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TRENCH WARFARE: Tovi vs. Wily

By Billy Hull on October 31, 2014

It’s OIA championship night at Aloha Stadium as Kahuku and Mililani face off in a rematch of the 2012 D-I final. Both schools have combined to win the last six OIA titles as noted in our list of every OIA title game. The battle in the trenches should be a real treat to watch as Mililani’s offensive line will try to protect quarterback McKenzie Milton against a talented Red Raiders defense. In this episode of Trench Warfare, we will highlight […]

LIVE BLOG: Nanakuli 37, Pearl City 36, OT

By Paul Honda on October 31, 2014

First quarter The 5:30 p.m. kickoff has been delayed for various reasons. It’s 5:41 and now here we go. Nanakuli’s community is here in FULL FORCE. Right on, Golden Hawks. Pooch kick by NAN on the opening kickoff and nobody for PC calls fair catch. They luck out and recover the bouncing ball. PC ball at its 44. PC series 1: First play from scrimmage, Jordan Taamu’s deep post pass is picked off by safety Randon Kahili-Frantela on a dive. […]

Nanakuli’s tribe marches on

By Nick Abramo on October 30, 2014

Protected by the Waianae mountain range on three sides and by the ocean on the other, Nanakuli Valley is a perfect place for a tribe to build a fortress. It’s where the undefeated Golden Hawks call home, and it’s a place that instills pride in the players and coaches on the football team. “Defend the valley,” a slogan on their fans’ and coaches’ T-shirts, is the call heard ’round these parts this year. But now bigger things are on the […]


Pearl City boys aim at 5 straight state titles

By Nick Abramo on October 29, 2014

Hawaii will have a new individual high school boys bowling champion this week. The Billy Tees Bowling State Championships start Thursday and run through Saturday at KBXtreme in Kailua-Kona. Pearl City’s Nicholas Azumi, last year’s boys champion, has graduated. Among the top contenders this year are ILH champion Nicholas Lacaden of University and OIA title winner Ryan Kajihiro of Pearl City. In the girls individual competition, defending state champion and newly-crowned OIA champion Chelsi Morishige of Pearl City is back […]

Teshya Alo: movie star?

By Jerry Campany on October 28, 2014

Kamehameha wrestler Teshya Alo has done so much on the mat in her 16 years on the planet. Now she will be the subject of a documentary at this year’s Hawaii International Film Festival. Alo, the reigning FILA Cadet world champion in wrestling, has already won a state title in judo and two in wrestling and led the Warriors girls to the team title at last year’s state wrestling championships. She has only lost two matches in her career. The […]

Essentially, it’s Mililani’s ‘O’ vs. Kahuku’s ‘D’

By Nick Abramo on October 28, 2014

One team won with ease. One barely scraped by. That was the OIA semifinals on Thursday night, and we are left with a showdown that pits the league’s best offense hands-down (No. 2 Mililani) against, arguably, the league’s best defense (No. 3 Kahuku) on Halloween night. Of course, there will be people who argue that the Trojans (10-0) have the best defense, and they may have a point. The Red Raiders gave up one more point than Mililani, 104 to […]

9 of 12 state football spots secured

By Nick Abramo on October 27, 2014

Nine of the 12 HHSAA football tournament spots have been secured. The BIIF’s Division I and Division II representatives will be determined this weekend, when Hilo faces Kealakehe for the D-I title, and Konawaena and Kamehameha-Hawaii square off for the D-II crown. Another spot will be determined Saturday, when Farrington and Campbell meet for third place in the OIA. The state qualifiers follow. The seeding will be determined later by the HHSAA. Division I >> Punahou (ILH champion) >> Mililani […]

Top 10s: Mililani closes gap; Kahuku girls drop out

By Nick Abramo on October 27, 2014

Two voters switched their No. 1 choice from Punahou to Mililani, but the Buffanblu are still on top of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Football Top 10, which comes out in the Tuesday edition. Punahou (7-0), which squeaked by Saint Louis 35-28 in the ILH playoffs on Friday, got 18 first-place votes and 234 points in this week’s poll, slightly less than the 20 and 236 last week. The Trojans (10-0) routed Campbell 47-15 in the OIA semifinals Thursday, and got 221 […]