For many a playoff team, there is a certain type of pain reserved for this kind of defeat. For the Castle Knights, it’s a bit of that and a lot of something else. After all these years in the game, Nelson Maeda, who played football for the University of Hawaii, was as gentle and blunt as could be. “I’m sorry to see the season come to an end. I’m sorry we couldn’t play the type of Castle football that we […]
Video highlights of OIA playoff, opening-round football. Kapolei set two individual single-game records: Taulia Tagovailoa passed for 534 yards and Ty-Noah Williams had 313 receiving yards. Williams came within six yards of tying the state mark.
The winner of this OIA Division I playoff game will meet Farrington next week. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Coin flip: Kaiser wins the toss and elects to receive. Campbell will kickoff with the wind at its back. FIRST QUARTER Boom, boom! Kaiser goes three and out, and then Campbell needs just two plays to go 53 yards. Kawika Ulufale hits Noah Esprecion for a 12-yard pass, then goes to him on a deep post for a smooth 41-yard […]
Waipahu improved in 2015 under first-year head coach Bryson Carvalho, but it might be hard for the casual observer to notice because the Marauders finished the season with the same 1-7 record from 2014. But the improvement is measurable on both sides of the ball: 2014 average score — Opponents 41, Waipahu 7 2015 average score — Opponents 36, Waipahu 19 The result of any football game from Pop Warner to high school to college to the NFL looks a […]
Moanalua coach Jason Cauley figured Leilehua’s defensive front might make it tough for the Na Menehune ground game between the tackles. So he devised other ways to give Michael Feliciano room to roam. Held to 27 rushing yards on 13 carries, Feliciano was quarterback Alakai Yuen’s top target in Moanalua’s 58-22 win at Leilehua on Friday in the first round of the OIA Division I playoffs. Feliciano caught 11 passes for 131 and two touchdowns in Moanalua’s first win over […]
Video highlights from Friday night’s OIA Division I playoff matchup between Castle and Kapolei.
By now, Hawaii high school football fans know what a mammoth stride the Kailua football team has taken — from last place to a third seed in the Oahu Interscholastic Association playoffs to a 57-6 smashing of Waipahu in the first round on Friday night. But how big of a footprint the Surfriders (7-2) leave behind this year has not been determined. It was just a year ago when a solemn Kailua coach Joseph Wong was hard to find after home […]
Earlier this season, Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez said his team had finally joined the modern era after years of relying on defense and a bruising running game. The Hurricanes still have that defense, not giving up more than seven points in a game since Sept. 5, but it is the passing attack that has evolved the most. It starts with quarterback Taulia Tagovialoa, of course, but the young freshman certainly has talent around him. Tagovailoa is the only Kapolei quarterback […]