Top-ranked Saint Louis fit the billing with a 49-7 win over No. 5 Waianae on Saturday night at Raymond Torii Field. The defending champions were in mid-season form on both sides of the ball, led by senior quarterback Chevan Cordeiro on offense.
One game into the 2017 football season, Cal Lee isn’t losing an iota of competitive edge. If anything, the Saint Louis football coach is as hungry as ever to build the Crusaders into a championship team for the second time in as many seasons. A 49-7 win at No. 5 Waianae on Saturday night did little to soften his long-range goals for the top-ranked Crusaders. “I like what I saw, but I think we can get better. We can’t just […]
The defending Open Division state champion Saint Louis Crusaders open defense of their title out on the West side against Waianae, which features the top prospect in the state in the class of 2018 in defensive end Kana’i Mauga. Saint Louis has won the last six meetings dating back to 2005. No. 1 Saint Louis Crusaders Last year: 10-1 Head coach: Cal Lee, 25th season, 263-39-5 2017 Crusaders roster VS. No. 5 Waianae Seariders Last year: 9-5 Head coach: Walter […]
When Cal Lee returned to Saint Louis a few years ago, part of the reason was to bring back a taste of the old days. The ways don’t get much older than a season opener in Waianae. From 1967 to 1975, Saint Louis began each season except one (1972) against Larry Ginoza‘s Waianae Seariders. Ron Marciel‘s squad made the trip to the West side in alternating years, making it the only visiting field his boys would play on throughout the […]
Cal Lee was in a joking mood when told that he has never repeated for a state championship, and so he good-naturedly laughed it off. Technically, it’s true. The Saint Louis football coach won 14 Prep Bowl championships, including 13 in a row. He also has won two state championships, but those are 17 years apart. He earned the first one in the inaugural state championship season of 1999 and again in 2016. Voters have picked the Crusaders to repeat […]
Near the end of Thursday’s football scrimmage on the Saint Louis campus, coaches Cal Lee of the Crusaders and Campbell’s Darren Johnson greeted one another jovially behind the line of scrimmage. Seeing the two ol’ deep-rooted veterans of football wars shaking hands was a sure sign that the long-awaited high school season is here. And the best joke of the day was at Johnson’s expense. One of the assistant coaches came over to Johnson when the scrimmage was done and […]
Hawaii Prep World will be releasing summer previews of all 29 Oahu varsity football teams in advance of the 2017 season that kicks off in early August. 22ND IN A SERIES SAINT LOUIS CRUSADERS >> 2016 record and finish: 10-1 (5-1 ILH D-I); beat ‘Iolani 33-0 in first round of ILH D-I playoffs; beat Punahou 28-14 in ILH D-I championship game; beat Waianae 42-7 in state tournament Open Division semifinals; beat Kahuku 30-14 in state tournament Open Division championship game […]
They have combined to provide fans with two memorable state championship games in each of the past two seasons. Saint Louis, the reigning Open Division state champion, and Kahuku, the 2015 state champion which has lost only once in two years against Hawaii opponents, were both selected to Max Preps’ preseason list of the top 100 teams in the nation released on Thursday. Max Preps released its list in no particular order. A total of 28 states were represented in […]