Football

I tried, Damien. I really tried. There is an certain echelon, the upper crust of high school football in the 50th state. Their history, their tradition, their pedigree — all real. Their resume, each of them, real-deal Holyfield results. That’s 95 percent “strength of schedule” thanks to their ingrained league schedule. Then there’s Division II. Technically, a stratosphere that is part collection of smaller schools (ILH), part programs that are wedged into the lower stratosphere by league power-rating formula/format/rebellious anti-National […]

A season that started out with so much promise quickly became a nightmare out at Kapolei. The Hurricanes were a comfortable 3-0 when they self reported the use of an ineligible player against Castle, resulting in a forfeit. A 21-point loss to Farrington and an overtime defeat against Leilehua followed, leaving Kapolei suddenly fighting just to make the playoffs. It wasn’t until a 36-0 shutout of Nanakuli on the final weekend of the regular season that Kapolei clinched a playoff […]

MaxPreps.com ranks all of the high school football teams nationally in what it calls its Freeman computer rankings. The computer rankings are separate from the website’s Xcellent 25, a poll voted on by humans in which the top-ranked team in Hawaii, Saint Louis, is No. 25. The Crusaders, however, are No. 15 in the Freeman computer rankings. Also, in a completely separate poll, Saint Louis is No. 14 in the USA Today Super 25 computer rankings and are not ranked […]

It’s been a year of revival for the Kauai High Red Raiders, who clinched the Kauai Interscholastic Federation football championship with a 23-3 victory over Waimea at Hanapepe Stadium on Saturday night. The Red Raiders (5-2, 4-1) ended the two-year title reign of Kapaa with the win and became the first Hawaii team to get one of 12 slots into the three-tiered state tournament. Kauai will be joined by the Maui Interscholastic League Division I champion, the Big Island Interscholastic […]