Football

This year, OIA teams are going to have to earn it. Last year, in the first edition of the open state championship, each of the four schools that won their opening round games in the OIA playoffs (Moanalua, Farrington, Waianae and Leilehua) eventually made it to the state tournament. Before last year, the last time a program played in the first round of the OIA tournament and went on to the state tournament was Leilehua in 2007. With the OIA […]

Pupule ballot 10/2/17 1. Saint Louis Crusaders (6-0, 3-0 ILH) 2. Kahuku Red Raiders (7-1, 7-0 OIA) 3. Mililani Trojans (8-0, 7-0 OIA) 4. Punahou Buffanblu (5-1, 2-1 ILH) 5. Kamehameha Warriors (3-4, 0-4 ILH) 6. Damien Monarchs (7-1, 5-0 ILH D-II) 7. Lahainaluna Lunas (7-1, 6-0 MIL) 8. Leilehua Mules (6-2, 5-2 OIA) 9. Waipahu Marauders (8-0, 7-0 OIA D-II) 10. Campbell Sabers (5-3, 5-2 OIA) Summary: Not a lot of change. Last week, my ballot was unchanged. This […]

Two-time defending OIA champion Kahuku had arguably its best outing of the season on Friday when it dismantled Campbell, 45-6, to clinch the OIA Blue Division title. Yet, there’s a growing swell among voters in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Football Top 10 that the Red Raiders might not be the favorite in the OIA playoffs. Mililani, which blanked Kailua 52-0 to end the regular season on Saturday, moved into a tie for second with Kahuku in the latest state rankings released […]