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LIVE BLOG: Radford 48, Konawaena 46, F

By Paul Honda on November 14, 2015

Here we go, just a few minutes away from kickoff for a matchup between BIIF champion Konawaena and OIA champion Radford. The Rams are the No. 2 seed in the D-II tourney. Hot here at Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium, but a brief downpour cooled us all off. Temperature: 82 Conditions: Partly Cloudy Humidity: 54% First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships Division II semifinal round FIRST QUARTER Konawaena wins the coin toss and has elected to receive. Mahalo to the HHSAA for […]

June Jones watched Saint Louis’ semifinal win

By Nick Abramo on November 14, 2015

June Jones was in the house Friday night, and it’s possible he might be in that house a lot more next football season. Jones, the highly successful football coach at the University of Hawaii from 1999 to 2007, was on the sideline not far from the Saint Louis bench during the Crusaders’ 56-30 victory over Mililani in the Division I state semifinals. He appeared to be enjoying himself, talking to many well-wishers and saying hello to people he hasn’t seen […]

Final Four: What Have We Learned?

By Paul Honda on November 14, 2015

This dang rain hasn’t stopped. It stalls though. It holds up every now and then. But tonight? It hasn’t really stopped. At times, the wet stuff fell from the Halawa sky relentlessly. Not enough to create huge puddles right away. Just wet enough to make any receiver think twice about fundamentals. And more than moisture, there was wind. It was constant from the mauka end zone to the makai, especially early in the day when Waianae and Kahuku played. By […]

Mililani’s Malepeai is all-time rushing king

By Billy Hull on November 13, 2015

Mililani senior running back Vavae Malepeai is Hawaii’s new all-time rushing king. The 6-foot, 205-pound University of Oregon commit surpassed Joe Igber‘s 17-year record of 4,428 career rushing yards on a 15-yard run in the third quarter of Friday night’s Division I state semifinal game against Saint Louis. Malepeai, who also holds the rushing touchdowns record with 71, did it in his 37th game and on his 674th carry. He had 20 carries for 131 yards in the first half […]

LIVE BLOG: Saint Louis 56, Mililani 30, F

By Billy Hull on November 13, 2015

As Bruce Buffer would say, “IIIIIIIIITT’SSSSS TIIIIMMMEEEEE.” The defending state champion Mililani Trojans and the reigning ILH champion Saint Louis Crusaders will play with the winner facing undefeated Kahuku next Friday night in the D-I title game of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships. Tons of storylines to watch here. Obviously, the Mililani threesome of McKenzie Milton, Vavae Malepeai and Kalakaua Timoteo will fight to play one more game. Malepeai begins the night 137 yards behind Joe Igber for […]

LIVE BLOG: Kahuku 13, Waianae 0, F

By Billy Hull on November 13, 2015

The Kahuku Red Raiders look poised to move to 12-0 and advance to the state title game for the first time since 2012. Can Waianae, which lost 30-0 to these same Red Raiders a month ago, come up with a shocking upset? Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at Aloha Stadium, where a heavy downpour just took place about 10 minutes before kick. TEAM CAPTAINS Waianae: John Kapua, Joey Nuuanu-Kuhiiki, Ikaika Pa’ao’ao-Ahina Kahuku: Keala Santiago, Hirkley Latu, Manaia Atuaia, Jed […]

Waianae’s defense was tremendous in loss

By Nick Abramo on November 13, 2015

It wasn’t the feature game of two semifinal matchups at Aloha Stadium on Friday, but it quickly turned into a highly intriguing skirmish. No. 6 Waianae — which got blitzed by No. 2 Kahuku on Oct. 3 in the regular-season finale — pushed the Red Raiders to the hilt before finally succumbing 13-0 in the Division I semifinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships. Had the Seariders won, it would have represented an upset of monumental proportions. It was […]

Igber wishes Malepeai well in record chase

By Billy Hull on November 13, 2015

When Joe Igber visits Hawaii next month, it will be his first time home in five years. The 1999 ‘Iolani graduate, whose all-time career rushing record that has lasted 17 years is in danger tonight at Aloha Stadium, means no disrespect to Mililani’s Vavae Malepeai when he says he’s never heard of him. Truth be told, he couldn’t name a single player on ‘Iolani’s current roster and didn’t even know the ILH was split into divisions. Igber’s passions in life […]

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