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The Honolulu Hahalua scored back to back ‘ships this year after taking down the Sarasota Sailfish in the 2051 Ultimus. With an impressive 11-5 record, Honolulu controlled the ASFC from start to finish, ending the season with a dominant 9-3 conference record. Their 423 points for and 311 points against both lead the ASFC, making the Hahalua one of the most efficient teams on both sides of the ball. Yet many of their individual stats don’t jump off the board at you, which is curious for a two time, back to back Ultimus winning squad.
We’ll begin with the offense, and who better to start with then the play caller himself, QB Dexter Zaylren. After a stellar 2050 season, Zaylren returned with an efficient 2051 season for the manta rays. He threw for 3334 yards on 306 completions with a 62.3% completion percentage. A 31:10 TD to INT ratio also contributed nicely to Honolulu’s success in the regular season, with Zaylren being tied for lowest INTs on the year. In the receiver room, 3 guys held down the fort for the Hahalua. WR Sal Ami led the team with 1099 yards on 77 receptions, with an astounding 15 TDs, for an almost 20% TD percentage. That’s right, every fifth ball that Ami halued in was caught for a TD, and he finished second in the league in TDs. Ami was supported by WRs Bayley Cowabunga and rookie Leek Mai-Heinous who both had respectable numbers on the year. Cowabunga brought down 65 catches for 740 yards and 2 TDs. LMH also had 740 yards, on 67 catches this time, and added 8 TDs of his own to the mix. In the back field their premier back and team captain Buffalo Hunter averaged 4.6 yards on 379 carries for 1736 yards on the season, good for third best in the league. Hunter was supported by the aging Goat Tank, who had 918 yards of his own on 226 carries, with 9 TDs to add to Hunter’s 8 TDs.
On defense Honolulu had some spectacular star power show up both during the regular season and the playoffs. We’ll start with on-ball LB Big Slammu, who had a career year, racking up a league leading 20 sacks, 130 tackles, 17 TFLs, 5 forced fumbles, and 7 passes defended on his way to winning the Defensive Player of the Year. Just an incredible year from Slammu, who was instrumental in shutting down opposing offensive gameplans and bringing the Hahalua to the top defense in the ASFC. On the other side of the line was LB Xavier Walls, who complemented Slammu nicely to the tune of 90 tackles, 8 TFLs, 12 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended. On the outside CB Lip Gallagher terrorized opposing QBs with 102 tackles, 8 interceptions, and 32 passes defended. Gallagher’s 8 picks were good for second in the league, and he added on an absurd 4 defensive TDs to his campaign.
In the postseason Honolulu matched up against division rival and longtime foe Arizona in the conference championship game, in their third such matchup in 3 seasons. Arizona was led by QB Wendell Sailor and league MVP RB Jay Cue Jr. The game was close from the outset, with the teams trading blows well into the 4th quarter. With 1:50 left on the clock and a score of 28-21 HON, CB Miles Weperom jumped on a ARI WR Captain Billy Stinkwater route and pulled in the INT, returning it 61 yards to the house to ice the game for Honolulu. The Hahalua would go on to win 38-21 and advance to their third Ultimus in three years, with a chance to go back to back.
A scary Sarasota Sailfish team awaited Honolulu in the Ultimus, led by first team All-Pro and league leading passer QB Carter Knight. The Ultimus came down to the wire, with Sarasota leading 28-24 going into the finals minutes of play. But the two minute drill from Honolulu was simply too much for the Sailfish to handle. Zaylren drove his team methodically down the field, before finding LMH on a 35 yard route in the endzone for the lead and the Ultimus victory with only 1:19 left! Zaylren was excellent in the Ultimus with 261 yards and 4 TDs. But the big story was the three INTs from the Honolulu defense, including two from Lip Gallagher to shut down the star power of Carter Knight. Back to back ‘ships, incredibly impressive, can they go for three?
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The Honolulu Hahalua scored back to back ‘ships this year after taking down the Sarasota Sailfish in the 2051 Ultimus. With an impressive 11-5 record, Honolulu controlled the ASFC from start to finish, ending the season with a dominant 9-3 conference record. Their 423 points for and 311 points against both lead the ASFC, making the Hahalua one of the most efficient teams on both sides of the ball. Yet many of their individual stats don’t jump off the board at you, which is curious for a two time, back to back Ultimus winning squad.
We’ll begin with the offense, and who better to start with then the play caller himself, QB Dexter Zaylren. After a stellar 2050 season, Zaylren returned with an efficient 2051 season for the manta rays. He threw for 3334 yards on 306 completions with a 62.3% completion percentage. A 31:10 TD to INT ratio also contributed nicely to Honolulu’s success in the regular season, with Zaylren being tied for lowest INTs on the year. In the receiver room, 3 guys held down the fort for the Hahalua. WR Sal Ami led the team with 1099 yards on 77 receptions, with an astounding 15 TDs, for an almost 20% TD percentage. That’s right, every fifth ball that Ami halued in was caught for a TD, and he finished second in the league in TDs. Ami was supported by WRs Bayley Cowabunga and rookie Leek Mai-Heinous who both had respectable numbers on the year. Cowabunga brought down 65 catches for 740 yards and 2 TDs. LMH also had 740 yards, on 67 catches this time, and added 8 TDs of his own to the mix. In the back field their premier back and team captain Buffalo Hunter averaged 4.6 yards on 379 carries for 1736 yards on the season, good for third best in the league. Hunter was supported by the aging Goat Tank, who had 918 yards of his own on 226 carries, with 9 TDs to add to Hunter’s 8 TDs.
On defense Honolulu had some spectacular star power show up both during the regular season and the playoffs. We’ll start with on-ball LB Big Slammu, who had a career year, racking up a league leading 20 sacks, 130 tackles, 17 TFLs, 5 forced fumbles, and 7 passes defended on his way to winning the Defensive Player of the Year. Just an incredible year from Slammu, who was instrumental in shutting down opposing offensive gameplans and bringing the Hahalua to the top defense in the ASFC. On the other side of the line was LB Xavier Walls, who complemented Slammu nicely to the tune of 90 tackles, 8 TFLs, 12 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended. On the outside CB Lip Gallagher terrorized opposing QBs with 102 tackles, 8 interceptions, and 32 passes defended. Gallagher’s 8 picks were good for second in the league, and he added on an absurd 4 defensive TDs to his campaign.
In the postseason Honolulu matched up against division rival and longtime foe Arizona in the conference championship game, in their third such matchup in 3 seasons. Arizona was led by QB Wendell Sailor and league MVP RB Jay Cue Jr. The game was close from the outset, with the teams trading blows well into the 4th quarter. With 1:50 left on the clock and a score of 28-21 HON, CB Miles Weperom jumped on a ARI WR Captain Billy Stinkwater route and pulled in the INT, returning it 61 yards to the house to ice the game for Honolulu. The Hahalua would go on to win 38-21 and advance to their third Ultimus in three years, with a chance to go back to back.
A scary Sarasota Sailfish team awaited Honolulu in the Ultimus, led by first team All-Pro and league leading passer QB Carter Knight. The Ultimus came down to the wire, with Sarasota leading 28-24 going into the finals minutes of play. But the two minute drill from Honolulu was simply too much for the Sailfish to handle. Zaylren drove his team methodically down the field, before finding LMH on a 35 yard route in the endzone for the lead and the Ultimus victory with only 1:19 left! Zaylren was excellent in the Ultimus with 261 yards and 4 TDs. But the big story was the three INTs from the Honolulu defense, including two from Lip Gallagher to shut down the star power of Carter Knight. Back to back ‘ships, incredibly impressive, can they go for three?
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