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No. 5 Kahuku All-State football

By Jerry Campany on August 3, 2014

Kahuku has had more mentions on the All-State first team than any other OIA school, but one name stands above all others this year. New coach Lee Leslie and his Raiders have dedicated the season to Chris and Maake Kemoeatu after the former needed a new kidney and his big brother was there for him. Both have Super Bowl rings, and Leslie hopes to have both of them on his staff next year. Chris Kemoeatu was first team All-State for […]

No. 6 Farrington All-State football

By Jerry Campany on August 2, 2014

All good teams routinely describe itself as a family. At Farrington, they have the roots to prove it. Defensive tackle Breiden Fehoko made the Star-Advertiser’s first team after last season, joining three older brothers in taking the honor and continuing a run of family excellence going back to the Nogas and the Cadientes. The run started in 2005 when the Star-Bulletin selected Whitley Fehoko for its offensive line and continued in 2006 when both papers chose Sam Fehoko on the […]

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 […]

Mililani picks up where it left off in OIA

By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2014

Central Oahu was rocking Thursday night as Mililani visited Leilehua and put a 48-21 hurt on the Mules in a preseason football scrimmage at a packed Hugh Yoshida Stadium. The contest between arch rivals was run like a real game with real referees, and a scoreboard clock, and Mililani’s Kainoa Wilson showed how much of a real deal he is by scoring four touchdowns, including two through the air from McKenzie Milton. “It’s a scrimmage, that’s all it is,” said […]

No. 8 Waianae All-State football

By Jerry Campany on July 31, 2014

Way back when Waianae ruled the OIA in the 1970s and 1980s, its success started with the last line of its defense. The Seariders, who appeared at No. 8 in the Star-Advertiser’s countdown, seem to always leave fans wondering why ‘good’ rarely turns to ‘great’ when the season winds down. An answer can probably be found in the defensive backfield. Waianae had the defensive player of the year seven times since 1975, five of them defensive backs. In all, 17 […]

No. 9 Leilehua All-State football

By Jerry Campany on July 30, 2014

Plenty of talent has moved through Wahiawa over the years, led by running back Adrian Murrell. The NFL veteran was first-team All-State three years in a row by the Honolulu Advertiser, the first to be so honored. Waianae’s Kennedy Tulimasealii, Kahuku’s Aofaga Wily, Castle’s Blaze Soares and Gerald Welch of Saint Louis are the only other 3-time first-team all state players. But no position has been as consistently good for the school as quarterback. Andrew Manley was among the best […]

No. 10 Kapolei All-State football

By Jerry Campany on July 29, 2014

No. 10 Kapolei has had five players judged first-team all-state in its short history. 2003: AP — Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, Honolulu Advertiser 2003: UT — Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2006: OL — Michael Matamua, Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2008: OL — Stan Hasiak, Honolulu Advertiser 2008: OL — Stan Hasiak, Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2008: AP — Simione Vehikite, Honolulu Advertiser 2008: LB — Simione Vehikite, Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2013: OL — Micah Kapoi, Honolulu Star-Advertiser