St. Francis football

Six games on Oahu are scheduled for Friday night. The OIA enters the first week of divisional play after the seven cross-division matchups last week, plus there’s a very intriguing Division II game at Leilehua featuring two teams that might see each other again in the state tournament. The Saints have been building from the intermediate level, winning an ILH D-II crown a few years back. They challenged hard last season, and with a 31-9 victory on the road against […]

The 2015 ILH regular season in Division II ended with Damien beating Pac-Five to earn the league title and automatic berth in the state tournament. It gave the Monarchs the title of “champions” which was well deserved. But there was another team in the league that could make a case it was playing the best football of anyone at the end of the season. A Pac-Five win over Damien would have forced a three-way playoff, which would have kept the […]

24th IN A SERIES Next: Waialua Bulldogs ST. FRANCIS SAINTS >> 2015 record and finish: 4-4 (2-2 ILH D-II); did not qualify for the postseason >> Number of returning starters: 15 (7 offense, 8 defense) >> Number of returning seniors: 29 >> Number of starters lost to graduation: 3 >> Number of seniors lost to graduation: 5 >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections lost to graduation: None >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections returning: None >> ILH D-II All-Stars lost to graduation: […]

St. Francis’ 12-9 win over Pac-Five at Aloha Stadium on Friday was one of the highlights of Week 9 in Hawaii high school football. It was the Saints’ first varsity victory in Interscholastic League of competition. The school started varsity football in the 2013 season. Radford’s OIA Division II regular-season title-clinching 28-7 win at Nanakuli on Friday was another biggie of Week 9, as was Kapaa’s KIF championship-clinching 28-0 win over Waimea at Hanapepe Stadium on Saturday. Week 9 scores of […]