Punahou football

The Mililani Trojans are getting a little more attention since their upset of Punahou in the Division I championship game at the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships on Friday. Mililani (13-0) rose 12 spots to No. 16 in the CBS MaxPreps National Computer Ratings, which were released today. Punahou (8-1) fell 15 notches to No. 34. Mililani outscored Punahou 53-45 in the state title game at Aloha Stadium. Neither team is in the MaxPreps Xcellent Top 25 rankings. Punahou […]

Quarterback McKenzie Milton used the word “surreal” to describe the way he felt after Mililani’s gripping 53-45 victory over Punahou in the Division I state championship game Friday night. But the game itself and the atmosphere inside Aloha Stadium was, to name-drop a rock album from the ’60s, a “Surrealistic Pillow” for fans to sit back with, relax and watch perhaps the best Hawaii high school football game ever played. For most of the season, two mighty offenses flexed their […]

Mililani’s last man standing did it all. While the Trojans suffered key injuries to right tackle Jordan Agasiva and running back Vavae Malepeai, quarterback McKenzie Milton never lost focus of the task at hand. The junior signal caller broke the Mililani single-game passing record with 421 yards on 29 of 47 passing and threw seven touchdown passes in a 53-45 win over Punahou on Friday night at Aloha Stadium to give the Trojans their first Division I state football championship. […]