Video: Ceejay Santos 50-yard FG

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Ceejay Santos had accuracy and distance on this Aug. 14 night at Kailua in a 19-10 win by Baldwin.
The senior had an an extra 8-10 yards beyond the crossbar, though there was a significant back wind coming down from the hills that night. With a quarter-inch tee, he showed the kind of [...]

Preview: ILH football (Prep World length)

(Note: Here’s the original version of the ILH football preview that was shortened in print today.)
In the state’s only exclusively private-school sports league, it’s not about lacking confidence.
If you’re Saint Louis, the most recent Interscholastic League of Honolulu title seems so long ago. If you’re Punahou, it’s been almost two years since the state crown. [...]

Punahou, Farrington continue to ground, pound

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While powerhouses Kahuku and Saint Louis have found success through the aerial game, Punahou and Farrington — both still unbeaten — have relied heavily on the cornerstones of defense and the ground attack.

Farrington, which zoomed four notches up to No. 2 in The Star-Advertiser Football Top 10 (to be released in print Tuesday), ran 45 [...]

Friday Night Lights: Corrections, Mumblings

We’re 16 minutes from kickoff (supposedly) here at Kahuku where the Red Raiders and Saint Louis Crusaders are warming up. The crowd’s warming up, too. Saint Louis fans in their navy-blue Crusader tees have packed the bleachers, shoulder to shoulder and okole to okole.
It is almost … electric. I’ll try to avoid the usual cliches [...]

Lights on at Kahuku

After power outages caused the postponements of two football games last year and this fall, Kahuku has the problem under control.
“The lights were fixed about an hour after they went out (last week),” Kahuku athletic director Joe Whitford said of a home game against Kailua. “It was a blown fuse on a pole.”
A large crowd [...]

Week 2: Iolani at Mililani

Photos from Friday night’s nonconference football game between ‘Iolani and Mililani. Photos by FL Morris / fmorris@staradvertiser.com

OIA Red West preview

“The road goes through them. They’re definitely loaded now,” the Leilehua coach said. “Two years ago, we won the JV title, but our only loss was to Mililani, and they didn’t have Trent (McKinney) then.”

OIA Red East preview

There have been deeper, larger and bigger teams in the storied gridiron history of Kahuku football. There may not have been, however, a squad this balanced from position to position in some time.

OIA White preview

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(Full preview of football teams in the OIA White.)
Smaller schools like Kalaheo can endure all the challenges of academic issues and low turnout numbers.
Yet, when August comes around, things change in a hurry. Though the Mustangs were so few back in the offseason that they had to cancel a game at Lahainaluna, they could ascend [...]

Open season

Football season started around the state on Friday with a slew of games, including Saint Louis’ win over Roosevelt and Mililani’s tough victory over Kaimuki. The Star-Advertiser’s FL Morris was on hand to shoot the Saint Louis game while Jamm Aquino trekked to Mililani.

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