Kahuku football

The Kahuku football team will play in Las Vegas for the second year in a row, interim head coach Makoa Freitas said today. On Sept. 9, the Red Raiders will play Utah Division 5A state champion Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) in the inaugural Polynesian Football Classic as the second game of a doubleheader at Sam Boyd Stadium. Alta (Sandy, Utah) will go against Liberty (Henderson, Nev.) in the opener. “It’s a good opportunity for the kids, and they’ll get the […]

Makoa Freitas learned a lot from former coaches Dick Tomey at Arizona and Tony Dungy with the Indianapolis Colts. You could have worse mentors. A lot worse. Freitas said on Thursday that he will bring with him what he learned from those coaches and others to the Kahuku sidelines. Freitas was recently hired as the head coach of the Red Raiders. “I don’t know what happened that led to the change,” said Freitas, referring to the school’s release of two-year […]

Makoa Freitas was officially introduced as the Kahuku football interim head coach Sunday by the KahukuHigh.org website. Freitas takes over for Vavae Tata, who spent two years at the helm and brought the Red Raiders a Division I state championship and another appearance in the first Open Division state title game. No reason was given for the change, and the announcement does not mention Tata at all. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser first reported the change on its website Friday morning and […]

Kahuku football head coach Vavae Tata is no longer the head coach of the Kahuku football team, according to multiple sources close to the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity late Thursday night. The sources said Tata was released by the Kahuku administration after his two-year stint with the Red Raiders that yielded a Division I state championship and an appearance in the first Open Division state final. Former NFL, University of Arizona and Kamehameha football player Makoa […]