Kahuku quarterback Tiger Adolpho (19) throws the football against the Saint Louis Crusaders. Jamm Aquino/jaquino@staradvertiser.com The future starts now for Kahuku. No sense stewing over 45-6 loss to a team ranked No. 6 in the nation. This year is done. The Raiders gave their ever-faithful fans an OIA championship last month and yet another appearance in the Open Division final of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships. Anybody watching Friday’s nightcap

Saint Louis’ regular-season dominance over Kahuku has extended to the state tournament in recent years, with the Crusaders adding a big victory Friday night. Saint Louis has won 19 of the 28 meetings all time against the Red Raiders, but was 1-5 against Kahuku in state finals after the Red Raiders’ shocking win to end the 2015 season. Since then, Saint Louis has rolled to four consecutive state titles, with three coming in wins over the Red Raiders, including Friday night’s 4

HALAWA — Saint Louis collected its four of a kind Friday night. Jayden de Laura passed for 280 yards, rushed for another 75 and accounted for three touchdowns to lead top-ranked Saint Louis to a one-sided 45-6 win over No. 3 Kahuku in the title game of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Open Division State Championships. A crowd of 11,597 at Aloha Stadium saw the top-seeded Crusaders conclude the season with a perfect 12-0 record for their third straight undefeated campaign and fo

Kahuku running back Zealand Matagi rushed for 261 yards in a 35-7 victory over Campbell earlier this season. Photo by Jamm Aquino/Star-Advertiser. Could the third time be the charm for the Campbell Sabers when the Open Division semifinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships take place Friday at Aloha Stadium? Campbell (6-5) went to Kahuku (8-3) and lost 35-7 on Aug. 31, then met the Red Raiders in the OIA Open playoffs and lost again 46-0 at Aloha St

HALAWA — No. 4 Kahuku gave No. 2 Punahou all it could handle as the Buffanblu eked out a 21-13 win in an interleague Open Division contest at Hawaiian Financial FCU Field at Aloha Stadium Saturday. Vincent Terrell scored two touchdowns: one on the ground and one receiving as he finished with 83 rushing yards and 86 receiving yards to help the Buffanblu improve to 8-1 overall and 5-1 in league play. "Every win feels great, especially when it's a close game. Definitely we see w

JAY METZGER/SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Kahuku’s Alan Talanoa (23) sacks Kapolei’s quarterback Freddie Gregorio (12) during the second quarter of the game on Friday, September 20, 2019 at Kapolei High School. Kahuku’s stout defense bottled up Kapolei on Friday night, leading the Red Raiders to a 39-0 victory on the Hurricanes’ home field. Kapolei was held to negative-12 yards overall, including minus-86 rushing. It didn’t help Kapolei’s cause that the starting quarterbacks

Jayden de Laura (right) displayed his pocket escapability on several plays Saturday night as the senior threw for 150 yards and two touchdowns. CJ Caraang | SL HALAWA — Jayden de Laura threw for 150 yards and two touchdowns to lead top-ranked Saint Louis to a 28-0 win over No. 4 Kahuku in the nightcap of an Open Division triple header at Aloha Stadium Saturday. The game was called at halftime by mutual agreement between both coaches due to safety concerns stemming from lighti

SAMANTHA MADAR / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER The Kahuku Red Raiders gathered on the field before their game against the Timpview Thunderbirds at Timpview High School in Provo, Utah, on Saturday. Provo, Utah >> One could be forgiven for thinking the Kahuku Red Raiders were actually playing a home game on Saturday. Additional bleacher seating for 2,000 people was installed at Timpview High School and the game was moved from Friday to Saturday to help accommodate the fan inte

Kahuku running back Zealand Matagi (26) gained yards with two Timpview defenders struggling to bring him down. Photo by Samantha Madar/Special to the Star-Advertiser. Bishop Gorman. Liberty (Nev.) High. Long Beach Poly. Sierra Vista (Nev.). And now Timpview (Utah). Hawaii improved to 8-0 over the last eight days against mainland schools with Kahuku flexing its muscle in a 34-14 win over Timpview (Utah) on Saturday in front of a packed house on the Timpview campus. Kahuku won

Junior RB Zealand Matagi ran for 262 yards and three TDs to lead No. 5 Kahuku past No. 4 Campbell. Brandon Ching | SL KAHUKU — Zealand Matagi rushed for 262 yards and three touchdowns and No. 5 Kahuku bullied its way to a 35-7 win over No. 4 Campbell in an Oahu Interscholastic Association Open Division football game at Carleton E. Weimer Field Saturday night. The Red Raiders (3-1 overall, 2-1 league) rolled to their second straight win behind a punishing ground game that rack

Kahuku running back Zealand Matagi (26) runs the ball past Waianae defensive back Samson Cook (18) on Saturday. Both teams put in a few tricky wrinkles, but after a scoreless first half it was obvious that the team deciding to commit to old-school, hard-charging running was going to prevail. This looked like the 1970s. Waianae at No. 5 Kahuku on the North Shore. Real grass. And then, the avalanche came. It was the Red Raiders who decided to grind it and grind it and grind it

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM In a key play, Mililani’s Micah Kim forced a fumble by Kahuku’s Frisco Aveau during the first quarter of Friday’s game at Mililani. On a night when the potent Mililani offense mustered just 128 total yards, it was defense and special teams that made the mission possible. Brendyn Agbayani fired two touchdown passes and No. 3 Mililani limited No. 4 Kahuku to 93 total yards in a 32-0 win on Friday night at John Kauinana Stadium. It was a

Mililani linebackers Bam Amina (10) and Kamalu DeBlake (35 combined on a big hit on Kahuku quarterback Mana Fonoimoana-Vaomu (1) during the first half. Photo by Jamm Aquino/Star-Advertiser. There is plenty of hospitality when it comes to the Mililani Trojans. Their recent trip to American Samoa built friendships with the Vikings of Fagaitua that showed on Friday night. Selfies with Mililani and Vikings players, who are visiting Oahu, on the sideline, lots of smiles and memori

Mililani's Wynden Hoohuli (11) made six tackles, three of them for losses, including two sacks, and forced one of three fumbles. Greg Yamamoto | SL MILILANI — Unlike most two-way threats in football, Mililani linebacker Wynden Hoohuli does not play offense. He made contributions on defense and special teams to help No. 2 Mililani score in its 32-0 win against No. 5 Kahuku Saturday night at John Kauinana Stadium. The much-anticipated match of the Oahu Interscholastic Associati

Kahuku senior Mana Fonoimoana-Vaomu (1), who played quarterback at times against Kamehameha, was brought down by the Warriors' Ezra Evaimalo (43) during the first half of Saturday's game. Photo by Jamm Aquino/Star-Advertiser. When Kahuku’s Mana Fonoimoana-Vaomu lined up behind center and took the team’s first snaps at quarterback against Kamehameha, it wasn’t a gimmick. Fonoimoana-Vaomu was primarily a safety as a sophomore and junior. He still lined up in the secondary again