Football

Here’s how this pupule voter cast his Star-Advertiser Football Top 10 ballot for this week. Pupule football ballot Sunday, Aug. 20, 2018 1. Saint Louis (2-0, 1-0 ILH Open Division) Hurricane Lane washed out a much-anticipated showdown between the unbeaten Crusaders and the banged-up Mililani Trojans. If healing is the key to success, fans should be grateful both teams can rest this weekend. But we are still getting over this cancellation. There’s no time for a makeup date. Meanwhile, Saint […]

One of the dangers of creating football divisions based on the strength of competition is that one never knows the specific fortitude of a given team from year to year. Who knew Kaiser was going to fall apart in 2017? Who knew Saint Louis was going to start the season as the No. 12 team in the nation and then move up two spots a few weeks later — after many seasons where the Crusaders didn’t sniff the Top 10? […]

It’s downright spooky. This is the third time in the last five years that plans for a Saint Louis at Mililani football game have been disrupted. In 2014, Hurricane Iselle passed by, causing the Aug. 9 Crusaders at Trojans to be put off for one week. Ultimately, Mililani prevailed 63-47 in a battle pitting Saint Louis sophomore Tua Tagovailoa against Mililani junior McKenzie Milton. Those two are being talked about as candidates for college’s Heisman Trophy right now. That is […]

According to the OIA website, Friday’s scheduled game between Kapolei and Kahuku and Saturday’s game between Campbell and Waianae has been moved to Friday, Oct. 19. Originally, Oct. 19 was scheduled to be the first weekend of the OIA playoffs. The state semifinals in the Open Division aren’t scheduled to begin until Nov. 16, giving the league extra weeks to push back its playoffs in certain divisions if necessary. The Red Raiders will host the Hurricanes and the Seariders will […]

Trey Hunter has been unleashed. Opponents beware. The King Kekaulike junior broke the state single-game receiving yards record with 342 on Saturday in a 41-20 league home loss to Maui. Hunter, who was Na Alii’s starting quarterback as a freshman and sophomore, scored on three receiving touchdowns from quarterback TJ Perkett in the loss. So far this season, he has seven TDs, six through the air and one on a kickoff return. “This is a breakout year for Hunter,” King […]

In a letter to parents released this afternoon, superintendent Christina Kishimoto said that all inter-scholastic events from Wednesday through Sunday have been postponed for the rest of the week due to the threat of Hurricane Lane. This includes eight varsity football games on Oahu on Friday and six on Saturday. 5:40 p.m. UPDATE: At least five OIA/ILH games are canceled and will not be made up. Nanakuli’s game against Leilehua has been moved to Friday, Aug. 31. For further updates, […]

Led by running back Aperamo Sulu, who leads all of Division I on Oahu in rushing, Damien debuts in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Football Top 10 this week. The Monarchs, who have wins over Nanakuli and Radford by a combined score of 62-6, are No. 9 this week, giving the ILH five of the top nine teams in the state. The top eight spots remained the same with Damien moving ahead of No. 10 Kapolei, which dropped a spot. Farrington fell […]