Roughing It at Retreat Helps Tustin Roll to Easy Victory in Honolulu : Football: Tailback Ron Goods scores two touchdowns in leading Tillers to 37-7 triumph.

There was plenty of snickering when Marijon Ancich, Tustin High School football coach, decided to isolate his team for six days at a church retreat on the northern-most locations of Oahu before its 1990 season opener.

Ancich, his staff and 60 players spent their Hawaiian vacation at Camp Mokuleia in Waialua, which will never be mistaken for Waikiki’s Hilton Hawaiian Village.

The luxury accommodations at Camp Mokuleia featured 16 players crammed into small bungalows that had eight bunk beds. The players shared two showers, and assistant Vince Brown said he couldn’t use the facility after the first day of practice.

But something about the rustic environment seemed to agree with Tustin Friday as the Tillers rolled to a 37-7 victory over Honolulu’s Pac-5 at Aloha Stadium.

The result of Friday’s second game between Edison and Iolani was not available when this edition of The Times went to press, but it will appear in Sunday’s editions.

Tustin took a 23-7 lead at halftime, rushing for 164 yards and scoring on all four of its possessions against a smaller and outmanned Pac-5 team. Tailback Ron Goods set the tone by returning the opening kickoff 44 yards to set up Tustin’s first touchdown.

Goods gained 79 yards in six carries in the first half, scoring on runs of 3 and 35 yards.

For most of the day before the kickoff, Ancich bemoaned the passing craze that has hit the islands, but Tustin intercepted two passes by Pac-5 quarterback Tony Gabriel in the first half. After the turnovers, Tustin scored on a 32-yard field goal by Matt Coo and Goods’ 35-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.

“The University of Hawaii had a lot of success with its passing game last year, and now every high school team on the islands is trying to emulate their offense,” Ancich said.

But Gabriel’s only lethal pass was a 64-yarder to wide receiver James Dela Cuesta for the Wolfpack’s only touchdown in the half. Mario Soto and Scott Nelson intercepted Gabriel’s passes.

Keve Love kept the turnovers coming in the second half, intercepting Gabriel’s third pass of the quarter with a diving catch at the Wolfpack’s 38-yard line.

But Love’s acrobatic interception paled in comparison to some of the Tustin players’ experience on a glider trip two days ago in Waialua.

“We were doing spins and back dives and it got kind of scary,” said Vince Brown, Tustin’s offensive coordinator. “But it was one of the great experiences of our trip. The kids loved it.”

The game marked the third time Ancich has brought a team to Hawaii, and he recalled his first trip in 1977 as head coach at St. Paul. St. Paul advanced to the Division I championship game that season, losing to Los Altos in the title game, but one of Ancich’s best teams had problems defeating Honolulu St. Louis, 14-6, in its opener.

“That was a great team, but we barely got out of here with our lives,” Ancich said. “There’s something about playing over here that can sometimes bring out the worst in a team. That’s one of the reasons we went to the camp. We also thought the experience would be great for team unity.”

Tustin’s offense executed well against Pac-5. Goods had 117 yards in 11 carries and fullback Visko Ancich added 77 yards in 14 carries.

Visko Ancich gave Tustin a 30-7 lead early in the third quarter when he scored on a three-yard run after Gabriel’s third interception.