Hawaii High School Football News

KAHUKU-When Kahuku meets a private school in football, there's bound to be some North Shore talent on the Interscholastic League of Honolulu team.

What do the Kauai Red Raiders have in common with the Hawaii Warriors of two seasons ago? More than you might think.

T.C. Campbell passed for three touchdowns and Ryan Ho rushed for two and No. 2 Kamehameha knocked off No.

A television occurrence that hasn't been seen in a decade will take football fans to another level.

On a good team, defense steps up when the offense is less than stellar. 'Iolani's defense did just that.

Less than three months ago, Kamehameha senior TC Campbell was still fighting for the starting quarterback job with classmate Michael Kukahiwa-Haruno and sophomore Christian Akana even as the Warriors entered their fourth game of the season.

Believing the best way to stop Leilehua quarterback Andrew Manley was to not give him a chance to throw the ball at all, Kamehameha's renowned defensive front seven made sure Manley would meet each of them face-to-face. The Warriors' relentless pass rush produced six sacks in the first half alone last night to help Kamehameha shut out Manley and ...

Kahuku turned a longtime nemesis - its own kicking game - into a game-winning asset tonight, as Cameron Mercado's 28-yard field goal lifted the Red Raiders to a thrilling 9-6 overtime victory over Farrington in the First Hawaiian Bank/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association state semifinals.

I found an old high school scrapbook in the basement last week and turned to the third page of faded newspaper clippings. 'Radford 49, Campbell 45,' the top of the box score read. The Rams had ended my beloved Sabers' six-game winning streak in Oahu Interscholastic Association basketball play, getting defensive help from a reserve junior guard named Kenny Niumatalolo.

Yes, that Ken Niumatalolo.

'I don't know if those were basketball games when we went to Ewa Beach; it was more like 'MMA' when we played you guys,' the Navy Coach said of, uh, skill-challenged Campbell.

Kai Maiava is the last man standing on the UCLA offensive line. At one point in preseason, as many as four local players were in the running to start for the Bruins.

Eric Badoyen blocked an extra-point attempt late in the fourth quarter to preserve the lead, and Anae Vaa added the exclamation point with a 43-yard touchdown run from scrimmage in the final 30 seconds as Aiea beat Lahainaluna 20-12 last night at Aiea High School field in a first-round game of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division II State ...

The game was tied, there wasn't much time remaining and nerves were getting to Hawai'i Prep's Kalei Konrad as he was about to attempt a field goal.

The pressure was so intense that Kalei Konrad couldn't bear to watch. Instead, he let the euphoric reaction from the tiny Hawaii Prep cheering section that braved the trip to Oahu let him know he had come through.

KAILUA, KONA, Hawai'i - Harry Tuimaseve rushed for 239 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries and Farrington held off a spirited challenge by Honoka'a tonight to win, 48-16, in the first round of the First Hawaiian Bank/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Football Championships.

As a sophomore, Baldwin's Ro Wilson high jumped 6 feet, 3 inches to win the event at the Maui Interscholastic League track and field championships.

The Bears of Baldwin have lived through their share of postseason bad news. Somehow, it usually involves a team from the Oahu Interscholastic Association.

An era of domination by Kealakehe came to a halt this fall on the Big Island. Honokaa put a dent in the Kealakehe machine, a dynasty that had run roughshod through the Big Island Interscholastic Federation for years.

There are the usual suspects at the First Hawaiian Bank 11th state football tournament, yet a new champion will be crowned Dec.

Kepa Gaison takes a lot of pride in Utah's undefeated run to a BCS bowl game last season.

On a hot Monday afternoon, he sits next to the locker room with a visitor. Classmates walk by, waving and smiling.