Damien rallied then held off Word of Life Academy, 19-14, in the season finale for both teams at Aloha Stadium last night.

The Monarchs finished their season 7-5 overall and 4-5 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division II. The Firebrands ended their inaugural varsity season at 2-10 and 0-9.

Word of Life took an early lead when Ryan Garo returned a fumble 25 yards for a touchdown, but Damien scored the next 19 points to take the lead for good.

Jeremiah Matautia's 2-yard run capped a 14-play, 74-yard drive that tied the score. The Monarchs moved ahead 13-7 just before halftime on an 8-yard scoring pass from Stanton Pilialoha to Iokepa Bahilot.

Pilialoha threw a 5-yard scoring pass to Makana Ka'anoi in the fourth quarter to make it 19-7.

The Firebrands added a late score on a 4-yard run by Gabe Miller.

Damien's Josh Asuncion led all rushers with 140 yards on 13 carries.

DAMIEN (7-5, 4-5) 0 13 0 6 — 19

WORD OF LIFE (2-10, 0-9) 7 0 0 7 — 14

WOLA — Ryan Garo 25 fumble return (Jana Tanouye kick).

Dam — Jeremiah Matautia 2 run (Makana Ka'anoi kick).

Dam — Iokepa Bahilot 8 pass from Stanton Pilialoha (kick failed).

Dam — Ka'anoi 5 pass from Pilialoha (kick failed).

WOLA — Gabe Miller 4 run (Michael Pang kick).

RUSHING — Damien: Josh Asuncion 13-140, Ikaika Mokiao 6-19, Matautia 8-30, Austin Dawson 1-0, Pilialoha 3-(minus 10), Darius DeMello 1-5, Bahilot 1-13. WOLA: Miller 13-48, Kendall Ching 14-68, Vega McKenzie 4-13, Alex Bodine 9-24, Pang 2-7, Ryan Alvarado 3-8, Kala'i Bustos 1-3, team 1-(minus 12).

PASSING — Damien: Pilialoha 10-22-1—168. WOLA: Ching 2-6-1—18.

RECEIVING — Damien: Dawson 2-53, Asuncion 1-16, Ka'anoi 4-56, Bahilot 2-31, DeMello 1-12. WOLA: Brad Foster 2-18.