Baldwin Routs Warriors 42-19 for Third Straight MIL Victory

Baldwin’s Kamaki Gouveia (24) scores a touchdown on this run from 27 yards out in the first quarter. Photo by Rodney S. Yap.

By Rodney S. Yap

The Baldwin High School football team won its third straight game Friday, routing Kamehameha Maui 42-19 at Kanaiaupuni Stadium.

Baldwin’s Kamaki Gouveia rushed for a career-high 148 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries and he also returned an onside kick for a score.

The Bears put the mercy-rule running clock into effect with touchdowns on back-to-back second-half possessions. The first, on a 34-yard run by Gouveia and the second, on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Chayce Akaka to La’akea Kahoohanohano-Davis.

Baldwin’s quarterback Chayce Akaka runs for a 45-yard touchdown as Kamehameha Maui’s Mike Kahula gives chase. Photo by Rodney S. Yap.

The Bears improved to 5-1 overall in Maui Interscholastic League play and 2-0 in the second round. The win sets up a second-round MIL Division I crown matchup with Maui High on Saturday, Sept. 17, at War Memorial Stadium, beginning at 7 p.m.

The Sabers beat the Bears 3-0 in their first-round meeting.

Kamehameha Maui (3-4, 1-2) won the first-round MIL D-II title.

The Warriors managed to turned off the running clock with a 10-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kainoa Sanchez to Kamuela Kaniaupio with 10 seconds left in the third quarter.

Sanchez threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Kealaula Keliikoa with 4:47 to play, but Gouveia then returned the ensuing onside kickoff 55 yards for a touchdown.

Baldwin’s La’akea Kahoohanohano-Davis catches this touchdown pass from Chayce Akaka Friday against Kamehameha Maui. Photo by Rodney S. Yap.

The final score of the night was a 12-yard throw from Sanchez to Maikaike English with 2:52 left. Sanchez finished with a career-high 329 passing yards, and English had 11 receptions for 158 yards.

Kamehameha coach Cody Nakamura was ejected by rule with 9:47 left in the fourth quarter after a third unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called on the Warriors’ bench.

The Warriors had 278 yards in the second half after being limited to 72 in the first half.

Friday’s MIL Scoring Summary

BEARS 42, WARRIORS 19

At Kanaiaupuni Stadium

Baldwin 14 7 14 7—42

KS Maui 0 0 7 12—19

First Quarter

BH—Kamaki Gouveia 27 run (Kelii Kaiama kick), 11:05.

BH—Chayce Akaka 45 run (Kaiama kick), 3:42.

Second Quarter

BH—Taje Akaka 17 pass from Chayce Akaka (Kaiama kick), 11:33.

Third Quarter

BH—Kamaki Gouveia 34 run (Kaiama kick), 9:50.

BH—Laakea Kahoohanohano-Davis 17 pass from Chayce Akaka (Kaiama kick), 5:43.

KS—Kamuela Kaniaupio 7 pass from Kainoa Sanchez (Kealaula Keliikoa kick), 0:10.

Fourth Quarter

KS—Keliikoa 4 pass from Sanchez (kick failed), 4:47.

BH—Kamaki Gouveia 55 kickoff return (Kaiama kick), 4:39.

KS—Maikaike English 12 pass from Sanchez (pass failed), 2:52.

* Note—All individual and team statistics complied by Rob Collias of The Maui News.