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<p>Long Beach Poly and Villa Park traveled to Hawaii to get a head start on the football season last weekend. </p>
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<p>Both teams came away with nonleague wins and are headed back to the mainland to continue their seasons.</p>
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<p>Long Beach Poly scored 53 straight points to pull off a 60-28 comeback win against Konawaena on the Big Island.</p>
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<p>Colorado State commit [player_tooltip player_id='115447' first='Darius' last='Curry'] completed 18 of 29 passing attempts for 253 yards and three touchdowns. [player_tooltip player_id='780273' first='Kamarie' last='Smith'] had a 90-yard kick return touchdown in the second quarter to cut Konawaena's lead to 21-13.</p>
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<p>Curry threw touchdown passes to [player_tooltip player_id='147724' first='Jordan' last='Malauulu'] and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='723757' first='Ezekiel' last='Orozco']</strong> before the half to give the Jackrabbits the lead.</p>
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<p>Defensive back <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1128131' first='Quimari' last='Shemwell']</strong>, a transfer from Western, intercepted two passes and returned them for touchdowns in the second half.</p>
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<p>Villa Park beat Baldwin of Honolulu 37-13. [player_tooltip player_id='797091' first='Carter' last='Christie'] ran for 181 yards with a pair of touchdowns for the Spartans.</p>
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Long Beach Poly and Villa Park traveled to Hawaii to get a head start on the football season last weekend.
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