Football

Saturday’s HHSAA Division II championship game saw Lahainaluna win its third straight state title in a row with a 34-32 win over Kapaa. The Lunas rallied from a 26-7 halftime deficit and did so as a team, chipping away at the Warriors one drive at a time. But under the bright afternoon shine of Aloha Stadium, one player stood out among the rest. At a strapping 6-foot-5 and 290 pounds, Kapaa right guard Eli Unutoa was physically head and shoulders […]

They’ve come close before and they came close again Saturday. The Kapaa Warriors fell just short of giving the Garden Island football ohana a Division II title in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships. Despite a 19-point halftime lead, the Warriors (7-3) are going home without that elusive koa trophy after a 34-32 loss to No. 6 Lahainaluna in the first game of a championship tripleheader at Aloha Stadium. “That’s why they’re the best team in D-II,” Kapaa coach […]

Lahainaluna remained the standard bearer in Division II by pulling off an amazing 34-32 comeback victory over Kapaa in the final of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships on Saturday at Aloha Stadium. Joshua Tihada keyed the rally from a 26-7 halftime deficit for the Lunas’ third straight state championship. Tihada finished with 152 yards rushing and four touchdowns, and he scored three straight second-half rushing touchdowns — making it 26-14, 26-21 and then 27-26 with 7:02 to go. […]

Lahainaluna 34, Kapaa 32 Lahainluna (11-0) claims its third consecutive Division II state title in yet another THRILLER in Division II. Lahainaluna takes one final knee and celebrates its third straight HHSAA Division II title with a thrilling 34-32 comeback win over Kapaa. pic.twitter.com/RK0gnPZH8r — Hawaii Prep World (@HawaiiPrepWorld) November 25, 2018 ———- BOX SCORE at Aloha Stadium Kapaa (7-3) 13 13 0 6 — 32 Lahainaluna (11-0) 7 0 7 20 — 34 Lah—Joshua Tihada 28 pass from Nainoa […]