Football

FIFTH IN A SERIES (On the five Neighbor Island teams in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships) In new-age terms, Lahainaluna is the “beast” in Division II football in Hawaii. The Lunas (9-1) are three-time defending D-II champions in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football Championships. They’re positioned for a fourth. To get that done, the Lunas need to win two more games. They play Roosevelt (10-2) at home on Nov. 23 in the semifinals. A victory there would put […]

FOURTH IN A SERIES (On the five Neighbor Island teams in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships) This is Year 7 of Hilo’s run as champion in the BIIF. It is also a time when the Vikings are out to get something they gave up a year ago. That’s the Division I state championship, which Waipahu took from Hilo 42-22 in the 2018 final. It was two years ago when the Vikings made a major breakthrough for Big Islanders, […]

Seabury Hall was one of the founding schools in the MIL 8-man football program in the early 2010s. But the school did not have enough football players for the 2019 season and might not have a team for 2020. Athletic director Scott Prather will still be seeing to it that — if there are enough players ready, willing and able — there will be 8-man football for the Spartans in 2020. But it’s not a completely pressing thing, not something […]