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Kapolei finds itself among the elite

By Billy Hull on November 6, 2016

Welcome to the upper echelon, Hurricanes. It’s taken 15 seasons for Darren Hernandez and his Kapolei football program to join the elite teams at the top of the OIA food chain, but the Hurricanes have done that, notching their 10th victory this season and a berth in the semifinals of the Open Divison in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships with a 33-21 win over Punahou on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. Not only did Kapolei win its first […]

Govs’ Faamatau a warrior until the bitter end

By Billy Hull on November 5, 2016

You know those movies. The ones with the warrior hero, fighting until the very end, dying on his sword in the heat of battle. Farrington senior Challen Faamatau, who finishes his career with 3,306 rushing yards and 40 rushing touchdowns, battled to the bitter end of a 14-8 loss to Waianae in the first round of the Open Division in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. Faamatau, who scored Farrington’s only touchdown on […]

GAME NIGHT 11/5: Kapolei/Punahou

By Hawaii Prep World on November 5, 2016

By creating an Open Division for the state tournament, fans are given more opportunities to see how some of the best in the OIA stack up to the best of the ILH. Kapolei, ranked fifth in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Top 10, gets the first crack when it faces No. 3 Punahou in the second game of the doubleheader on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. Kapolei 33, Punahou 21 Hurricanes (10-2) advance to play Kahuku in semifinals of Open Division next […]

VIDEO: Leilehua-Hilo postgame

By Paul Honda on November 5, 2016

The Leilehua Mules trailed 15-0 to the Hilo Vikings before rallying for a thrilling 26-25 victory at Keaau High School field in the opening round of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division I Football State Championships.

GAME NIGHT 11/5: Waianae/Farrington

By Hawaii Prep World on November 5, 2016

The first day of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships brought us an even number of blowouts (Campbell 48-0, Damien 40-0, Lahainaluna 52-14) and competitive games (‘Iolani 17-14, Leilehua 26-25, Mililani 49-28). Saturday night at Aloha Stadium is a groundbreaking moment in the 17-year history of the state tournament with the first Open Division games scheduled to begin. In the first game, we get a rare matchup of two OIA teams that have yet to play this season. While […]

Garden Isle next stop for Damien

By Jason Kaneshiro on November 5, 2016

Damien has enjoyed an abundance of preparation time over the last month. After pulling out a triple-overtime win over Pac-Five on Sept. 30, the Monarchs went close to three weeks without a game before facing Saint Francis in the ILH Division II championship game. That win gave them another two weeks to gear up for their opener in the D-II state tournament. Even so, Damien coach Eddie Klaneski wasn’t all that concerned about rust heading into the matchup with Waialua. […]

Mighty Mules: Options, rallies and bowling ball

By Paul Honda on November 5, 2016

The first sentence in this story could have been about a talented, versatile player with a golden kicking foot blasting a field goal through the uprights with one minute left to win the game. The second sentence could’ve been about Hilo breaking the BIIF’s long string of defeats in Division I football at the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Championships. Instead, it took the homecoming dream, realized in full, of Damion Scandrick to save Leilehua. Scandrick’s block of a 39-yard field-goal […]

Spell Campbell with a capital ‘D’

By Nick Abramo on November 5, 2016

Damn, Campbell’s defense is good. The Sabers (7-4) shut down Waiakea’s offense in a 48-0 Division I state-tournament first-round home win Friday night. It gets Campbell a semifinal game next Saturday against ‘Iolani, when it will be tested by the Raiders’ tried and true short-passing game. Before looking at the huge Sabers’ defensive playmakers from Friday, let’s first take a look at how the team has done against teams that made the Open (top) division state tourney as well as […]

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