It’s time.
Game day is finally here. Hawaii’s top team, Kahuku, faces the nation’s No. 1 team, Bishop Gorman, in a hugely anticipated game in Las Vegas. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. Hawaii time and we will have live updates throughout the game.
Bishop Gorman 35, Kahuku 7, FINAL
PHOTO GALLERY OF KAHUKU/BISHOP GORMAN
FINAL STATS FOR KAHUKU
Sol-Jay Maiava 6 carries, 18 yards, TD
Elvis Vakapuna 20 carries, 58 yards
Harmon Brown 10 carries, 41 yards
team 1 carry, -8 yards
Sol-Jay Maiava 3-9, 33 yds
Steven Lombard 2 rec, 26 yds
Kai’ea Dowling 1 rec, 7 yds
142 TOTAL YARDS
FOURTH QUARTER
Gorman will take a knee and that will be it …NO. They fake the run and throw a deep ball to the end zone. Incomplete. Absolutely classless move by the Gaels. Now it’s over. Red Raiders have 18-game winning streak snapped. Bishop Gorman has now won 44 in a row.
Kahuku turns it over on downs after picking up a first down.
Gorman starts on the Kahuku 47 with 4:03 remaining. Cianelli picks up 3. Thompson-Robinson with a 14-yard catch to the 30 as Gorman still throws it around. Cianelli stopped by Ah You for a yard. Ah You, Kaniho, Sauvao have been really good tonight for Kahuku. Red Raiders whistled for a defensive pass interference. Ball at the 14 with 2:31 remaining. Tate Martell 14-yard TD pass to Dorian Thompson-Robinson. 35-7.
Another touchback. Haven’t gotten to see Stokes Nihipali-Botelho return one tonight. Second intentional grounding call on Maiava loses 20 yards to the 2. Kahuku punts to the 47.
Cianelli runs twice for 8 yards. Third-and-2. Martell hits Nailor for 20 yards to the 22. Martell runs for about 8 yards but fumbles again. Nihipali-Botelho has a shot to recover it but can’t and somehow Gorman jumps on it. Kahuku missed what might have been its last chance there. Martell can’t get away from Kesi Ah-Hoy who tries to rip the ball loose. Third-and-3 at the 5. Pitch to Dorian Thompson-Robinson who gets the first down at the 2. Kaniho blows up the run at the 2. He’s had a good game showing off for scouts in Las Vegas. Brevin Jordan 3-yard TD pass from Martell. 28-7.
Kahuku starts on own 43. Second play of drive, miscommunication in the backfield and Maiava gets popped and fumbles. Gorman recovers on the Kahuku 40.
Two incomplete passes as Kahuku gets pressure on Martell and Gorman will go for it on fourth-and-8 from the 43. Martell overthrows a receiver deep in the end zone and Kahuku takes over.
THIRD QUARTER
Cianelli with a 15-yard run to the 45 of Kahuku. Cianelli picks up 2. Quarter ends.
Kahuku comes out in a different formation and Bishop Gorman has to call timeout. Red Raiders start on their 20. Kahuku moves it inside Gorman territory as Harmon Brown picks up 7 and then 14. False start on Kahuku makes it second-12 at the Gorman 48. Play-action pass and Maiava finds Lombard for 8 yards. Third-and-4 at the 40. Fourth-and-4 after no gain. Play-action and Lombard has the catch but is drilled by Bubba Bolden and drops it. Huge hit forces turnover on downs.
Gaels start on their 20 and Cianelli picks up 6. Now 11 more as Gorman picks up a first down. Second-and-6 and Kekaula Kaniho with a HUGE sack to force third-and-long. Martell is forced all the way back inside his own 10 and then he somehow eludes everybody and picks up 20 to the Kahuku 49. What an unbelievable scramble run by Martell to move the chains. Cianelli now breaks off a 27-yard run to the 17. Martell’s first-down pass is batted down at the line. Third-and-3 at the 10 as Sauvao stops Cianelli after a gain of 7. Kahuku stops the run on third down. Derek Ng attempts a 27-yard field goal but Kahuku is called for roughing the kicker to give the Gaels a first down. First-and-goal at the 5. Pass is incomplete. Second down. Cianelli stopped at the 3. Third-and-goal. Martell rolls out and scores on a 3-yard TD run. Roughing-the-kicker penalty is costly. 21-7, 5:54.
KAHUKU STATS
Sol-Jay Maiava 4 carries, 42 yards, TD
Elvis Vakapuna 14 carries, 35 yards
Harmon Brown 4 carries, 12 yards
team 1 carry, -8 yards
Sol-Jay Maiava 1-2, 18 yds
Steven Lombard 1 rec, 18 yds
After the half ended, Bishop Gorman coach Kenny Sanchez was whistled for an unsportsmanlike call as he continued to yell at the officials after the fumble ruling when Martell tried to spike the ball.
SECOND QUARTER
Vakapuna runs for 3 and Kahuku calls timeout with 11 seconds left on the 41. Maiava called for intentional grounding. Third-and-28. Kahuku takes a knee. Halftime.
Good 30-yard return on the kickoff is stopped by Stokes Nihipali-Botelho at the 31. Big hit. Martell stopped for a loss of 1 and then Nailor gets 8 on the screen. Third-and-3. Cianelli just gets the first down. 4-yard carry. Martell completes a 7-yard pass to the 50. Timeout Bishop Gorman as Kahuku keeps the receiver inbounds. Nailor gets open deep but he drops what might have been a TD. Cianelli carries for 14 yards on third-and-3. Timeout Gaels with 40 seconds remaining. Martell with a short 5-yard pass to the 31 but the receiver is drilled by Kaniho. Martell has to spike it but the officials call it a fumble and Kahuku recovers. Red Raiders ball on the 38.
Kahuku starts on its 20. Vakapuna runs it three times and just gets to the 30 on third-and-2 for a first down. Play-action pass and Maiava hits Steven Lombard for 18 yards to the 48. Kahuku into Bishop Gorman territory and will go for it on fourth-and-3 at the Gaels 45. Sol-Jay Maiava keeps and he’s GONE. 45-yard TD run. Huge score late in the first half for Kahuku.
The Gaels start on the Kahuku 43. Bishop Gorman has dominated field position. Cianelli with 10 yards on the run. Another run of 4 yards to the 29 as Ah You gets another tackle. Cianelli stopped for no gain by Codie Sauvao and it’s third-and-6 from the 29. Austin Arnold with a 15-yard reception to the 14 on a quick pass. Another missed tackle by Kahuku. Cianelli for 3 to the 11. Third-and-6 from the 10 as Sauvao stops the RB for no gain. Martell has all day and finds Austin Arnold in the corner of the end zone. 10-yard TD pass makes it 14-0 Gaels.
Kahuku with a personal foul on the kickoff so it will start on its 10. Now with a false start. First-and-15 from the 5. Harmon Brown with the direct snap at QB and he has two 3-yard runs to make it third-and-9. Now a delay of game. Kahuku piling up the penalties here. Vakapuna stopped for a loss of 1 by Haskell Garrett and Kahuku will punt from own end zone.
Screen to the TE, Brevin Jordan and Kahuku misses about 4 tackles. 18-yard TD pass from Martell to Jordan on a play Kahuku should have wrapped up near the 10. Gaels score on first play of second quarter.
FIRST QUARTER
Bishop Gorman starts on its 44 after a 19-yard punt return. Cianelli runs for 2 yards with Ah You making the stop. Martell scrambles and hits Jalen Nailor deep for 39 yards to the 15. Martell stopped for a loss of 1. Martell takes too much time and it’s a delay of game. Martell breaks contain and scrambles inside of the 5 but a flag is thrown down field. Illegal block on Gorman. Martell scrambles for a yard. Quarter ends with Gorman facing third-and-13 from the 18.
Vakapuna runs for 3 yards. He runs for 5 to set up third-and-2. Maiava keeps on the read-option and takes it 18 yards to the 32. First down Kahuku. Injury timeout as a Kahuku OL is down on the play. Vakapuna picks up 1 to the 33. False start on Kahuku. After nine straight runs, Kahuku goes play-action and Maiava misses an open Christopher Tuliloa who was open and had a lot of room. Vakapuna runs for 4 and Kahuku will punt.
QB Tate Martell and the Gaels start on their 35. Amod Cianelli rumbles for 25 on the first play and then Martell keeps for 23 yards to the 17. Miki Ah You with the sack of Martell on first down. Martell loses 2. Cianelli runs for 6 to set up third-and-6 from the 13. False start on the Gaels. Third-and-11. Martell runs for 12 to the 6 but he fumbles. Kahuku recovers. Holding on Bishop Gorman is declined. Red Raiders take over on their 6.
Elvis Vakapuna with a 6-yard carry on first down. He is stopped for no gain on second down and Bishop Gorman is whistled for a late hit. 15-yard penalty moves it to the 41. Vakapuna with four carries for 9 yards. Kahuku facing third-and-7 on its 44. QB Sol-Jay Maiava picks up nothing on the QB draw. Kahuku will punt.
Kahuku wins the toss and will receive. Close to 12,000 people tuned in to the live stream at kickoff.
Captains for Kahuku: Kekaula Kaniho, Aliki Vimahi, Vili Fisiiahi, Kesi Ah-Hoy.
RB Biaggio Walsh and WR Tyjon Lindsey will not play for Bishop Gorman.
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To get you ready, here’s a look at our coverage leading up to the game.
Score prediction: Kahuku vs. Bishop Gorman
Q&A: Bishop Gorman coach Kenny Sanchez
Kahuku community pumped for Gorman game
Physical Kahuku team faces ultimate test
Kahuku still close to Semones’ heart
Bishop Gorman roster
Kahuku roster
Kahuku has won 18 in a row. Bishop Gorman has won 42 in a row. Live updates follow below:
It’s not like Big Red couldn’t move the ball, but dropped balls and fumbles don’t help against a team like BG. And that run by Tate to keep that one drive alive was pretty spectacular. Give credit where its due, BG is on a different level, but alot of their players came up limping after getting hit. Lets be honest, St Louis and Punhou would’ve got smoked worse because they lack a good running game. But you know what, I would’ve supported them nonetheless.
RRFL but always supporting the local kids.
I’m sorry “Hauula Boy” but I don’t think they played tough d. BG scored 35 points with Kahuku basically running out the clock from the kickoff. BG moved the ball at will. The ref choked and turned a normal stop the clock play by spiking the ball and called it a fumble. If not BG might have scored again. Another deep ball when through the BG’s receiver’s hand after he got behind double coverage.
In my opinion the defense was okay. If they played to win which meant opening up your playbook then BG would have gotten 4-5 more possessions at least Abe scored on 2-3 of them. That’s not stellar d in my opinion.
Kahuku couldn’t move the ball at all. There defense was tired in the second half because a lack of offense and being on the field too long. Offense had a total of 143 yards and only 43 in the second half. They were just out manned. Kahuku front seven is legit but they’re secondary needs a lot of help. Still a good team tho. Just not ready for the big boys. Can’t see anyone in Hawaii beating these guys because of there front seven. Glad to see all the kahuku fans and love the way they travel. Lots of pride. To be honest tho this game would’ve been even worse then the 35-7 blowout if Gorman had there starting running back and number one receiver playing. Offense lacks pretty much everything. I watched the whole game and they threw the ball a total of ten times. Even tho they was down the whole game. It was dive left dive right. And a couple of naked bootlegs. Great Hawaii team but a average mainland team. Still was routing for them tho. Got a long way to go to hang with the big boys
Nothing to be ashamed of boys, BG is not ashamed of their facilities and recruiting tactics. Imagine if Texas or Florida or Cali did what BG is doing they would kill gorman. Heck in 1996 Hawaii allstars went up to vegas and was beating the vegas allstars till a fight broke out in the 2nd quarter.
Kahuku not to shabby compared to the rest of BGs victims.
44-17 vs Cedar hill texas
46-10 vs Cocoa Florida
35-20 vs Bosco California
35-07 vs Kahuku
Think about it like this…what would happen if the #17 team in Hawaii played the #1 team in Hawaii? I think it would be Kahuku vs. Castle?
Well Kahuku as the #17 team in the USA did ok against the #1 team in the USA. Hold your heads up high boys
They did ok!? 35-7 is ok? If kahuku beats any team from 35-7 you guys consider it domination but when they lose 35-7 it’s ok. The thing is you guys blowout all these teams back home and that makes you guys believe these boys are better then they really our. I’m from Hawaii and rep the locals all the time but it is what it. They just got lit! They just ain’t ready or talented enough. And I’m sorry a 35-7 beat down ain’t gonna make you stronger it’s just gonna make you realize you ain’t as good as you thought you was.
It is what it is. BG spanked the then#5 team on there home turf in Texas. They blew out a very athletic team from Florida. They went to Cali and took care of business against another top 3 ranked team in SBJ. I’m guessing these 3 teams would be considered “big boy” teams? BG is just at a different level. Thank you for the critiques. Definitely alot to work on, we’ll get to “big boy” league eventually. Stay focused and humble Boys, always get better and move forward.
As an avid RR alumni,as disappointing as it was to lose today,its even more disappointing to hear some of these comments coming from our Big Red faithful.We win with class,we lose with class,stop using the recruiting excuse already.Our boys don’t bring it up so why should we.It just makes us sound like poor losers.Proud of our boys no matter the outcome.GO BIG RED!!!
To all you RR haters and non supporter..35-7 IS OKAY playing against the #1 Team in the USA..all you suckers thought it would be a blowout game including the computer data predictions. Claiming bishop Gorman gonna run us over with 49 and up! As you can see the score never reach 36! lol it’s only when we play your school then its a blowout game. Why? Cuz you guys are blown out of national ranking! And we RR is IN the TOP 25 ranking in the USA. Just know this game didn’t just make our boys stronger it just confirm we taking another championship home, yet again..sorry I wish I had better news for all you haters but it is what it is..k bye
What happened to all the comments about how Bishop Gorman never faced smash mouth football like this before? What happened to all the comments about how you guys were going to win. The reason why no one likes you guys (other than I love 88) is most of you are arrogant, you stab coaches in the back (like the great Alan Akina), do not recognize that academics is more important that sports (remember the Reggie Torres fiasco?), and then when you are wrong you quiver like the cowards.
If you are going to be arrogant and talk smack before the game, then be arrogant and talk smack the game.
If your consolation prize is saying you “only lost by 28” when it took you guys practically running out the clock from the kickoff the so be it.
Any team that is decent in Hawaii could have run the ball, sit on the ball, milk the clock, and then say “hey we didn’t lose that bad.”
I thought a great program like Kahuku, where the supporters talk smack would not accept losing and wouldn’t settle for a “well we played them close” comment.
And that is why after football is over, your kids’ lives will go downhill. You guys play the scoreboard and don’t have standards. Your standards change based on the situation.
Easy to beat up on inferior talent in Hawaii. But when you have a chance to play with the big boys and show what you are made of you decided to milk the clock and say, “well we only lost by 28.” Yeah that is what elite programs are made out of. Make excuses and instead of coming to win, you come to not get embarrassed.
@ Merita….ok….3 funny.
@ Rickey, I appreciate you speaking your mind, and thank you for still supporting the island kids.
LohuiLani September 17, 2016 at 8:41 pm
Think about it like this…what would happen if the #17 team in Hawaii played the #1 team in Hawaii? I think it would be Kahuku vs. Castle?
Well Kahuku as the #17 team in the USA did ok against the #1 team in the USA. Hold your heads up high boys
Not a good comparison. The #17 team in Hawaii isn’t filled with D1 athletes. They didn’t win multiple state championships. And most of all they do not have disillusioned bloggers saying how they would win but not put their money where they mouth is.
Kahuku is supposed to be an elite program. But instead of showing up to win, they instead chose to waste all of their supporters welfare money. If I was a Kahuku parent, I would be insulted. Who travels that far to run the ball up the middle practically every play.
So let’s be real. Kahuku will win the state title again since they have bigger kids (and probably 20-22 years old too. I bet their birth certificates are not accurate). They are not winning due to a great scheme or having an extraordinary set of skills. They win because they were born with physical attributes that other kids don’t have.
When they had to rely on having more football skills tonight it wasn’t even close. All they do is beat up on inferior physical specimens in Hawaii. For some reason that impresses that community.
@ilh…. did you take notes? Cause thats how you do it…. better thank BG for the free clinic, maybe your schools can make up for the last 2 yrs now… get off BG nuts and win your own battles…..
Merita September 17, 2016 at 9:20 pm
To all you RR haters and non supporter..35-7 IS OKAY playing against the #1 Team in the USA..all you suckers thought it would be a blowout game including the computer data predictions. Claiming bishop Gorman gonna run us over with 49 and up! As you can see the score never reach 36! lol it’s only when we play your school then its a blowout game. Why? Cuz you guys are blown out of national ranking! And we RR is IN the TOP 25 ranking in the USA. Just know this game didn’t just make our boys stronger it just confirm we taking another championship home, yet again..sorry I wish I had better news for all you haters but it is what it is..k bye
Dude, they milked the clock so they wouldn’t get spanked. That’s not football. That’s called bush league. Nothing they can do from now on will make everyone ever forget this. You can win 100 state titles in little Hawaii. But when they had a chance to show the world how big and mighty Kahuku is, they decided to open the offensive package to 4-5 plays. They sat on the ball. They let the clock run. They did not play to win. They played to get the game over and to not get their butts kicked. You guys all can make excuses.
All the coaches over the nation who were talking about this game are laughing at Kahuku’s game plan and inability to take this challenge head on. And who cares if not one believes me. I know that it is and that is good enough for me and my buddy 88!
BleedRed September 17, 2016 at 9:12 pm
As an avid RR alumni,as disappointing as it was to lose today,its even more disappointing to hear some of these comments coming from our Big Red faithful.We win with class,we lose with class,stop using the recruiting excuse already.Our boys don’t bring it up so why should we.It just makes us sound like poor losers.Proud of our boys no matter the outcome.GO BIG RED!!!
I applaud you sir!
87 September 17, 2016 at 7:47 pm
i love 88 is one ex red raider coach or parent of a bench warmer bcause he so critical and negative not to mention jealous of Kahukus program. lol, he got tickets and was at the game….what a poor example of one part time red raider, wearing red at the game but come online and talk smack…lol, what a bitter life.
Maam, please be accurate when you send accusations my way. I am not an ex-red raider parents. I don’t stab my child’s coach in the back. I do not get welfare. I pay taxes. And I value education more than athletics.
I am not jealous of a program who tried to physically confront a fine man in former Head Coach Reggie Torres when he tried to increase the focus on academics. I am not jealous of a community where a coach like Alan Akina can feed his players with his own money and find a van to drive his players to town to play in summer league games when these kid’s own parents choose not to. Then they try to get him fired. I am not jealous of a football program where their kids test near the bottom for state testing.
I think you need to open your eyes more and realize that football is only a small part of these kids’ lives. Unfortunately, you make it more than it really is since you need to live through your child, relative, or just a community kid. You have unresolved goals that force you to live through others.
I am just pointing out that if you are going to puff your chest and make big body on a blog, then do it all the time, win or lose. Many of you have stopped chirping after you got your ass handed to you. If you going make big body, then do it win or lose. Don’t change your tune because the games wasn’t close or competitive. That actually makes you a hypocrite. Funny thing is you won’t see if since you probably don’t know the definition of this word without the use of a computer or friend.
I love 88
Bring down kids again! Something must’ve happened to you that makes you hate kahuku so much. They must be in dreams every night that’s why you need to find 88 and hug him so hard that he will never let you go
Hau’ulaBoy September 17, 2016 at 7:31 pm
@I Love 88: The point is to win the game, and yes Kahuku played conservative, but we play to our strengths. Sorry that doesnt please you, but if we keep winning state titles then isnt that the point.
I am sorry I disagree. You guys have so much more physical specimens. To me the goal is to be getting these kids into college (D1-3) since many of them cannot afford it. Winning state titles isn’t setting the bar high. You have too much talent to just win another state title.
I believe it’s getting the skills position players to be more dynamic. It’s getting the lineman to run basic package but also run more exotic and sophisticated packages so when scouts watch the tapes or see the games live they will know these kids can run the complicated schemes they will implement in college.
It about getting the QB to make reads that will demonstrate their football IQ. These QB’s are very athletic. Why can’t they be the dual threat QB’s like Deshaun Watson or Lamar Jackson. It’s hard when these kids are not being developed.
They are being taught that the ultimate goal is a state championship. To me the goal should be a $200,000 free ride into college. And based on how they are coached, most of those opportunities are only awarded to the lineman.
And for the LB’s and DB’s that are offered, with more high level coaching, maybe the BYU and Utah offers turn into Alabama and Ohio State offers.
I think many of you guys look at the small picture. But based on this population and talent level, the bigger picture is what I describe above.
red x September 17, 2016 at 10:04 pm
I love 88
Bring down kids again! Something must’ve happened to you that makes you hate kahuku so much. They must be in dreams every night that’s why you need to find 88 and hug him so hard that he will never let you go
Isn’t the purpose of a blog to speak the truth and to give your honest opinion? Am I not allowed to do that? Many of you guys talk smack all day long. But when the roles are reversed you cry and insult.
If you guys can dish it out, then please take it too.
Kahuku’s game plan was to eat up the clock and that’s exactly what they did. BG would have put up 60 or 70 if the RR didn’t waste all that time just to punt the ball away! The game was never close and just shows BG is on a whole other level than the RR! Kudos to Kahuku for taking this game, but it does not mean in any way that their ready to play top teams in the country!
@ilove88…. I think all the coaches across the nation is laughing more at how weak the state of Hawaii is in H.S football if Kahuku is our defending state champs… And trust me, It’s been almost 20yrs since stl went to Vegas but we will never forgot what happened.
i love 88 is former DC at Kahuku, the one always calling the current staff clowns on facebook. its always the ones that leave that make the most noise.
“BleedRed September 17, 2016 at 9:12 pm
As an avid RR alumni,as disappointing as it was to lose today,its even more disappointing to hear some of these comments coming from our Big Red faithful.We win with class,we lose with class,stop using the recruiting excuse already.Our boys don’t bring it up so why should we.It just makes us sound like poor losers.Proud of our boys no matter the outcome.GO BIG RED!!!”
You’re one of a kind, BleedRed. If only every Kahuku fan on this blog had your class. Kahuku got spanked today. No shame in that. BG flat out a better team. But some of the whining and hee hawing here is embarrassing.
Props to you, BleedRed.
@ I love 88,
Shut up ok!!!! Everyone from Kahuku went to Vegas to support our boys !!!! Our boys did good this game yeah we didn’t win but Kahuku did better than what most people thought!!! And we didn’t waste money on watching them run up the middle we already knew that we was gonna do it cuz that’s how we play!!! And don’t go saying anything else cuz if u like talk we go talk I live in kalihi I wear my Kahuku all the time and to all you haters, you guys r just hating on yourself you guys just can’t support us for one night it was Hawaii vs. The Nation can we just support these boys while they go out of there time to represent the state of Hawaii !!!! You guys need to just learn how to support these boys or anybody else cuz first of all they are just high schoolers and second they play for each other and the model here in Hawaii sports is #OneTeamOneFamily so if your just gonna hate on Hawaii then go line up at the airport and get your flight tickets and go somewhere else cuz if you don’t like Hawaii and if you don’t like our boys or girls on what they do for Hawaii then please get ur ticket and leave…. And yet again please keep positive vibes to all players in any sports in Hawaii cuz if not then bachi is coming right back at you and its gonna hit you so fast that u won’t even see it coming !!!!!!
But anyways good job boys you made me proud and hopefully everyone else too you guys went out and played your best this was a really fun game to watch lets go Kahuku !!!!!!!
btw, Sol-Jay Maiava might not actually get a written scholarship offer from Michigan as a quarterback if Kahuku only has him in the single digits for pass attempts for most games and throwing for 50 yards or less for the rest of his high school career. It’d be nice to see Kahuku develop a functional passing game and open up the playbook. Or at least modernize with some inside zone read to keep defenses guessing.
A different type of offense (with a functional passing game) with the caliber of athlete that usually comes out of Laie would be a nightmare for any team, ILH, OIA, or mainland.
@ilove88…. during the game the announcer quoted BG’s Coach in saying Kahuku sent 35 players to the nfl compared to their 6…. IMO, Hawaii has way more individual football talent then Nevada. BG is a different animal, their players do succeed in the classroom but you hardly here about them on the college field…
@I love 88
Shut up again !!!! You don’t speak the truth you speak stuff that u don’t even know !!!! And please find 88 if u love him so much!!! And we don’t talk smack we only do it if other people do it to us like Tate martell that guy like act all bad if he think he bad then someone please tell him meet me cuz ill show what happens wen haole boys like act all bad #NoActDenNoNeedFoGetWack
“And we don’t talk smack we only do it if other people do it to us like Tate martell that guy like act all bad if he think he bad then someone please tell him meet me cuz ill show what happens wen haole boys like act all bad #NoActDenNoNeedFoGetWack”
You’re threatening to beat up a high school kid over a football game anonymously over the internet?
Official Time of Possession stats
Kahuku- 47min
Bishop Gorman- 1min
Final score
Kahuku-7
Bishop Gorman-35
Heheheheheh fiyah in da hole!
Forget everything about the game already, and let’s return back to reality….. just read this from Twitter, prayers to this team and their family….
9 hours ago
Four people are dead and 42 injured after a charter bus carrying a junior college football team hit an overpass bridge on Highway 74 near Rockingham, N.C., Saturday afternoon, according to Charlotte TV station WBTV.
Good win Bishop Gorman. Can’t make mistakes against a team like BG and expect to be successful. These comments though are ridiculous. Kahuku ball is eat up the clock and play take away defense. Kahuku didn’t eat up the clock so they wouldn’t lose by 60. That’s their offense. Look at all the games before tonight and see how they score and how long they take. That comment is just straight hating. Plain and simple. And the comment of the football team scoring near the bottom of state tests, really? Show me where and what test that the State of Hawaii test the Kahuku Football Team. You can’t because no test exists. Would UCLA or Georgia Tech or Vanderbilt, BYU, Oregon St. Utah etc….. offer these kids if their test scores were so low. Kahuku loss and they will learn from it and get better because of it. Not because they loss to Kalaheo or Mililani or St. Louis but because they loss to the #1 Team in the Country. Not #1 in their Div. or District or even their State but #1 in ALL 50 STATES. Enough hating on these kids already.
On a side note; LeeBoy and ILH you guys got this one. See you guys in States
The few elite WR’s and QB’s that do come from Laie end up playing in the ILH.
An 8th grader WR from Laie just moved to vegas to play for Bishop Gormans Intermediate squad and yes he was recruited/shown interest.
We got a dime a dozen of big boys so when we lose a few to the ILH we still can be competitive and that is what we are left with to build our Football program, I dont understand why people telling us we need to pass more. Our DNA is smash mouth one dimentional. Why dont you go tell the ILH to play defense if you are so concerned about the quality of play in Hawaii. If im not mistaken Kahuku has 4 current Defensive players in the NFL, that is our identity and that is how we win on the High school level and send players to college.
And to all the haters, I dont see your school doing big things! easy to criticize looking the top when you are looking from the bottom
@I Love 88: Point taken. We have what we have. Our kids are talented, but there not built for the type of systems you mention. For example, our O linemen are built to run block and we dont have speedy recievers, we have 6’+, 250+ full backs to utilize. Two years ago a coach came in and tried these schems. What happend was he had to go back to smashmouth because it didnt work.
Why is everyone so angry!? Calm down. It’s high school kids playing a game. It’s not the end of the world. So what they lost. I get where the kahuku fans our coming from and get where the Gorman fans our coming from. Don’t let one or two ignorant people make you believe that all Hawaii fans are ignorant and that all Gorman fans are pricks. Kahuku lost not because of there talent level but in my OPINION because the lack of coaching on the offensive side of the ball. Talent is there coaching just needed to make adjustments. You guys need to remember these are kids stop bashing on them. Have some class. Both teams are loaded with talent across the board. And BTW screw all this ILH talk! Hope kahuku sasa dat muli baby! I’m from Hawaii not kahuku tho just can’t stand the ILH.
@LohuiLani,
You need to think outside of the box… And not so narrowly. Yes, smash mouth football will work against smaller teams here in Hawaii. But… If you have dreams to be number 1 in the nation like BG, your team will need to be better balanced offensively. If you were,today’s score would much closer.
“The few elite WR’s and QB’s that do come from Laie end up playing in the ILH.”
I don’t buy this. Kahuku had a pretty functional passing offense with Inoke Funaki. If Sol-Jay Maiava is really a big 10 caliber qb recruit, then Kahuku should be able to do what funaki did, only better.
You can’t tell me that Kahuku can’t develop a functional passing game because all their wide receivers go to ILH schools and the only thing Laie has left are “the big boys.” Kahuku has a one dimensional offense because they CHOOSE to.
And that’s okay. If they’re gonna play an unsophisticated halfback dives up the middle smashmouth offense, then go for it. They’re bigger and stronger than everyone and are very successful at what they do in Hawaii. Their record speaks for itself. But when you can’t bully the other team physically, the BG game is what happens (although these types of games don’t consistently happen to Kahuku).
But don’t blame the ILH for Kahuku not developing a passing game. That’s just silly.
@RRFLBaby: Punahou and St. Louis probably would have scored more but the score for BG wouldve been much higher.
@al: When Inoke was QB he had some really good recievers. James Kammarer, Hafoka, Loga Fonoimoana, Mulivai Pula and even Atuia at FB could catch the ball.
Hau’ulaBoy September 17, 2016 at 11:37 pm
@al: When Inoke was QB he had some really good recievers. James Kammarer, Hafoka, Loga Fonoimoana, Mulivai Pula and even Atria at FB could catch the ball.
True, but the coach chose to develop them. If you want to develop these skill guys it takes time, dedication, and patience.
al September 17, 2016 at 10:49 pm
“And we don’t talk smack we only do it if other people do it to us like Tate martell that guy like act all bad if he think he bad then someone please tell him meet me cuz ill show what happens wen haole boys like act all bad #NoActDenNoNeedFoGetWack”
You’re threatening to beat up a high school kid over a football game anonymously over the internet?
@AL, these guys want to fight high school kids. They want to meet in the parking lot. Other want to meet and fight in Kalihi. I didn’t know I was talking to cavemen and cavewomen on here.
88 September 17, 2016 at 11:04 pm
And the comment of the football team scoring near the bottom of state tests, really? Show me where and what test that the State of Hawaii test the Kahuku Football Team.
HI 88! I LOVE YOU MAN! YOU ARE SO SEXY! THANKS FOR THE OTHER NIGHT! BTW, al you have to do is look at the SBAC, average our the scores for only the football players. If you want go and talk to the counselors at the school since they already broke it down for each sport to see which athletes for which sport test well. That way they could talk to each individual coach to see how they get their kids in their sport to test better. Is it the amount of practice time? Is it the way that coach stresses academics.
You will notice that football is bad. Just go and ask. It’s easy. But no worries man, no matter if you do or don’t, I still love you! You make me complete!
al – you really think Kahuku has the resources to compete on BG’s level? If its that easy to turn the one dimensional offense into a high powered spread attack why didnt you apply for the head coach the past two years?
We take the loss as a learning experience and based on what we have seen so far this season we should be favorites to repeat as state champs here in Hawaii. If that doesnt happen then yes maybe we can start to question certain things within the coaching but one thing that we never question is the effort and heart of our boys! RR4L
@I Love 88: @Kahukuwrckless is a 10 year old kid. Thats what he posted before. Just a little emotional after the loss.
Calling yourself state champs of Hawaii in football ain’t much. I’m from there and BG just showed us that Hawaii state champs ain’t much.
87 September 17, 2016 at 10:21 pm
i love 88 is former DC at Kahuku, the one always calling the current staff clowns on Facebook. its always the ones that leave that make the most noise.
87 get it right. I was never a former DC. But I am 88’s current lover. CHEE-HOO!
Head up Kahuku!!! Forget about it, whats done is done. Come back and get ready for playoffs!
Call us what you want @Rickey, but we are the state champs until someone knocks us off the hill. I think we rep the state the best we could and no we didnt come out with the W, but we earned some respect. Even with the lopsided loss. Go to Scoring Live and read the comments by Tate and some of the Hawaii born players.
How do you earn respect by loosing 35-7? What did you expect a local boy to say about a Hawaii team? Hey they suck and can’t run with the big boys because they use to smashing on these sorry schools from Hawaii but when they see real talent they can’t hang? I’m not disrespecting these boys at all but it is what it is they ain’t good enough to run with the big dogs but they good enough to win a Hawaii state ship. We just overrated these boys and so did I. I was routing for them myself I live out here in Vegas but I’m from Hawaii too.
I really feel bad for these boys because a lot of people outside of Hawaii here about kahuku and this was there chance to shut everyone up and they got smashed. Honestly nobody cares if they win a state ship all they gonna remember is what happen when they played BG.
@rickey Earn respect? You earn respect the same way St. John Bosco and Cedar hill earn respect, by playing the best! Both these teams Lost to BG. One by 15 points the other by 27. Are you saying because they lost to BG Texas and Cali football can’t run with the Big Dawgs too? You killing me smallz….