Kahuku football

The third-ranked Kahuku Red Raiders are taking Friday night’s opponent very seriously. Coach Sterling Carvalho‘s boys, who have improved steadily since the beginning of the season and pulled out a 7-3 victory over Mililani for the OIA championship late last month, meet the fifth-ranked Campbell Sabers for the third time this season tonight in the Open Division semifinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships at Aloha Stadium. Two comfortable victories over the Sabers (35-7 and 46-0), however, do […]

The year 2017 may be too recent to evoke feelings of nostalgia, but not if you’re a follower of Kahuku football. On Saturday night at Aloha Stadium, the Red Raiders downed Mililani 7-3 to win the OIA Open Division title, making it just two years since their last league title. To some, that gap felt like an eternity. “We were thinking about that this whole week, that it’s actually been a while,” said cornerback Kaonohi Kaniho, who was a sophomore […]

You can’t fault Kahuku coach Sterling Carvalho for trying. Early on this season, the Red Raiders were a mixed bag on offense. At times they were able to ground and pound opponents, but they also weren’t afraid to put four wide receivers out on the field and try to throw the ball around a little bit. After three straight years of losing to Saint Louis in the state tournament, including twice in the championship game, Kahuku felt the need to […]