Kahuku football

Fair weather is a friend to all football coaches. Fickle skies, not so much. What happens when you live in a place that is inundated by precipitation on many a game night? What happens when your team has to be built for torrential rain in a location so moist that switching out leather footballs for rubber ones is an ancient tradition? That’s been the boom-or-bust reality for many a East-side Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion over the decades. In East […]

Hilo coach David Baldwin was not smiling while walking down the handshake line after his Vikings allowed 20 points in the second half of a 20-10 loss to No. 3 Kahuku in the state Division I quarterfinals at Aloha Stadium on Friday night. Only Baldwin knows what he was thinking, but from the outside it looked like he was angry that such a whale of an opportunity passed the Vikings by. Had No. 9 Hilo won, it would have probably […]

FIRST QUARTER HILO series 1 The Vikings kicked off, but their onside kick caught the Red Raiders off guard. Hilo recovered, but went backwards after Malcolm Macatiag and Braxton Medeiros combined for a sack of Sione Atuekaho. Hilo punts, ball fair caught by KAH at its 15. KAH series 1 The Red Raiders go three and out after three carries by 6-1, 270-pound Salanoa-Alo Wily. Punt is partially blocked. Hilo special teams playing big so far. HILO series 2 Vikings […]

The Hilo Vikings are looking to become the first BIIF team to win a game in the Division I state tournament. In order to do that, the Vikings defense will have to stand tall against the Red Raiders. In the latest episode of Trench Warfare, Hilo senior defensive tackle Kiliona Pomroy (5-11, 250) will wage war against Kahuku’s best offensive lineman, senior Siotame Uluave (6-3, 295). As we wait for kickoff, here’s a look at our other Trench Warfare battles […]