Football

KEALAKEKUA >> There aren’t many coaches willing to line up their teams against behemoths.  
 Especially any coach whose schooltakaki enrollment is barely 800. That’s what Brad Uemoto did last year, scheduling his Konawaena squad — a Division II state powerhouse — against perennial Open Division contender Kahuku. This fall, the Wildcats will suit up against Mission Viejo, one of the CIF’s premier football programs.  
 In Uemoto’s mind, there’s not much point in staying tethered close to the mean. […]

The Big Island Interscholastic Federation released its football schedule Tuesday, the last of Hawaii’s five leagues to do so. The master schedule of all five leagues can be seen here. It’s still missing some nonleague games. Seven of the BIIF’s 11 teams are slated to play one nonleague game each. One team — Kamehameha-Hawaii — has three nonleague contests scheduled. The Warriors will host ‘Iolani and Waiakea, and will visit Hilo. Three other BIIF teams — Keaau, Pahoa and Ka’u […]

The second year of the OIA-ILH interleague football schedule is upon us. Highlighting the schedule released by OIA football coordinator Harold Tanaka are two tripleheaders and three doubleheaders at Aloha Stadium. The tripleheaders are Sept. 14 and Oct. 5. The doubleheaders are Sept. 20, Sept. 27 and Oct. 11. In one big change, there will be no games on Oahu on Saturday, Aug. 17. That’s the day the Los Angeles Rams host the Dallas Cowboys in a preseason NFL game […]

The complete OIA-ILH schedule has been released. A week-by-week composite schedule, including all nonleague and postseason games, will be updated here. Nanakuli has moved down to Division II. Team-by-team schedules are listed below with last year’s season record. Open Division Campbell Sabers (8-5, 4-1 OIA) Date Opponent Time 8/9 Mililani 7:30 p.m. 8/15 @ Farrington 7:30 p.m. 8/23 Saint Louis 7:30 p.m. 8/31 @ Kahuku 6:30 p.m. 9/13 Kapolei 7:30 p.m. 9/21 Waianae 6:30 p.m. 9/28 Punahou 6:30 p.m. 10/12 […]