Kamehameha football coach Doug Cosbie doesn’t need more points, but he does need more discipline.
The sixth-ranked Warriors’ coach was not smiling after Saturday afternoon’s 76-26 rout of Pac-Five at Aloha Stadium.
"We’re just trying to get better every week," said Cosbie, whose Warriors can’t afford to take ‘Iolani lightly next week before the regular-season finale against No. 1 Punahou on Oct. 10. "We have to fight past the disappointments and the injuries."
To clarify, Cosbie, the former Dallas Cowboys All-Pro tight end, said, "We’re not where we should be. We’re not disciplined enough and we need more energy. We’re just not consistent enough and there were a lot of penalties that we took that we could be avoiding."
The 76 points is the most by Kamehameha in the Prep Bowl/state tournament era that began in 1973.
Kamehameha quarterback Noah Sua-Godinet threw three touchdown passes, including two to Kaulana Werner, to bring his total to seven in five games.
The Warriors (4-1, 3-1 ILH) bolted out to leads of 28-6 late in the first quarter and 49-26 at halftime. They slowed Pac-Five’s prolific offense but did not shut it down.
Pac-Five quarterback Kainoa Ferreira delivered four touchdown passes to boost his season total to 18. One of them was for 84 yards to Tsubasa Brennan, who now has eight TD receptions in five contests.
"It personally sucks for me," Brennan said. "It makes me cringe when we can’t stop them (in blowout losses to Division I foes Kamehameha and Saint Louis)."
By no means was Brennan knocking the Division II Wolfpack’s defense, and he readily acknowledged all of his teammates’ efforts.
"It’s the whole team working together and we all have a hand in not being able to stop them," he added.
It won’t get any easier any time soon. Pac-Five (2-3, 1-3) takes on Punahou, the state’s top-ranked team, at Aloha Stadium on Saturday.
Cosbie, who knows that his team must get past Punahou and No. 5 Saint Louis to make it to the state tournament, isn’t completely down on the Warriors.
"The kids play well together and they all like each other," he said. "We did some good things out there. Like anything, we have our good days and our bad days."
It appears that what he’s trying to get across to his team, though, is that good (76 points against Pac-Five) might not be good enough at crunch time against the top echelon of the ILH.
At Aloha Stadium
| PAC-FIVE (2-3, 1-3) |
14 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
— |
26 |
| KAMEHAMEHA (4-1, 3-1) |
28 |
21 |
0 |
27 |
— |
76 |
KS—Jaykob Cubunoc 81 run (Noah Crabbe kick)
KS—Jordan Bayudan 15 run (Crabbe kick)
Pac—Grey Ihu 50 pass from Kainoa Ferreira (kick failed)
KS—Kumokulihanana Noa 19 pass from Sua-Godinet (Crabbe kick)
KS—Bayudan 7 run (Crabbe kick)
Pac—Ihu 5 pass from Ferreira (Tsubasa Brennan pass from Ferreira)
KS—Kaysan Nakatsu 47 run (Crabbe kick)
Pac—Brennan 84 pass from Ferreira (kick failed)
KS—Keola Pedrina 15 run (Crabbe kick)
KS—Kaulana Werner 40 pass from Sua-Godinet (Crabbe kick)
Pac—Sean Kinel 12 pass from Ferreira (kick failed)
KS—Werner 7 pass from Sua-Godinet (Crabbe kick)
KS—Peter Hanohano-Hashimoto 18 pass from Justice Young (Crabbe kick)
KS—Trevor Kahunahana 5 run (kick failed)
KS—Makoa Freitas 29 run (Crabbe kick)
