Kahuku football

The time has come. Kahuku’s only nonconference game of the season will be played in Las Vegas against consensus No. 1 Bishop Gorman a week from today. The Red Raiders (5-0, 5-0 OIA Blue) have yet to be challenged thus far, winning by an average of 46.4 points. They have not allowed a point for 14 straight quarters. Enter Bishop Gorman. The Gaels (3-0) have won all three games against out-of-state competition, including a 44-14 road win at Cedar Hill […]

Kahuku defensive back Stokes Nihipali-Botelho was voted the USA Today Super 25 Top Star for games played last week by readers of USA Today high school sports. Nihipali-Botelho returned the opening kickoff 84 yards for a touchdown and had two interceptions on defense while helping the No. 1-ranked Red Raiders hold Campbell to negative yardage in a 44-0 victory. The win was the 17th in a row for the Red Raiders, who play winless Radford tonight before heading to Las […]

Kahuku rose one spot to No. 17 in the USA Today Super 25 expert rankings released Monday. The Red Raiders (4-0, 4-0 Oahu Interscholastic Association Blue) are coming off a 44-0 win over Campbell on Friday. Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas — Kahuku’s opponent in Las Vegas on Sept. 17 — remained in the No. 1 spot after beating Cocoa Beach (Cocoa Beach, Fla.) 46-10 on Friday. The Gaels (2-0) have a huge game coming up next Friday, when they visit […]

Stokes Nihipali-Botelho has been making big plays in the limelight for the top-ranked Kahuku Red Raiders for two seasons now. It’s a wonder opposing quarterbacks even throw in his direction. The defensive back, it seems, comes up with at least one interception per game. Sometimes two. He had two picks in the Red Raiders’ 44-0 home victory over Campbell on Friday night, and he also had a ton of return yardage. And, let’s not forget, he kicked all six of […]

There are advantages to sitting in the Kahuku press box watching the JV game waiting for the varsity game against Campbell to start. You can ask the announcer and spotter how the Kahuku vs. Bishop Gorman ticket sales went a few weeks. What they said was not a surprise. “Two-thousand tickets gone in one hour.” That fact was confirmed a few minutes later by Red Raiders athletic director Gillian Yamagata. Kahuku (3-0, 3-0 OIA Blue), the defending Division I state […]