Waiakea got an eye-opening lesson: one-win football teams from the Garden Isle are pretty tough.
Despite a ton of youth, Waimea controlled the line of scrimmage, and steamrolled the Warriors 27-14 in a preseason game Saturday at Wong Stadium.
Last year, the Menehune won just one game, and second-year coach Jason Caldeira Jr. has only seven seniors on his 41-player roster.
Waimea, which last went to the HHSAA state tournament in 2003, played like a powerhouse against the Warriors, rushing for 282 yards on 43 carries (a healthy 6.6-yard per carry average), and piling up six sacks.