Football

The first year of the OIA-ILH football regular-season alliance is done, and the numbers are in. There was a startling change between 2017 and 2018 in Division I, where lots of OIA powerhouses left to play in the Open Division this season. D-I blowouts (35-point margin or more) are down 24 percent, and competitive games (14 points or less) are up 7 percent. In addition, tight games (7 points or less) are up 6 percent. When you include all games […]

Two top-four teams in the state will clash for the OIA Open Division title on Friday at Aloha Stadium as No. 2 Mililani and No. 4 Kahuku both jumped a spot in the latest Honolulu Star-Advertiser Football Top 10 released Monday. The Trojans (8-2) moved past No. 3 Punahou (7-3) and the Red Raiders (7-3) flip-flopped spots with Campbell (7-4) after beating the Sabers 27-7 on Friday in Ewa Beach. Those were the only changes in the Top 10. ILH […]

Twelve of the 14 state football tournament spots have been clinched. Seven teams — No. 1 Saint Louis, No. 3 Mililani, No. 5 Kahuku, Hilo, Waipahu, Kamehameha-Hawaii and Kapaa — punched their ticket into states with victories last weekend. Five teams — No. 6 Lahainaluna, No. 7 ‘Iolani, Roosevelt, Kaimuki Pac-Five — previously wrapped up state spots. No. 5 Campbell squares off against Farrington on Friday in the OIA Open third-place game for the last state Open Division slot. On […]

Hilo (8-1), by virtue of its 25-11 playoff victory over Kealakehe at Wong Stadium on Friday, wrapped up the BIIF D-I championship and earned a berth as the defending champion in the Division I state tournament. HHSAA D-I brackets are expected to be released soon. All state D-I berths are set except the MIL spot, which will be determined on Friday, Nov. 2, in a game between MIL D-I first-round winner Maui (4-5) and second-round champ Baldwin (3-6). The other […]

MIL champion Lahainaluna and KIF champion Kapaa were awarded the top two Division II seeds in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships. The top-seeded Lunas (9-0), who are the defending D-II state champions, and second-seeded Warriors (6-2) get a bye in the first round and host a game in the second round. Two first-round games will be held on Saturday, Nov. 10 — Pac-Five (4-4) at fourth-seeded OIA champion Roosevelt (10-2), and Kaimuki (8-3) at third-seeded BIIF champion Kamehameha-Hawaii. […]