A back-and-forth battle for three quarters on a rainy night at Moanalua. Weather conditions favored the run-first Hurricanes and were a hindrance for the normally prolific passing attack of Na Menehune. Kapolei scores the final two touchdowns, both by Trensten Spragling, in a 25-14 win.
Waialua is doing something right. You want real football? Go there. No, it’s not 750 yards of passing with glitzy uniforms and an artificial turf field. This is real grass, and clouds of dirt actually do rise when the players hit the ground. There are no JV games, so the varsity starts at 6 p.m., giving everyone plenty of time to go home and relax and unwind before going to bed. Like some other football fields on Oahu, there are […]
St. John Bosco, the football team from Bellflower, Calif., that visited and beat Saint Louis 63-14 at Aloha Stadium last month, pounded Norwalk, Calif., 48-3 in its second game of the season on Friday night at Cerritos College. It turns out the Braves, who are No. 6 in the MaxPreps national rankings, have a local connection of sorts. Ben Holmes, who played right guard against the Crusaders, started at left guard against Norwalk. His father, Henry Holmes, who is a […]
It’s probably a good thing Kaiser’s Cameron Higgins didn’t make a big deal out of his first win as a head coach. It has been taken away from him. Kaiser forfeited its season-opening win when an underclassman who was later found to be on academic probation entered the Cougars’ 52-7 blowout of Aiea with about 3 minutes left in the game. No worries, the Cougars got a legitimate win two weeks later with another blowout. The forfeiture in no way […]
While a Kamehameha offense missing some of its leaders struggled in the first half of Friday’s ILH opener, the Warrior defense remained stifling in a 48-9 win over Saint Francis. Kamehameha held Saint Francis to 24 yards in total offense and pushed the Saints backward for negative-46 rushing yards. Of Saint Francis’ 20 rush attempts, only three passed the line of scrimmage as the Warriors posted 14 tackles for losses, including four sacks. Defensive lineman Kanoa Gilliland set up Kamehameha’s […]
When Damien prepares to play Punahou in football, the Monarchs know they will be facing an uphill climb in nearly every facet of the game. And there was nothing different on Friday at Aloha Stadium, when Damien fell 52-6 to the defending Division I state champion Buffanblu. Nothing different at all. The Monarchs’ last win against Punahou came in 1992 by a 28-26 count. Interestingly, a player named Punahou Aina was one of the Monarchs’ top players that season. And […]
It was almost eerie the way the Moanalua Valley wind and rain fell just as the varsity game’s warmups began. I mean, it was boiling hot and sunny all through the JV game. And the rain and wind hardly let up. It wasn’t a downpour, just a steady sprinkle, sometimes wet enough to create puddles. And on Moanalua’s dirt-baked field — mud lakes are up and down from one end to the other between the hashmarks — that absolutely worked […]
The numbers weren’t pretty. Four-for-15 for 20 yards and three interceptions. Kaiser quarterback Kalawai’a Judd had two weeks to stew over those numbers after Kaiser lost its first game of the season to Waianae, 26-7. With a bye week to prepare for Friday night’s game against Waipahu, Judd used the extra time to study and mentally prepare for the challenges playing quarterback in coach Cameron Higgins‘ hurry-up offense brings. The layoff seemed to help Judd, who looked much more comfortable […]