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Hawaii teams got off to an 0-2 start against squads from the mainland on Friday.
California’s Long Beach Poly, ranked No. 50 nationally by MaxPreps, visited the Big Island, and after falling behind to Konawaena, the Jackrabbits took over in the second half for a 60-28 win.
The Wildcats, the defending state Division I champion, will begin their BIIF season next Saturday at Waiakea, looking to get in the win column.
In the other game involving a mainland team in Hawaii Friday night, California’s Villa Park broke open a close game in the early going to upend Damien 37-13 at the Farrington High field.
The only league contest on Friday came in OIA Division II, with Kalani upending Waialua 20-9 at the Kaiser High field.
The highly anticipated matchup for the Cane Knife Trophy happened in Waipahu, with visiting Campbell from the Open Division pulling away after halftime for a 62-24 victory.
The Division I Marauders led three times in the game, 13-7, 21-14 and 27-21.
Sabers junior quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw another one of his many 400-yard games, going 27 of 39 for 431 yards and five touchdowns.
Tana Tavui (one receiving TD, one rushing TD) and James Steffany-Flame (138 yards rushing, TD) also had a big hand in the victory, as did Caysean Melvin with 10 tackles, an interception and two pass breakups and Chandon Paul Yuen with two sacks.
For Waipahu, Ben Strobel threw for 360 yards and three TDs and Eric Stephens caught eight passes for 146 yards. Stephens also had a fumble recovery on defense and teammate Nicholas Lotu had 10 tackles.
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