Kahuku football

Former Kahuku star quarterback Sol-Jay Maiava is back in town. On Thursday, the dual-threat QB was with his Team Mauka teammates practicing for Saturday’s fourth-annual Polynesian Bowl at Aloha Stadium. It will be his last high school game, and it won’t be long before he is suiting up for BYU. “It was probably the best decision I’ve made in my life,” Maiava said at Thursday’s practice at the stadium about his choice to transfer to St. John’s College High School […]

2019 TEAM RECORD >> 9-4 overall, 4-1 OIA Open Division HEAD COACH >> Sterling Carvalho is 16-9 in two seasons with the Red Raiders. KEY UNDERCLASSMEN IN 2019 >> DL/FB Zion Ah You, 5-10, 250, Jr.; RB Zealand Matagi, 5-10, 195, Jr.; LB Alan Talanoa, 5-11, 180, Jr.; OL Sione Heimuli, 6-3, 320, So. KAHUKU THROUGH THE YEARS: 1973-2019 HISTORICAL EQUIVALENT: 2003 Mililani The new Open Division helped spell the end of Kahuku’s dominance, but the most important stat — […]

The future starts now for Kahuku. No sense stewing over 45-6 loss to a team ranked No. 6 in the nation. This year is done. The Raiders gave their ever-faithful fans an OIA championship last month and yet another appearance in the Open Division final of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships. Anybody watching Friday’s nightcap of the title-day, Black Friday tripleheader saw that Saint Louis was a far superior team. There is a huge gulf between the Crusaders […]

Kahuku’s football program has produced some of the greatest games in state history, but a win over Saint Louis tonight in the 21st top-tier state championship could produce the biggest upset. Despite being the OIA champion, Kahuku seems to have everything going against it when Sterling Carvalho leads his charges against Cal Lee‘s dynasty on Friday night. The Red Raiders are tasked with taking out a Saint Louis team that throttled them 28-0 in just a half before making the long drive […]

Kaonohi Kaniho is preparing for the final game of his high school career. He and his Kahuku Red Raiders teammates have Saint Louis left on the schedule on Black Friday. It’s the Open Division final of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships — otherwise known as the BIG ONE — and the North Shore boys are going in as major underdogs. “To win, we need to dominate all three phases of the game,” said Kaniho, a four-year starter at […]