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Kahuku’s losses mount: Avea transfers

By Paul Honda on March 25, 2015

Kahuku sophomore Samuta Avea, a two-sport varsity athlete with a big future, is going to be a big star one day. It just won’t be at Kahuku. Reports from the North Shore have circulated, and the 6-foot-4 basketball and football player is moving to Utah. He will transfer to Bingham High School. Avea was a backup quarterback for Kahuku’s football team, which reached the state semifinals. He was also a promising young talent on the basketball court, a starting swingman […]

Kammerer is new Kahuku interim football coach

By Nick Abramo on March 24, 2015

James Kammerer is the interim varsity football coach at Kahuku, a source close to the situation told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Hawaii Prep World on Tuesday. Kammerer is the head JV football coach for the Red Raiders. A 2002 Kakuhu graduate, he was a Honolulu Star-Bulletin second-team All-State wide receiver in 2001. The school is accepting applications for its varsity and JV football head coaching positions through Friday, April 3. Lee Leslie, who led the Red Raiders to a 9-3 […]

Coach Leslie thanks Kahuku via video

By Nick Abramo on March 24, 2015

Coach Lee Leslie will always remember his short time as the Kahuku football head man. He thanks everyone involved with the program “from the bottom of my heart” in this video from his home in Idaho. At the end of the video, he predicts an undefeated season for the Red Raiders in 2015 and says with a smile, “Go Big Red.” Leslie resigned last week after a 9-3 season to return to his family on the mainland. The Kahuku administration […]

Video: Reaction to Lee Leslie’s departure

By Stan Lee on March 19, 2015

Junior Ah You, a former pro football player and Kahuku resident, talked about coach Lee Leslie’s sudden departure from the Kahuku High School football program.

Leslie leaves behind a legacy

By Jerry Campany on March 19, 2015

Lee Leslie stepped down as Kahuku’s football coach after just one year on Thursday, but it was quite a successful year. Leslie went 9-3 in his only season in Hawaii, joining these coaches among those since 1973 who won more than 66 percent of their games but lasted fewer than 25: >> Waldemar Doane, Radford, 3-0: Doane took over the Rams when head coach John Velasco died during the playoffs in 1981, leading the team to a Prep Bowl title […]

Hukilau Cafe goes 9-1 in Pylon 7v7

By Paul Honda on March 3, 2015

The boys from the Hukilau Cafe 7-man team are back home from Las Vegas with memories — and priceless winnings — for a lifetime. The team, coached by Darren Johnson, went 9-1 in the Pylon Las Vegas 7v7 Tournament. The team was unbeaten in pool play, then reached the quarterfinals before falling 29-27 to eventual champion Ground Zero of Seattle, Wash., in Sunday’s championship bracket. The exposure for all of the Hukilau Cafe players was invaluable. Two of them, quarterback […]

Kahuku lays new foundation with these 5 rocks

By Nick Abramo on February 5, 2015

Kahuku coach Lee Leslie was beaming with pride when he watched his boys being honored during Wednesday’s signing day assembly at the school gym. The coach, who came over from Idaho a year ago, would be the first one to say how good of a job former coach Reggie Torres did with those boys. And now they’re his boys, and they’re part of the reason he’s back for a second year to coach the Red Raiders. Even though Salanoa-Alo Wily, […]

Savea picks SDSU; Gilman to sign at PIAA

By Nick Abramo on February 3, 2015

Kapolei offensive lineman Pesi Savea chose San Diego State over Texas Tech, according to a Pacific Islands Athletic Alliance website post Tuesday night. Savea had been waiting for some test scores to come in and now he is eligible to sign his letter of intent for the Aztecs at Wednesday’s PIAA signing ceremony at the Sheraton Waikiki. Kahuku defensive back Alohi Gilman, who Hawaii Prep World reported earlier Tuesday as being committed to Navy, will also be heading to the […]

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