s coaching staff with
the Broncos beginning
in 1993. Bailey was the
Broncos’ wide receivers
coach while Mason was
the defensive coordinator.
The duo remained with
the Broncos through the
1996 season and Mason
was the Broncos’ interim
head coach in 1996. Both
are in their first seasons
at Hawaii.
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COLLEGE
FOOTBALL
Hawaii faces
Boise State’s
freshman QB
BY TIM BOOTH
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HILO – When Kobe
Antolin walked off the
field after Kealakehe’s
possession in the first
overtime, there was a
chance he had just lost
his team the game.
When Antolin went to
his sideline in the second
overtime, he had given his
team a chance to win the
game, and just moments
later the Waveriders did.
Antolin atoned for a
fumble with a 10-yard
touchdown run Friday
night, and Kealakehe
won 30-29 at Wong
Stadium after the Vikings
botched the extra point
after their score, clinch-
ing homefield advantage
in the BIIF Division I
playoffs.
The teams traded
touchdowns in the sec-
ond overtime, and Hilo
looked like it was going
to send the game to a
third OT after Kahale
Huddleston scored on
a 17-yard touchdown
reception. But Lukas
Kuipers never got a
chance to kick the extra
point.
Taking over at the 20,
neither team scored on
their first possession of
overtime.
Antolin fumbled for
Kealakehe and Kuipers
missed a 44-yard field
goal after Randy Hatori
pushed the Vikings back
with a sack.
Ka’ale
Tiogangco’s
51-yard touchdown pass
to Josiah Factora and
a two-point throw to
Kuipers tied the game
midway through the
fourth quarter, stop-
ping a streak that saw
Kealakehe (5-1 BIIF, 6-2)
score three consecutive
touchdowns to erase a
15-3 lead.
Markus
DeGrate
threw two long touch-
down passes to Anthony
Trevino
and
Riggs
Kurashige in the second
half as Kealakehe sud-
denly rediscovered how
to score against Hilo.
DeGrate’s 9-yard pass
in the second OT set up
Antolin’s winning run.
Kurashige
finished
with 71 yards on the
ground and a score as
the Waveriders ended a
four-game losing streak
to Hilo.
The Vikings (4-2 BIIF,
4-4) managed just 74
yards on the ground in
regulation and turned
the ball over three times.
They saw their three-
game winning streak end.
Kealakehe
domi-
nated the first quarter,
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WAVERIDERS
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OVERTIME ESCAPE
Kealakehe’s Pulama Louis runs for the end zone after grabbing an interception in Friday’s BIIF Division I game in Hilo
.
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WRIGHT/
SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
WAVERIDERS BEAT HILO AFTER
VIKINGS MISS PAT, CLINCH HOMEFIELD
BIIF FOOTBALL
BY MATT GERHART
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
SCORING SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER
Kealakehe
– FG 19 Anthony
Trevino, :46
SECOND QUARTER
Hilo
– Kahale Huddleston 3
pass from Iosaia Lavatai (Lukas
Kuipers kick), 5:50
Hilo
– Isaac Lerma 30 pass
Lavatai (Lavatai pass to Pono
Lanford), 1:43
Kealakehe
-- Riggs Kurashige 1
run (Kolby Martin kick), :14
THIRD QUARTER
Kealakehe
– Anthony Trevino 46
pass from Markus Degrate (kick
blocked), 4:53
FOURTH QUARTER
Kealakehe
– Riggs Kurashige
67 pass from DeGrate (Martin
kick), 9:44
Hilo
– Josiah Factora 51 pass
from Ka‘ale Tiogangco (Kuipers
pass from Tiogangco), 7:16
SECOND OVERTIME
Kealakehe
– Kobe Antolin 10
run (Martin kick)
Hilo
– Huddleston 17 pass from
Tiogangco (kick failed
HONOKAA
—
Kamehameha-Hawaii
enforced a strict no-fly
zone policy in Honokaa
on Friday night.
The Warriors picked
off Honokaa quarterback
Nainoa Falk six times
and pitched its second
consecutive shutout on
the way to a 35-0 win
over the Dragons.
Kamehameha-Hawaii
running back Kaeo
Batacan got dirty early.
Fresh off a 40 carry game
against Konawaena, the
senior back account-
ed for 12 first quarter
touches. He finished the
contest with three touch-
downs and 114 yards on
21 carries.
Sophomore quarter-
back DallasJ Duarte had
an efficient game, com-
pleting 16-of-19 pass-
es for 233 yards and a
touchdown. His favor-
ite targets Friday night
were Kainalu Whitney
and Israel Bowden. The
duo combined for nine
catches and had 90 yards
apiece.
Batacan
started
the scoring early for
Kamehameha, plung-
ing into the end zone
on a 1-yard run on the
Warriors’ first drive. The
score was set up by a
38-yard completion from
Duarte to Whitney.
Honokaa
pinned
Kamehameha deep with
a punt on its next posses-
sion, and Trent Tavares
picked off Duarte to
set up Honokaa at the
Warriors’ 20. But Falk
would be sacked for a
10-yard loss on the first
play after the turnover,
and then tossed an
interception to Kailikea
Kekuawela.
Duarte bounced back
from his only mistake
of the game, finding
Bowden on a short swing
pass and he turned on
the jets for a 38-yard
score down the sideline.
Honokaa could not
capitalize on its first half
opportunities, includ-
ing a hot potato fumble
that gave them the ball
inside the Kamehameha
30, which ended in a
Bayley-Allen Manliguis
interception.
Despite
all
that
went right in the first
Kamehameha’s Kaeo Batacan picks up a few
yards before being brought down by Honokaa’s
Quin Fojas (left) and Kainalu Lau (back)
.
BRAD
BALLESTEROS/
SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
Six pack of picks for Kamehameha
in shutout win over Honokaa
BY J.R. DE GROOTE
WEST HAWAII TODAY
SCORING
SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER
KAM
— Kaeo Batacan 1-yard
run (kick good) 9:45
SECOND QUARTER
KAM
— Israel Bowden 38-yard
reception (kick good) 11:23
THIRD QUARTER
KAM
— Batacan 9-yard run
(kick good) 7:06
KAM
— Batacan 9-yard run
(kick good) 2:03
KAM
— Kaimialoha Like
11-yard pass to Noah Perreira
(kick good) 1:21
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