Kailua football

Kailua offensive lineman Sione Veikoso has been invited to the 2018 Polynesian Bowl. Veikoso, who is 6-foot-8 and 290 pounds, holds Division I scholarship offers from BYU, Hawaii, Oregon State and Washington State. Veikoso was profiled in the Star-Advertiser last month and did an extensive Q&A with the Star-Advertiser’s Paul Honda. Other players from Hawaii invited to the Polynesian Bowl are Kamehameha defensive end Jonah Welch, Saint Louis safety Isaiah Tufaga, Punahou offensive lineman Alama Uluave, Kahuku defensive end Samson […]

In his young life, Sione Veikoso has learned and grown, figuratively and literally. The Kailua senior has overcome a great loss in his life off the field, and reached mountain peaks individually on the field and in the classroom. Here is the full feature on Veikoso in today’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Here are some slices that didn’t make it into the feature story: > Christian Mejia, another three-sport standout, was one of the team’s leaders when Veikoso was learning the ropes. […]

No. 8 Kailua did a lot of things right in a 40-14 dismantling of Nanakuli on Saturday night at Alex Kane Stadium. There was firm response to a big first-quarter play by the Golden Hawks, a 90-yard connection from Nahum Kipi to Reno Curtis after Curtis had snuck behind the secondary. There was a strong ground game — four players rumbled for 50 or more yards — and timely passing by quarterback Aaron Mejia. Running back Chauncy Gonsalves-Bell led the […]

Before No. 9 Kailua gets nine players back next week, the Surfriders went with what they had on Friday night against Buckeye Union (Ariz.), which was a grand total of 29 players according to head coach Joseph Wong. It led to many players going both ways. If that weren’t enough, it was a total grind of a game, a back-and-forth affair that the Surfriders eventually won 28-27 against a team that had almost twice as many (50) players listed on […]