WAIPAHU — Led by the stellar performances of quarterback Andrew Manley and receiver Edieson Dumlao, No. 4 Leilehua clinched the O'ahu Interscholastic Association Red West with a 27-21 win at Waipahu last night.

A crowd of about 2,200 at the Masa Yonamine Athletic Complex saw Manley complete 29 of his 43 pass attempts for 418 yards — including 13 passes for 192 yards to Dumlao — to lift the defending Division I state champion Mules to 7-1, 5-1 in the Red West. Waipahu, coming off an upset at Wai'anae last week, fell to 5-3, 3-3 in league play.

"This feel great," said Manley, who had three touchdown passes. "We won the Red (West) and now we're going to shoot for the OIAs and then, of course, for states."

Leilehua avoided a possible five-way tie for the Red West title with the victory. A loss would have put both teams along with Kapolei, Mililani and Wai'anae at 4-2.

Instead, the Mules — along with the second (Wai'anae) and third (Kapolei) seeds from the West — will have a first-round bye in next week's first round of the OIA Red Division Tournament.

Fourth-seeded Mililani will host East No. 5 Kailua and fifth-seeded Waipahu will visit East No. 4 Kaimuki.

After Waipahu took a 7-0 lead on a 7-yard touchdown run by Josh Lacar, Leilehua pulled closer on Manley's first scoring pass to Dumlao, a 21-yarder early in the second quarter.

The Mules missed the extra point, but Waipahu went three-and-out and Leilehua enjoyed a short field, starting its possession at the Marauders' 32.

Four plays later, Manley found Dumlao for a 15-yard touchdown for a 13-7 lead going into the half.

The Manley-to-Dumlao connection continued in the second half, as the pair hooked up for a 38-yard touchdown pass on the Mules' first third-quarter drive.

Dumlao beat the double-coverage and Manley threw it over-the-top and hit him in stride as he coasted to the end zone. Garrison Garma's extra point made it 20-7.

"Me and (Manley) had a good connection this game," said Dumlao. "The (Waipahu) corners were just bailing out, so we were just taking the underneath stuff."

Rico Newman added a score in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard run.

However, the Marauders and Matautia — the state's leading rusher — would not go quietly.

Matautia, who briefly left the game in the third quarter, ran for 105 of his 160 rushing yards in the fourth quarter.

Following his 80-yard touchdown run to cut it to 27-14 with 9:13 left in the game, the Marauders got the ball back after a Leilehua punt.

Matautia carried five times on the ensuing eight-play drive, including the 5-yard touchdown run that cut the deficit to 27-21 with 5:39 remaining.

Waipahu regained possession when Newman fumbled and Johnny Manuma-Faamu recovered, but the drive ended with a fourth-down incompletion.

Reach Kalani Takase at ktakase@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2404.

LEILEHUA (7-1, 5-1) 0 13 7 7—27

WAIPAHU (5-3, 3-3) 7 0 0 14—21

Waip — Josh Lacar 7 run (Neil Guiang kick).

Lei — Edieson Dumlao 21 pass from Andrew Manley (kick failed).

Lei — Dumlao 15 pass from Manley (Garrison Garma kick).

Lei — Dumlao 38 pass from Manley (Garma kick).

Lei — Rico Newman 11 run (Garma kick).

Waip — Troy Matautia 80 run (Guiang kick).

Waip — Matautia 5 run (Guiang kick).

RUSHING — Leilehua: CJ Bailey 1-(minus 1), Manley 7-7, Newman 8-20, Austin Schmidt 3-8, Team 1-(minus 1). Waipahu: Matautia 22-160, Lacar 8-23, Victor Moananu 11-56, Fremont Aguinaldo 1-6.

PASSING — Leilehua: Manley 29-43-1—418. Waipahu: Lacar 0-7-0—0, Micah Beate 1-2-0—49, Matautia 1-4-0—11.

RECEIVING — Leilehua: Dumlao 13-192, Cheves Aberilla Ramento l 3-74, Newman 8-112, Matt Reyes 3-32, Schmidt 1-11, Bailey 1-(minus 3). Waipahu: Marvin Gomez 2-60.

JV score — Leilehua 19, Waipahu 0 .

OIA RED EAST

FARRINGTON 41, KAIMUKI 0: Apelu Sooalo rushed for three first-half touchdowns and James Smith returned an interception 30 yards for another score as the Governors rolled past the Bulldogs in an OIA Red East game at Roosevelt's field.

Farrington clinched the East No. 2 seed behind top-seeded Kahuku and ahead of third-seeded Castle. All three will draw a bye in the first round of the OIA playoffs.

KAIMUKI (4-4, 3-3) 0 0 0 0— 0

FARRINGTON (6-2, 5-1) 14 7 13 7—41

Farr — Apelu Sooalo 20 run (kick failed).

Farr — Sooalo 2 run (Drake Miller from Dayton Kealoha ).

Farr — Sooalo 13 run (Robert Molina kick).

Farr — Ani Isumu 13 pass from Kealoha (Run failed).

Farr — James Smith 30 interception return (Molina kick).

Farr — Harry Tuimaseve 30 run (Sooalo kick).

RUSHING — Kaimuki: Tevita Aholelei 14-41, Justin Paderes 11-30, Nainoa Hiapo 4-7. Farrington: Tuimaseve 11-81, Sooalo 11-40, Kealoha 3-31, Siaosi Feleunga 2-2, Molina 2-5, Tyrell Shipley-Lagnay 1-4, Isumu 1-(minus 2).

PASSING — Kaimuki: Hiapo 7-18-3-66. Farrington: Kealoha 4-11-0-75.

RECEIVING — Kaimuki: Chris Fiamate 3-24, Desmond Tautofi 2-19, Aholelei 1-19, Trendt Marsom 1-4. Farrington: Isumu 3-62, Miller 1-13.

JV score — Farrington 36, Kaimuki 8.

Reported by Roosevelt Staff.

OIA WHITE

RADFORD DEF. KALANI BY FORFEIT: The Rams (6-1, 6-1) were awarded an OIA White victory when the Falcons (0-7, 0-7) were unable to field a team.

BIIF

KEA'AU 39, WAIAKEA 0: The host Cougars (3-4, 3-2) shut down the Warriors (2-5, 2-3) in a Big Island Interscolastic Federation Division I game.

HAWAI'I PREP 14, KOHALA 6: Visiting Ka Makani (5-1, 4-1) held off the Cowboys (5-2, 3-2) in a BIIF Division II game.

MIL

Lahainaluna 44, King Kekaulike 28: The visiting Lunas improved to 4-1 and 3-0 in the Maui Interscholastic League, while Na Ali'i fell to 2-3 and 1-2.

Baldwin 27, Kamehameha 26: The Bears (4-1, 3-0) held off the Warriors (1-4, 1-2) at War Memorial Stadium.