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Thirty years after Kamehameha won its only Prep Bowl, the Warriors claimed their first state championship in 2004 behind running back Jayson Rego. Rego, who was the offensive player of the year in both the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspapers, rushed for 212 yards on a staggering 39 carries in the state final to lead the Warriors over Leilehua and quarterback Bryant Moniz. The Mules were a longshot to make the finals, but Nolan Tokuda locked up the coach […]

The 1986 prep football all-star teams had the same top players in each newspaper. Saint Louis defensive lineman Manly Williams won the defensive and lineman of the year honors while Kahuku tailback Richard Stevenson won offensive and back of the year honors. The Honolulu Advertiser went with Pac-Five quarterback David Searle on its first team while the Star-Bulletin chose Kahuku’s Walter Santiago as its quarterback. Leilehua’s Adrian Murrell, as a sophomore, made the Advertiser’s first team. Notable players to make […]

The turn of the millennium in 2000 basically served as the launching point for Kahuku’s run of championships that has lasted 17 years. The Red Raiders won the first of what is now eight state titles, ending Saint Louis’ incredible 14-year streak of championships (13 Prep Bowls, one state title) with a 26-20 victory in the D-I state final. Coach of the year Siuaki Livai and defensive player and lineman of the year Chris Kemoe’atu, a 6-foot-5, 330-pound monster in […]