Kahuku alumns (l-r standing) Keala Santiago, Jess Kanongata'a, Bradlee Anae, Noah Magalei, Tui Niutupuivaha, Kekaula Kaniho and (l-r kneeling) Steven Lombard and Pesa Lefau, all got together to watch the Red Raiders play Timpview two weeks ago in Utah. Photo courtesy Bradlee Anae. When Kahuku traveled to Utah to play Timpview two weeks ago, the game was moved from Friday to Saturday to better accommodate such a high demand for tickets. For Boise State junior Kekaula Kaniho, i

Prop Atimoa Tongi powers ahead. "We had a lot of pride in our senior class - they carried the team this season," said Head Coach Seamus Fitzgerald. Kahuku opened up the trip with a 32-14 defeat of Kamo HS in Whangarei. The players had not been in-country for long and the jet lag perhaps contributed to a slow start - Kamo led 14-13 at halftime. However, three second-half tries saw the Hawaii team home. Next up was Kaitaia College in Kaitaia, which Kahuku won 36-29, followed by

Kahuku won the Oahu Boys HS league with a 31-0 defeat of St. Francis. It was a fairly controlled performance from the Raiders, as they continue to keep the opposition away from their tryline. "Our backline defense is really tight from #9 to 15," said Kahuku Head Coach Seamus Fitzgerald. Big No. 8 Sekope Latu gave Kahuku plenty of go-forward and also served as the team's goalkicker, kicking thee conversions. Flanker and captain Manawa Owens was brilliant in the breakdown, poac

The elephant in the room — or the North Shore to be exact — is evolving. The mammoth-like, wildcat offense that Kahuku rode all the way to its 24th Oahu Interscholastic Association title and eight state championship a year ago was no where to be seen in the Red Raiders' latest victory. As effective as the formation was against opposing defenses, it was based purely on brute strength. Pound the rock and run it down the other team's throat. If you can't stop it, too bad. Last F

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

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