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Mililani’s bodyguards come ready to work

By Jerry Campany on November 21, 2013

If any unit on the Mililani football team represents a lunch pail mentality, it is the offensive line. While the quarterbacks and receivers played catch and the defense messed around punting the ball back and forth to each other 15 minutes before practice began on Wednesday, each member of the offensive line already had his helmet on and was making good use of it. The big boys up front warmed up for practice running plays and knocking each other around. […]

Punahou has practice perfected

By Jason Kaneshiro on November 21, 2013

Punahou has had a lot of practice at … well … practicing. After completing the ILH regular season on Oct. 11, the Buffanblu had a bye for the first round of the Division I playoffs. Following a win over Kamehameha on Oct. 25 to clinch the ILH title and the league’s state tournament berth, they went close to three weeks before playing Farrington last Friday in a Division I semifinal of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football Championship. While playing two […]

Poi Report: Sanchez commits to CU (update)

By Paul Honda on November 20, 2013

(9:30 p.m. Updated with quotes from Jaisen Sanchez.) At 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, it wasn’t hard to find Jaisen Sanchez on the football field. The senior cornerback’s stellar season was icing on the cake for recruiters. Colorado liked him back in the summer, when Sanchez participated in the All-Poly Camp. The Buffaloes offered him a scholarship then, and Sanchez reciprocated this week by orally committing to play for CU. “I’m 100 percent committed to Colorado,” Sanchez said on Wednesday night. […]

Pupule’s weekend wrap

By Paul Honda on November 19, 2013

You know, a few weeks back, it was kinda sad, as it is every season in every team sport, to see losing playoff teams close shop. But now that we’re upon Championship Week, it feels like eons since those regular-season battles. Some teams play only six or seven games. But the squads still suiting up this week are well into double digits. Life is good. But the teams that fell in the semifinals over the weekend are sore, physically, mentally, […]

Kaiser-Lahainaluna bonus

By Paul Honda on November 18, 2013

(Here’s the rest of the game story that didn’t fit into Sunday’s Star-Advertiser.) The first half was an exercise in penalties. Kaiser (90 yards) and Lahainaluna (76) combined for more penalty yardage than total yardage. Other than that, it was mostly a defensive stalemate in the trenches. Kaiser’s front seven stonewalled the Lunas on third- and fourth-and-1 plays near midfield in the first quarter, but the Cougars’ passing game struggled in winds up to 25 mph. The Lunas broke the […]

‘Iolani’s dynasty is over … for now

By Billy Hull on November 18, 2013

It happened so quickly, it was hard to process exactly what transpired in a matter of two hours at Kozuki Stadium last Saturday afternoon. Six-time defending Division II state champion ‘Iolani was dominated on its own home field in the semifinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships against Kauai, losing 28-7 in a game that really wasn’t even that close. To see the mighty Raiders, winners of 12 straight games in the state tournament and seven of the […]

Winds of change: Cougars played their cards

By Paul Honda on November 17, 2013

That’s right. Kaiser played its cards just right in a decisive 20-9 win over top-seeded Lahainaluna last night. The Cougars, seeded fourth in the Division II tourney of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships, made just about every good decision on a night when the ocean wind was blasting in. But it wasn’t just the 25 mph gusts that silenced most of the 9,000 fans at War Memorial Stadium. >> No Rocha-Islas, no points. In the first half, Lahainaluna […]

LIVE BLOG: Kaiser 20, Lahainaluna 9, Final

By Paul Honda on November 16, 2013

WAILUKU — Picturesque night in Wailuku, lots of wind, probably 10-20 mph. Full moon rising. Huge Lunas crowd here, reminds me of Kahuku’s faithful following. There are roughly 50-60 Kaiser fans in blue here, too. Cougars received the opening kickoff and are marching downfield. Ball at the Lunas 26. Shotgun, four wide so far. 10:02, Q1 – Cougars jumped – illegal procedure, then two incomplete passes, including a drop that was almost turned into a pick-6 by Lahainaluna. Ball at […]

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