Nanakuli and Waimea were content to let their play do the talking on Saturday.

If there were any feelings among the OIA’s Golden Hawks and KIF’s Menehune that they were under-seeded going into the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division II football tournament, those were expressed in their first-round outcomes. Fourth-seeded Nanakuli blitzed Pac-Five, 38-6, and third-seeded Waimea trounced Kaiser 48-7 on the Garden Isle.

Nanakuli (10-1) earned a date with top-seeded King Kekaulike (4-6) on Maui in a Saturday semifinal, while Waimea (7-2) is bound for second-seeded Honokaa (10-1) on Hawaii Island. King Kekaulike and Honokaa were awarded first-round byes. Only King Kekaulike (2006) has won a state title in the remaining teams' histories.

Nanakuli opened up the season with a 16-0 loss to Maui High at War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku but has won 10 straight.

“Pretty excited to go to Maui again,” running back Allen Mahoe III told Spectrum OC16’s Jimmy Bender after scoring three touchdowns and earning Impact Player of the Game honors. “First time we were there was kind of tough, so this time we’re hoping to make a change.”

Waimea, which has lost only to Division I Kapaa this season, did its damage entirely on the ground in its afternoon game at Hanapepe Stadium against the OIA runner-up with 398 rushing yards. Save for a 12-yard completion from Zyden Vea to Rhaziah Tacub-Taniguchi, the Menehune could not be stopped. Aukai Emayo rumbled for 230 yards and three touchdowns on 26 carries, the No. 9 individual rushing performance in state tournament history, according to Hawaii Prep World.

The Menehune led 21-7 at halftime, with the Cougars’ only score an Easton Yoshino connection with Donovan Reis.

Yoshino returned to action and was 22-for-39 for 250 yards and two interceptions after getting injured in the OIA championship against Nanakuli.

Waimea put the game away with a 21-point third quarter, which included a 58-yard interception return for a TD by Kenny Okeigar.

Waimea averaged nearly 8 yards per carry. Kaiser had only 20 yards rushing.

Nanakuli was nearly as emphatic against the ILH’s representative in its nighttime game on the Golden Hawks’ Leeward Oahu field.

Coach Kili Watson turned to a balanced attack to attain their 491 yards of offense, with quarterback Hansen Salausa-Kaawa throwing for 216 and three primary running backs accounting for 238 yards.

Mahoe scored touchdowns of 5, 7 and 4 yards and accounted for over 100 total yards, while Nathan Pele-Tukumoeatu took it nine times for 135 yards and a score. Christian Asinsin added a fourth-quarter punch-in TD.

Pac-Five (3-5), the default ILH representative as the only team in its league in Division II, got its only score from Blade Kaululaau from 4 yards with 3:42 to play. Quarterback Koki Kaai was held to 69 yards on 7-for-25 passing and the Wolfpack attained only 101 yards total.

Here's the complete state tournament schedule for the coming week:

Open Division

No. 1 Kahuku vs. No. 4 Campbell, 4 p.m. Friday at Mililani; No. 2 Punahou vs. No. 3 Mililani, 7 p.m. Friday at Mililani

Division I

No. 1 Iolani vs. No. 4 Waipahu, 2 p.m. Saturday at Iolani; No. 2 Konawaena vs. No. 6 Aiea, 7 p.m. Saturday at Konawaena

Division II

No. 1 King Kekaulike vs. No. 4 Nanakuli, 7 p.m. Saturday at King Kekaulike; No. 2 Honokaa vs. No. 3 Waimea, 7 p.m. Saturday at Honokaa

Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii.