Football

Most ILH football coaches believe the league will count its regular-season games against OIA teams in determining ILH champions and state berths. No official decision has been made by the ILH office. Late last month, the OIA and ILH put the finishing touches on a historic deal that brings the leagues together for a full slate of interleague games. When the agreement was officially announced, it was clear that the OIA would not count interleague games against the ILH in […]

Kaimuki will travel to play a football game against Sierra Vista in Las Vegas on Sept. 7. The Mountain Lions from Las Vegas went 6-3 a year ago, including a 43-0 loss to powerhouse Bishop Gorman. The Bulldogs went 5-4 and lost 7-0 to Pearl City in the semifinals of the OIA Division II playoffs. Kaimuki is one of six Oahu schools with a game slated against a mainland team this fall. All six games are listed below. Friday, Aug. […]

Only one player was a unanimous selection to the Honolulu Advertiser 1964 All-State football team. Punanhou’s Charley Wedemeyer was the consensus player of the year in both newspapers. Buffanblu teammates Doug Jacobsen and Wayne Sterling were also first-team selections by both newspapers. The Advertiser had two more Buffanblu players on its first team — tackle Ed Pickering and guard Robert Klein. The Star-Bulletin added Punahou center Fred Hemmings. McKinley’s Allen Takamori was the other back to make the first team in […]

Kahuku running back Lakei Heimuli and Waianae defensive back Derrick Mahaulu were the top offensive and defensive players as chosen by the Honolulu Advertiser in 1982. The year is best remembered, through, for Pac-Five winning the first of its two Prep Bowls under Don Botelho. Running back Joe Onosai, quarterback Tino Sellitto and Russell Borden, the only offensive lineman selected to the All-State first team shorter than 6 feet, were all All-State picks on offense. Wolfpack defensive lineman Joey Fleming, […]

Saint Louis defensive end/tight end Jim Nicholson was the ILH’s lineman of the year and player of the year by the Honolulu Advertiser and the lineman of the year by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 1967. Nicholson was 6-foot-7 and 245 pounds. His Crusaders teammate, fullback Donald Mahi, was named the back of the year by the Advertiser. The Star-Bulletin differed, choosing Farrington defensive back George Dudoit, a 5-foot-10, 166-pound senior. The Star-Bulletin created two new positions on its all-star team […]