Aiea football

Down two starting wide receivers and a starting quarterback, Aiea coach Wendell Say never had a doubt. All he knew was that his inexperienced skill-position guys had what it took, even in the heat of an early-evening battle in the center of Nanakuli Valley. Aiea withstood the Golden Hawks’ early momentum, then fought off a furious rally and returned home with a precious 27-14 victory to start the OIA Division I football season on Friday night. With Kobe Kato sitting […]

Wendell Say will start his 25th season as Aiea’s head football coach on Friday as Na Alii visits Nanakuli (0-1). It’s been a long ride at Aiea for Say, who began with the school as an assistant in 1980. He was two years out of Linfield College, where he played football, when his friend, Marco Min, told him there was a job opening on Na Alii staff. I interviewed with Ray Higa, the head coach at the time, and he […]

FIRST IN A SERIES NEXT: Campbell Sabers AIEA NA ALII >> 2015 record and finish: 1-7 (1-6 OIA Blue); did not qualify for OIA D-I playoffs >> Number of returning starters: 16 (8 offense, 8 defense) >> Number of returning seniors: 19 >> Number of starters lost to graduation: 9 >> Number of seniors lost to graduation: 15 >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections lost to graduation: None >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections returning: None
 >> OIA Blue All-Stars lost to […]

For two days, Aiea senior Kobe Kato was thought to be the single-game record holder for Na Alii in passing after his 394-yard performance in a 46-30 loss to Campbell on Saturday. It got the attention of a reader who remembered Kali Kuia, who quarterbacked Aiea from 2003 to ’05, throwing for more than 400 yards in a game. Turns out, the reader was right. There was a discrepancy in stats listed in both the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin […]