Kahuku football

The Kahuku Red Raiders are in Las Vegas and they know the drill. This is the real deal. Win and they probably ride up that much higher in the MaxPreps United States rankings. Lose and it will be their second straight setback on a national scale. The Red Raiders (4-0, 4-0 Oahu Interscholastic Association Blue) take on Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) on Saturday. In terms of the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 (a human poll), it’s the 16th-ranked Miners (3-0) against the […]

For the second straight year, Kahuku and its large turnout of fans will gather in Las Vegas for a big time high school football game involving two nationally-ranked teams. The Red Raiders, ranked No. 23 by MaxPreps, will play No. 16 Bingham (Utah) in the second game of the Polynesian Football Classic on Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium. In the first game, Liberty (Nev.) High will play Alta (Utah). The Patriots are coached by offensive coordinator Chad Kapanui, the former […]

He works constantly in the classroom, the weight room and the gridiron, but Samson Reed saves the intensity for battle. In the classroom, Reed has a 3.6 grade-point average. On the field, he is a defensive lineman who is a big key to Kahuku’s 4-0 start and top-25 national ranking. Here is the Q&A by Reed, who was the prep feature in today’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Samson Reed Kahuku football 6-3, 264, Sr. Favorites / Q & A Athlete: James Harrison, […]

Two-time defending OIA champion Kahuku remained at No. 23 in the latest MaxPreps Xcellent 25 high school football rankings released Monday. The Red Raiders (4-0), who have outscored their first four opponents 152-13, head to Las Vegas this week to play No. 16 Bingham (Utah) in the Polynesian Football Classic at Sam Boyd Stadium on Saturday. This is the first game for Kahuku against a nationally top-25 ranked teams since a 35-7 loss to No. 1 Bishop Gorman last September. […]

Despite allowing its first touchdown of the season in a 40-6 win over Moanalua on Friday, the Kahuku Red Raiders jumped two spots to No. 23 in the MaxPreps Xcellent25 national high school football rankings released Monday. Kahuku (3-0) has outscored its first three opponents 101-6 this season, yet is ranked No. 2 in the state, behind Saint Louis, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The Red Raiders play at Aiea this weekend before heading to the mainland for the Polynesian […]

For a few minutes just before kickoff, confusion reigned in the Kahuku press box. It seemed that Kahuku’s touted 6-foot-2 junior defensive end/linebacker Tausili Fiatoa was not playing against Moanalua. Not only that, word filtered up that he was no longer enrolled in school. It took the Spectrum XCast crew off guard, as they had planned to do a spotlight on Fiatoa. Fiatoa had some key defensive plays in the Red Raiders’ blowout of Waianae the week before. Interception by […]