Kahuku football

Hawaii Prep World got its first glimpse of freshman Sol-Jay Maiava in a Kahuku uniform on Wednesday. During the summer, the quarterback was given a scholarship offer by Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. That’s the same Harbaugh who coached the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl a few years back. The same Harbaugh who played for Michigan and piloted the Indianapolis Colts’ offense as an NFL quarterback. So, what gives? Why now? Is Maiava that good? Well, one practice doesn’t […]

Kesi Ah-Hoy is about as close as you can come to the full incarnation of the ultimate Kahuku football player. A cool customer off the field, Ah-Hoy is anything but on it. When Ah-Hoy was a sophomore, the head coach at the time, Lee Leslie, had a glint in his eye when he talked about Kesi. “That kid is just a great athlete and something special,” Leslie would say about Ah-Hoy that year, when he was a running back and […]

The last preseason MaxPreps high school football rankings were released Monday with no big changes. Defending HHHSAA state champion Kahuku remained at No. 39, where it’s been most of the offseason, heading into the official start of the season Friday in Hawaii. Hawaii is the first state to officially start its high school football season although the Red Raiders don’t open play until Aug. 12 at Leilehua in their OIA opener. Kahuku will scrimmage Farrington at Carlton E. Weimer Field […]