As if there wasn’t enough pressure on Mililani and Punahou in representing Hawaii on the mainland, there is a little matter of upholding a streak.
At least one Hawaii team has played a football game on the continental United States for the last four years and brought back a win.
Mililani and Punahou will have a chance to extend the streak one more year when the state champion Trojans visit Liberty in Nevada on Friday and Punahou faces Del Oro of California in the home of the Cal Bears.
This is the first time Mililani is making such a trip, while Punahou has done it as recently as 2013 when the Buffanblu beat Helix in a tough game. Punahou is 4-2 on mainland trips since statehood, but has won its last four. All of those wins were led by current coach Kale Ane.
Other than the Buffanblu, Kamehameha did the island proud last year and Radford grabbed a win in 2012. Before 2006 Hawaii teams were winless on the mainland since 1999 when Cal Lee tried to conquer the world.
Perhaps the biggest win on a mainland trip was the first after statehood, when Randy Cadiente, Onosai Tanuvasa and the Farrington Governors visited Las Vegas and put a 26-7 whooping on Bishop Gorman in 1968.
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2014
Kamehameha 25, Del Oro 17
Parker (Calif.) 22, Radford 20
2013
Punahou 10, Helix 6
East High (Utah) 38, Kahuku 15
2012
Radford 21, Cresent Valley (Ore.) 17
McKinley 43, Lasalle Prep (Ore.) 22
2011
Punahou 19, Vista (Calif.) 7
2008
Punahou 42, Central Kitsap 19
2006
Punahou 23, Eastlake (Wash.) 19
2004
Skyline (Utah) 27, Kahuku 8
2001
Kailua 29, Snow Canyon (Utah) 28
2000
Skyline 24, Kahuku 21
1999
Saint Louis 56, Salt Lake City West 13
1998
Saint Louis 55, Green Valley (Nev.) 6
1996
Torrey Pines (Calif) 31, Punahou 14
1977
Kamehameha 13, Rancho Alamitos 7
1974
Galileo (Calif.) 35, McKinley 20
Wooster (Nev.) 22, Kalani 18
1973
Punahou 42, Orem (Utah) 6
Radford 0, Provo (Utah) 0
Pre-prep bowl
1972
Farrington 24, Sierra (Calif.) 7
Kamehameha at Clark High (Nev.)
1971
Western (Nev.) 35, McKinley 7
South Salem (Ore.) 14, Punahou 8
Proctor Hud (Nev.) 14, Roosevelt 0
1970
St. Francis (Calif.) 6, Kaimuki 0
1969
Saint Louis 49, Los Gatos (Calif.) 19
1968
Farrington 26, Bishop Gorman 7
Medford (Ore.) 24, McKinley 14
Kahuku played Provo High at the BYU Provo stadium in 1992 and won as well as they hosted Skyline in I believe 2012 at Kahuku and won as well. Noticed those two games were missing from your report.
Sorry I meant 2002 for the Kahuku hosting Skyline game.
Thanks, I will check them tomorrow. I was sure I missed a few.
I also just recalled Punahou playing Timpview from Provo Utah in the mid 2000’s cause I had a few nephews on the Timpview team that came over. It was the second of a double header at the stadium and I believe the opponent in the first game was also an out of state team I can’t remember but possibly from Alaska? Good luck finding it out. And it was fun to look at the interstate games. Our top tier teams should be playing top tier teams from other states so the athletes of Hawaii can see the talent around the country and see that many are able to play with them. Go 808!
Yea, this list is only away games.
McKinley beat La Salle 43-22 in Oregon the same year Radford played Crescent Valley. It was a double header.
Kamehameha also beat Davis in 2008 on September 4, 13-6 at Weber St. in Utah.
http://www.maxpreps.com/games/football-fall-08/davis-vs-kamehameha/9-4-2008-4CEQJCeSqkOhBlbeXlk_mw.htm