A taunting call after a tackle was not called near the beginning of the game. If they had called that one, subsequent extra curricular activities might have been averted. The tackle just happened, did they close their eyes after the whistle?

It was a good game, it just ended in St L favor. Congratulations on your 5th championship.

I don’t have the time to routinely post on message boards and consequently don’t usually pay much attention to this stuff. Thanks for the heads up on this persona Too Meke/anywaays/Education first. Apparently he’s been kicked off here before and is probably why he is trying to depict me as some poster who used the handle education first. Nope. I have a total of less than ten total posts on Hawaii Prep World and this may be my last. Nothing to discuss anymore. I am a SL grad myself and I know the coaching staff, and just visited with them recently when I was home before the state tournament. I am happy to see that SL won, but to Kahuku’s credit they played a great game.

I will always be convinced that the OIA and HHSAA had it out for them by stacking the deck against St. Louis. In a 4 team tourney, 1 gets 4 and 2 gets 3. I would bet a hefty sum that Kahuku looked past Waianae and prepared for SL for two weeks, which they wouldn’t have been able to do had they had to play Mililani again. So Mililani got hosed because I bet they could have beat Kahuku if they got to play them again but the more jacked up thing is that Kahuku got the benefit of being the # 1 seed without earning it…which is why they got caught with their pants down….and almost looked past Waianae which is why that game was way closer than it should have been.

The fact that SL did what it did despite the stacked deck just makes this more sweet for the coaching staff and the kids.

This team may end up as the greatest of all time because of that. Hard to compare across the years but the format may push them over the top for what the coaches and the kids accomplished.

In any case, that’s my longwinded way of saying I am likely out of this process. Observation. There are some real haters out there. Truly unfortunate that some of the people on this board can’t have a honest discussion without all the vitriol and negativity. Blaming referees is simply classless. If anything I think SL may have gotten the worse end of the sum total of the calls but it’s part of the game. Winners find a way to win even when things aren’t going your way. The mark of a man, isn’t what he does when everything is going right, character is defined by what you do when things aren’t going right. SL overcame some mistakes, a let down and still figured out how to win when they didn’t play their best game and did it all with a stacked deck against them. Hats off to Cal and the coaching staff, as well as every kid on that team. Crusader strong!!

Mahalo to all the REAL posters and fans of Hawaii HS football. Great season, Happy Holidays to you all.

It’s all about the kids. Congrats to SL for winning a great game.

Never a good idea to complain about the officiating, it’s what losers do and displays poor sportsmanship.

It was a great game. Kids played their hearts out on both sides. One team rose above the challenges they were faced with and they could have folded easily, the Cordiero fumble in the red zone on the 9 trying to get extra yardage, or the interception at the 2 for a touchback, SL could have folded, they didn’t. They found a way to win when things weren’t going their way. That’s what true champions do. Respect for those coaches and kids. They beat # 3 and # 2 in back to back weeks. They played an awesome second half in the Mililani game and they played great at time in this game but they didn’t complete the task and let Kahuku get back in the game. They were up 17 and they thought it was over. It wasn’t and they had a let down but they overcame and still pulled it out.

On a final note, to all the crybabies and excuse makers who claim to be Red Raider fans and also to all trollers and life’s losers who claim to be private school supporters (i.e., Education First/Too Meke 2)…grow up and take a cue from the players, coaches and mature fans. Conduct yourself with class and and quit the anonymous internet big man schtick. The kids act more like adults than you wannabe experts.

Looking forward to Part IV approximately 364 days from now!

Only one team takes home the koa trophy, but Winners on both sides of the field tonight.

Win with humility and lose with class.

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