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Judd coming along as Kaiser’s QB

By Billy Hull on September 6, 2014

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 […]

McDaniel carrying the load for Higgins

By Jerry Campany on August 26, 2014

Sometimes, an apple does fall far from the tree. And then it just keeps rolling. Kaiser coach Cameron Higgins grew up in Delbert Tengan’s system with Saint Louis in 2004 and 2005, a balanced attack that kept opponents guessing. But now that the quarterback has grown into a coach, there isn’t much of a mystery where the ball is going to go. Higgins has ridden running back Jensen McDaniel through his first two games at the helm, giving the shifty […]

LIVE BLOG: Waianae 26, Kaiser 7

By Billy Hull on August 22, 2014

Kaiser got its wish in the offseason when it moved up into Division I after crushing the competition in winning the 2013 Division II state championship. Now the Cougars, coming off a 52-7 win over Aiea, face their first big test in visiting Waianae for a clash at Kaiser Stadium. The Seariders, who lost 30-23 to Moanalua last week, haven’t played the Cougars at Kaiser Stadium dating back to the 1970s. Waianae has won nine of the last 10 meetings, […]


Kaiser’s Higgins passes first test

By Billy Hull on August 15, 2014

Cameron Higgins is the first to admit he didn’t quite know what he was in for when he accepted the head coaching job at Kaiser. Just 26 years old, Higgins was handed the tough task of trying to follow up Rich Miano‘s two-year run as Cougars head coach, which included 20 wins, an OIA White title and a Division II state title. A long summer ended on Friday night at Kaiser Stadium when Higgins led his Cougars onto the field […]

Kauai facing another uphill climb

By Nick Abramo on August 12, 2014

A lot of attention went to the Kaiser football team a year ago, and deservedly so. The Cougars won the Division II state title, after all. It’s kind of a foggy memory now, but a neighbor-island team came close to upsetting them in the final game, and that fact gets kind of lost in the media hubbub that swirled around Kaiser throughout the 2013 season and beyond. Yes, Kauai High was locked into a 7-7 tie with the Cougars to […]

ILH, HHSAA deny Slade-Matautia

By Paul Honda on August 11, 2014

Former Kaiser football player Isaac Slade-Matautia has been near and far in the past nine months. Now enrolled at Saint Louis as a sophomore, he practices every day, but that’s the extent of his playing at the prep level. “He is not eligible to play (football) this year,” ILH executive director Don Botelho said on Monday. Slade-Matautia, who started at Kaiser last year as a freshman, will have to sit out one year before becoming eligible to play football for […]

Video: #7 Kaiser vs #9 Kauai

By Paul Honda on November 27, 2013

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (post game) It was a defensive battle, as expected, between Rich Miano’s Kaiser Cougars and Tommy John Cox’s Kauai Red Raiders. Kauai was poised to pull off the upset until Kaiser came up with the play of the game on the first snap of the fourth quarter.

LIVE BLOG: Kaiser 17, Kauai 7, Final

By Billy Hull on November 23, 2013

2013 team page for D-II state champion Kaiser A team other than ‘Iolani will be crowned Division II state champion in football tonight for the first time since 2006. Can Kauai bring home a state championship for the first time in school history or will Kaiser become the first OIA team to win a Division II state title since Campbell in 2004? Live updates below: 4:09 p.m.: Kauai sends the opening kickoff out of bounds. I can’t imagine Kauai ever […]