Football

ILH and state champion Saint Louis, which completed its first undefeated season since 1996, swept the major awards handed out by the Interscholastic League of Honolulu on Sunday. Quarterback Chevan Cordeiro took home offensive most valuable player honors and linebacker Noa Purcell won the defensive MVP award in Division I. Cal Lee is the coach of the year. In Division II, Damien quarterback Marcus Faufata-Pedrina took home the top honor on offense with St. Francis defensive back Wembley Mailei the […]

In the midst of Lahainaluna’s 75-69 instant classic thriller that went seven overtimes against Konawaena, Lunas coach Garret Tihada admits that his eyes were glued to his watch as much as they were on the field. “We had a bus at 7 and we had to get on that plane back home. I didn’t know how it was gonna work out for us,” Tihada said of the win that gave Lahainaluna its second consecutive HHSAA Division II state title. With […]

It was a long time coming and the Hilo Vikings finally got it done for the whole island of Hawaii. No Big Isle team had ever won a football state championship since the tournament began in 1999 … until Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. Heck, it was hard enough for a Big Isle team to win a game in the tourney. Now, they’ve got that elusive Division I (second tier) championship. The Vikings (10-1) got off to a slow start […]