Campbell at Kaiser, OIA Division I football playoffs, opening round. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. Kaiser Stadium. Campbell won 27-21 and will play Farrington in the quarterfinal round on Saturday.
In the bittersweet, painful end, the Ironmen of Kaiser could not have done much more. At 4-3 in league play, Kaiser was the higher seed in its OIA Division I playoff matchup with Campbell (1-6), but this was not the same Sabers team that began the season with big holes to fill. A rejuvenated, healthy and, as of now, well-seasoned Campbell squad jumped out to a 21-7 lead and eked out a 27-21 win on Saturday at Kaiser Stadium. It […]
The winner of this OIA Division I playoff game will meet Farrington next week. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Coin flip: Kaiser wins the toss and elects to receive. Campbell will kickoff with the wind at its back. FIRST QUARTER Boom, boom! Kaiser goes three and out, and then Campbell needs just two plays to go 53 yards. Kawika Ulufale hits Noah Esprecion for a 12-yard pass, then goes to him on a deep post for a smooth 41-yard […]
Moanalua’s Michael Feliciano was a threat from everywhere again on Saturday, scoring three touchdowns and making six receptions for 129 yards in Na Menehune’s 28-20 home victory over Campbell on Saturday that clinched an Oahu Interscholastic Association playoff spot. “He’s just an amazing player,” Moanalua head coach Jason Cauley said. “You put him out wide and they have to go with him. You put him in the backfield and they close the box.” Feliciano was a workhorse at running back, […]
Kailua is on to something special this season, starting off 5-0 after suffering through a winless campaign last year in coach Joe Wong’s first season. He knew things would get brighter after closing last year’s campaign with a one-point loss to Moanalua, his charges never got a win but got better every week. And then they made the jump over the summer. The Surfriders have won each of their games this year by more than a touchdown, but face Farrington […]
Kailua improves to 4-0 in OIA Blue (5-0 overall). Highlights, OIA Blue (Division I), Alex Kane Stadium. Friday, Sept. 4, 2015. Video: Paul Honda. Score: Surfriders 34, Sabers 21.
In less than two seasons, the brain trust of Kailua Surfriders football has built a foundation of winning. It’s not just the 5-0 record, 4-0 in league play, that proves it. The Surfriders, guided by coach Joseph Hau‘oli Wong and his staff, can change tempo, go contrary to any defensive scheme when necessary, and do it with the kind of maturity that can be rare at the prep level. A 34-21 win over a much-improved Campbell squad was a sample […]
KICKOFF 8:17 p.m. Getting a little muggy now. Breeze has died down. Hope these guys are well hydrated. FIRST QUARTER Gabe LeLesch scores easily on a 1-yard dive. Kailua drove 62 yards in 10 plays, aided by a late-hit personal foul by the Sabers on a third-down scramble by Noah Auld that was short of the first down. KAIL 7, CAM 0, 8:12. Campbell gets into the end zone quickly after a 51-yard kick return by Aaron Bunting. On third […]