Extended version Win No. 4 didn’t come easy for the Mililani Trojans. Turnovers derailed two early drives, but McKenzie Milton threw for 298 yards and three touchdowns while Vavae Malepeai rushed for 156 yards and two TDs in a 41-14 road win.
(Here’s the longer version of the story that was published in this morning’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Game video highlights from the MIL and BIIF by Sports Viz and Cyrus Perry are posted below.) Thirty-one is a good number. Fifteen is certainly not, not in football. More than a year ago, Laurie Koustik had a complex issue to deal with. Her 11-man football team at Kohala, where she is the athletic director, was wobbly again. Forty-one student-athletes had signed up for football […]
Lahainaluna of the MIL improved to 4-0, and Hilo of the BIIF moved to 3-0 with victories in games played on the Neighbor Islands over the weekend. Final scores from the MIL, KIF and BIIF this season follow: Sept. 6 Honokaa 35, at Waiakea 29 Kealakehe 14, at Hawaii Prep 7 Lahainaluna 42, Baldwin 7, at War Memorial Stadium Sept. 5 Hilo 27, Kamehameha-Hawaii 20, OT, at Wong Stadium Kauai 28, Waimea 13, at Vidinha Stadium King Kekaulike 23, at […]
It was a long, slow, dark and quiet walk back to the locker room for the Kailua Surfriders after Saturday night’s 25-14 football loss to Aiea at their newly renamed Alex Kane Stadium. Nobody said much. All eyes were downcast. Coach Joseph Wong’s head was staring straight down, and he seemed to be blanketed by the darkness and searching for some kind of light. Some players walked even slower than the rest, hobbling along and nursing their minor injuries. The […]
It doesn’t look like Aiea football coach Wendell Say has to worry too much about the quarterback position. He has two players who showed they are capable of leading the offense in Saturday’s 25-14 victory over Kailua at the Surfriders’ newly named Alex Kane Stadium. Senior Jordan Liilii is considered the team’s No. 1 quarterback, but he did not start against Kailua. Kobe Kato, a sophomore, got the start and both players split time. “Jordan has been hurt,” Aiea coach […]
To be sure, there is an ache in Darren Hernandez’s heart. In his soul. You lose a beloved mentor, that’s part of life. But it still hurts, not losing football games, not really. He stepped onto the field at Kapolei with his mind on his football team and its game with No. 2-ranked Mililani. But in his gut, Skippa Diaz was on his mind and on his hands. Hernandez carefully wrapped each digit of each hand with tape, a la […]
The threat of Randy Neverson is almost as good as the player himself. Neverson had a whopper of a game in No. 8 Leilehua’s 46-27 dumping of No. 9 Waianae on Friday night at the Seariders’ Raymond Torii Field. The athletic, 6-foot, 205-pound senior likes the direct route, usually going in as straight a line as he can with dramatic effect. He can play slotback, running back, quarterback or wide receiver and he can return kicks. On Friday, he lined […]