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OIA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Kapolei/Aiea

By Hawaii Prep World on October 4, 2017

OIA D-I First Round The matchup: Kapolei (4-4) vs. Aiea (2-5) Location/Time: Kapolei, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Head-to-head: Kapolei leads 11-1 Last meeting: Kapolei 16, Aiea 6, Oct. 2, 2015. Life in OIA football, with a dynastic behemoth at the top (Kahuku) and the corresponding food chain below, provides a merciless terrain. Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez knows it. Kapolei has Top 5 talent statewide but isn’t ranked at all and it doesn’t matter one iota. Aiea closed the regular season with […]

Upsets not hard to find in OIA first round

By Jerry Campany on October 4, 2017

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: Might of the Mules

By Paul Honda on October 3, 2017

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 […]


Mililani, Kahuku tied in Star-Advertiser Top 10

By Billy Hull on October 2, 2017

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 […]

Saint Louis drops 2 spots to No. 25

By Billy Hull on October 1, 2017

Saint Louis remained undefeated this season with a 23-12 win over Kamehameha on Friday at Aloha Stadium. Voters in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 were not impressed however as the Crusaders fell two spots to No. 25 in the national rankings released on Sunday. Saint Louis quarterback Chevan Cordeiro threw for 376 yards against the Warriors and accounted for both Saint Louis touchdowns. Cordeiro has thrown for 769 yards and accounted for nine touchdowns in his last two games. Saint Louis […]

Molokai 3-peats as MIL 8-man champion

By Nick Abramo on October 1, 2017

Molokai won its third straight Maui Interscholastic League 8-man football title on its home field Saturday with a 73-38 victory over Lanai in the league’s championship game. The Farmers (5-1) went into the game as the league’s regular-season champion. The Pine Lads (3-2), playing in their first title game, ended up as league runners-up. In other Neighbor Islands football news, Hilo (6-1, 5-1) and Kealakehe (4-4, 4-2) wrapped up spots in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division I championship game, […]

VIDEO: Unbeaten Waipahu outlasts Kaimuki

By Paul Honda on October 1, 2017

Highlights, Waipahu Marauders vs. Kaimuki Bulldogs, OIA Division II football, Skippa Diaz Stadium. Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. Braden Amorozo passes for three touchdowns and Alfred Failauga rushes for 102 yards and one TD as the Marauders rallied past the Bulldogs 35-14. Waipahu LB Fiva Tulafale returns an interception 60 yards for a TD. Also includes post-game interviews with Waipahu linebacker Fiva Tulafale, who returned an interception 60 yards for a TD, and Coach Bryson Carvalho.

Gritty defense sparks Waipahu past Kaimuki

By Paul Honda on October 1, 2017

There are halftime adjustments and there are the moves that the Waipahu Marauders made to overcome a major challenge from the Kaimuki Bulldogs in a 35-14 win on Saturday at Skippa Diaz Stadium. Waipahu (7-0, 6-0), the unbeaten leader in OIA Division II football, saw its normally potent offense get sidetracked in the first half for the second time in as many weeks. Last weekend, it was Pearl City that bottled up the Marauders and had the game tied at […]