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Another heartbreaking loss for Kapolei

By Paul Honda on September 13, 2014

What can anyone say to a team like this? It’s five games into the OIA Blue Division season and the talented, big and fast Kapolei Hurricanes are 1-4. It’s not a total shock, not with a first-year starter at quarterback, but Hurricane fans have gotten plenty of visuals. The eye test says the final results should be better. Kapolei is pretty good in so many areas, and still, defeat awaits the ‘Canes at the finish line. Saturday night was another […]

LIVE BLOG: #6 Campbell 14, Kapolei 13

By Paul Honda on September 12, 2014

Traffic was brutal from Honolulu to the Leeward side, but it’s always beautiful here. Hot, no breeze, but lots of blue sky. Those of us who left town at 3 p.m. or so didn’t get here until about 4:45. That’s about as long as it takes to drive from Kona to Hilo, give or take 15 minutes. The JV game is not starting at 5 p.m., which we were told was going to be the case starting with this weekend. […]

Campbell looks like a complete team

By Nick Abramo on August 23, 2014

Here they come, so have fun stopping them. Campbell running back Terell Johnson slashes and gets to the outside quickly. Teammate Austin May changes the rhythm by taking draws up the middle with a combination of timing, toughness and speed. And then there’s Ezra Savea, who is only a sophomore at quarterback, throwing accurate passes in his first varsity football start. Add in some sure-handed targets like Kona Reiny-Aloy and the rangy Jayce Bantolina, along with a hungry line, and […]


Nick’s notebook: Scrimmage week

By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2014

Things learned, observed and taken in by osmosis while waltzing around various high school football training camps for a week: >> Kapolei running back Ronald Young won the best running back award at the All-Polynesian camp in Utah this summer. >> Hurricanes coach Darren Hernandez said his team could still be a factor even if it starts 0-3, which is a possibility since it opens the regular season at Kahuku, vs. Farrington at Roosevelt’s Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium, and at home […]

No. 7 Campbell All-State football

By Jerry Campany on August 1, 2014

For a school surrounded by the most football talent in the islands, Campbell’s best years seem to come in bunches. And the Sabers hope they are in the middle of one of those swings. Safety Solomon Matautia was first-team All-State last year and returns to try to repeat the feat. If he can do it, he would be just the second Campbell football player to be named to the team in successive years. The only other one was defensive lineman […]

Video: #2 Mililani vs #4 Campbell

By Paul Honda on November 23, 2013

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 This time, it was all Trojans. When Mililani and Campbell met in the regular season, Campbell led 21-7 at the half before the Trojans rallied for a 42-21 win. In the state semifinals, Mililani dominated the line of scrimmage and didn’t give Campbell’s outstanding quarterback, Isaac Hurd, much time to throw the ball. Hurd only broke away once, a 31-yard touchdown run late in the game.

Pupule’s weekend wrap

By Paul Honda on November 19, 2013

You know, a few weeks back, it was kinda sad, as it is every season in every team sport, to see losing playoff teams close shop. But now that we’re upon Championship Week, it feels like eons since those regular-season battles. Some teams play only six or seven games. But the squads still suiting up this week are well into double digits. Life is good. But the teams that fell in the semifinals over the weekend are sore, physically, mentally, […]

Milton comes up big for Mililani

By Jason Kaneshiro on November 15, 2013

Mililani’s McKenzie Milton was determined to end his night with one more handoff. But the Trojans’ offensive line would have none of it. After being awarded game MVP honors after the Trojans’ 41-7 win over Campbell Friday night, Mililani’s sophomore quarterback tried his best to have his linemen carry the hardware out of Aloha Stadium as a show of appreciation. Instead they let the sophomore keep it. Apparently, his efforts in leading a 348-yard performance that helped send Mililani to […]