Keiaho Rushes for 415 Yards, 5 Touchdowns

George Keiaho rushed for 415 yards and five touchdowns in 29 carries to lift Buena High to a 42-30 nonleague victory over Westlake on Friday night at Ventura High.

Keiaho put on a grand season-opening performance in Buena’s new-look, one-back attack, but it took his 19-yard scoring run with 2:11 remaining to put the game out of reach.

“My line had me motivated,” Keiaho said. “They were blocking so good.”

But many of his runs were the result of breaking tackles. That effort shattered Buena single-game records for points (breaking the 20 by Tony Williams in 1989) and yards rushing (234 by Keiaho against Dos Pueblos in 1990).

Keiaho gained 42 yards on the Bulldogs’ first drive, hauling a Westlake tackler the final two yards for a touchdown. But that was simply the start for the 5-foot-9, 195-pound junior.

After a fumble by Westlake’s Jason Bedell and Rudy Rocha’s recovery at the Buena eight, Keiaho burst through the line and ran 92 yards for his second score.

Touchdown No. 3 came the next time Keiaho touched the ball. He bounced off the Warrior line and spun into the open field for a 73-yard race into the end zone. Through one quarter, Keiaho had 215 yards and Buena led, 21-3.

It must have seemed like a moral victory for Westlake when it held Keiaho to eight yards his next two carries. But then he went around the left side and raced 84 yards for another score.

Bedell had 164 yards in 24 carries for Westlake.