Six Kahuku seniors signed letters of intent this morning: Sharae Niu, UH Hilo, Volleyball; Carey Williams, University of Portland, Volleyball; Cameron Renaud, University of Redlands, Football; Puao Sao, Winthrop University, Volleyball; Cheyenne Te’o, Notre Dame de Namur, Volleyball; Bradina Anae, BYU, Track and Field. (Apr. 12, 2017) Photo courtesy of Kelli Te’o. Volleyball standout setter ShaRae Niu was one of six Kahuku seniors who signed their letters of intent on Wednesd

Kahuku freshman QB Sol-Jay Maiava puts a stiff arm on a Kapolei defender on a rush attempt. Jim LeBeau | SL HALAWA — Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez perfectly summed up what happen to his team Friday night. "We ran into a freight train tonight, and that freight train was Kahuku," he said. Kahuku ended Kapolei's season for the third straight year with a 54-7 win in the semifinals of the inaugural Open Division football state tournament at Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Union at Al

Kahuku RB Elvis Vakapuna looks back at a Leilehua before waltzing into the end zone on a 5-yard TD run. CJ Caraang | SL KAHUKU — Call it total domination. Top-ranked Kahuku scored in all three facets of the game to steamroll visiting Leilehua, 63-0 in an Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I quarterfinal playoff game at Carleton E. Weimer Field Friday night. The Red Raiders (8-1), the defending Division I state and OIA champion, also punched their ticket into the inaugu

Kahuku's Pua Falemalu celebrates after catching a 27 yard pass from Kesi Ah Hoy for a touchdown against Saint Louis. Steve Erler | Special to SL After an inauspicious start, Kahuku brushed off early adversity with a stout defense in a convincing 39-14 win against Saint Louis Friday night to capture the First Hawaiian Bank Division I state football championship. A Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium crowd of 19, 699 watched the No. 2 Red Raiders (13-0) complete an Oahu In

Jim Lebeau / Special to SL More than once in his life, Vavae Tata ran out one of the Aloha Stadium locker room tunnels with his then-coach Cal Lee. Friday night, each will exit opposite tunnels as peers. Tata, who played for Lee on Saint Louis' perennial Prep Bowl title teams – including in 1993 when the Crusaders beat Kahuku – will lead the Red Raiders out of one tunnel to play for the 17th First Hawaiian Bank Division I state football championship at Hawaiian Airlines Field

Kahuku’s Keala Santiago had two interceptions on Friday against Waianae, including this one on a pass intended for Isaiah Freeney. Jamm Aquino / Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Vavae Tata herded his Kahuku boys into the locker room after the Red Raiders’ 13-0 victory over Waianae on Friday at Aloha Stadium. Some of the players were greeting fans near the mauka sideline and did not get to the locker fast enough. Whatever he was about to tell them was serious. Celebrating the Divisio