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D-1 football semifinals have familiar feel

By Billy Hull on November 10, 2014

If you feel like you’ve seen a lot of the teams remaining in the Division I state football playoffs — you have. The same four teams to reach the semifinals in 2012 are back again two years later as Farrington and Mililani meet in the first game on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium, followed by Kahuku and Punahou. After failing to qualify for the state tournament for just the fourth time in 2013, the Red Raiders have reached the semis […]

VIDEO: Kahuku’s Big Red block party

By Paul Honda on November 9, 2014

Defense wins championships? Defense takes a good team to the brink, but somebody’s got to get the ball into the end zone. The Kahuku Red Raiders were spectacular and steady on Friday, limiting Hilo to 37 yards on 30 snaps in the first half. But they trailed 10-0. For most teams, a solution would be a few gadget or trick plays. Perhaps more gambling on defense. Risk. Adverse risk. For Kahuku and coach Lee Leslie, the best option was the […]

VIDEO: Viking Warfare: 3 quarters of a great wall

By Paul Honda on November 9, 2014

In ancient times, the wall of shields — skjaldborg in Old Norse — was a tactically effective means of success in warfare for Vikings. The Wikipedia description: A shield wall was formed by soldiers standing in formation shoulder to shoulder, holding their shields so that they about or overlap. Each man benefits from the protection of his neighbor’s shield, as well as his own. On Friday night, the Hilo Vikings brought their own lockdown wall of defense. Hilo brought defense […]

BIIF drops to 0-16 in state D-I

By Paul Honda on November 9, 2014

Fair weather is a friend to all football coaches. Fickle skies, not so much. What happens when you live in a place that is inundated by precipitation on many a game night? What happens when your team has to be built for torrential rain in a location so moist that switching out leather footballs for rubber ones is an ancient tradition? That’s been the boom-or-bust reality for many a East-side Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion over the decades. In East […]

Volleyball all tournament teams

By Jerry Campany on November 8, 2014

NEW CITY NISSAN/HHSAA DIVISION I ALL TOURNAMENT Most outstanding player Kiani Tuileta, Punahou All tournament McKenna Granato, Punahou Tiyana Hallums, KS Kapalama Silerolia Gaogao, Moanalua Vonica Malufau, Punahou Kiana Peroff, Punahou Sarah Lau, KS Kapalama Brandee Markwith, Punahou NEW CITY NISSAN/HHSAA DIVISION II ALL TOURNAMENT Most outstanding player Chanelle Molina, Konawaena All tournament Cherilyn Molina, Konawaena Shayla Hoeft, Seabury Hall Kiki Leuteneker, Seabury Hall Alexandra Jacobsen, Kalaheo Celena Jane Molina, Konawaena Phoebe Fickbohm, Seabury Hall Sara Utsugi, Hawaii Baptist

VIDEO: Hilo vs. #3 Kahuku (state tourney)

By Paul Honda on November 8, 2014

The underdog Vikings of Hilo led 10-3 after three quarters thanks to a tenacious defense, outstanding special teams and efficient offense. Kahuku, however, got 138 yards and two TDs from RB/DT Salanoa-Alo Wily, a 6-1, 270-pound senior, in a 20-10 comeback win in the first round of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division I State Football Championships at Aloha Stadium.

VIDEO: Maui vs. #5 Farrington (state tourney)

By Paul Honda on November 8, 2014

The quarterfinal round of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division I State Football Championships included tough-nosed, smashmouth teams. The MIL champion Sabers jumped to a 6-0 lead and kept the game close until the second half. Big TD runs by Govs’ running backs Ranan Mamiya and Challen Faamatau in a 22-6 victory at Aloha Stadium.

Hilo misses chance; Kahuku gets Punahou

By Nick Abramo on November 8, 2014

Hilo coach David Baldwin was not smiling while walking down the handshake line after his Vikings allowed 20 points in the second half of a 20-10 loss to No. 3 Kahuku in the state Division I quarterfinals at Aloha Stadium on Friday night. Only Baldwin knows what he was thinking, but from the outside it looked like he was angry that such a whale of an opportunity passed the Vikings by. Had No. 9 Hilo won, it would have probably […]

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D-1 football semifinals have familiar feel

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BIIF drops to 0-16 in state D-I

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VIDEO: Hilo vs. #3 Kahuku (state tourney)

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Hilo misses chance; Kahuku gets Punahou

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