Football

Fourth time’s the charm for the Lahainaluna football team. After losing in the 2007, ’12 and ’14 HHSAA Division II state championship games, the Lunas finally got over the hump with a 21-14 win over Kapaa on Friday night at Aloha Stadium. “Man, it feels great. Our team has worked so hard,” senior defensive lineman Hoaka Phillips said. “We struggled in the beginning but we improved so much. It just feels amazing.” Lahainaluna is just the second non-Oahu team to […]

For now, Kapaa coach Philip Rapozo is manning up and calling the Warriors’ season “a bust.” When speaking to Hawaii Prep World after the team’s 21-14 loss to Lahainaluna for the state Division II football title Friday night, Rapozo was given a chance to scale back that thought and say something like, “This fantastic season didn’t end the way we wanted, but we accomplished a lot.” But he didn’t say that. You see, Rapozo’s Warriors have now lost two D-II […]

The first of three state football champions will be decided in the Division II state final between Kapaa and Lahainaluna at Aloha Stadium. The winner will join King Kekaulike in the 2006 Division II state final as the only state champions from the neighbor islands. Lahainaluna is 0-3 in the state title game while Kapaa is making a second consecutive appearance after losing to Radford last season. Here’s the game preview that ran in the Star-Advertiser. Kickoff is set for […]