Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Coach Kalei Young talked beforehand about how important it was for Waiakea’s football team to play as one and stick together.
It sounded like the usual coach-talk, but there was a twist. Young just as easily could have been foreshadowing the Warriors’ jail-break pass rush.
Hunter Parks and his defensive teammates flushed quarterback Tevesi Toia from the pocket time and again Saturday, chasing him left and right and stonewalling defending OIA Division II champion Waialua for 16-6 nonconference-opening victory at Ken Yamase Memorial Stadium.
“We proved everybody wrong,” Parks said. “I’m pretty sure nobody thought we were going to win today, so we came together and we put in all the work.