Kaimuki football

On this date in 1982, Laotian soccer prodigy Sirideth Lanpouthakoun booted a 24-yard field goal with 3:32 left to help Kaimuki over Kahuku 3-0 at Roosevelt. A 24-yard chip shot would normally be no big deal, but Lanpouthakoun missed his previous two attempts (from 27 and 41 yards) in the defensive struggle. Michael Taamilo was a beast for Kaimuki against Kahuku’s formidible offense. He had three tackles for losses and helped hold quarterback Lane Santiago to 32 passing yards and […]

Not one, not two, not three… but 15. Fifteen Friday mornings in a row, the Kaimuki Bulldogs football team and families have shown up to distribute food boxes to the community. “There’s usually three or four guys in a group. In the boxes, there’s laulau, Portuguese sausage, pipikaula,” three-sport senior Koby Moananu said. “A lot of meats,” Tony Stevens added. “I think people just come out, not because they need it, but because maybe other people need it. They give […]

Kaimuki quarterback Jayden Maiava is going to enroll at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas next month, according to Bulldogs coach David Tautofi. The plan is for Maiava to join the Gaels’ football team for his junior season in 2020. “He’s slated to go to Bishop Gorman and become the man there,” Tautofi said on Tuesday at the same time he confirmed that he will be back as Kaimuki’s head coach next season. According to Tautofi, there is still time for […]

David Tautofi confirmed Tuesday that he is returning to the Kaimuki Bulldogs as football coach. That’s big news for Kaimuki. Tautofi was rumored to be leaving after the end of the season, and he said Tuesday that at one point he actually had decided to leave. But in the few weeks since the season ended, he changed his mind. It was not an easy decision. “I had a lot of discussion with family and prayer and consideration of what the […]

2019 TEAM RECORD >> 10-3 overall, 7-1 OIA Division II HEAD COACH >> David Tautofi is 37-19 in five seasons with the Bulldogs. KEY UNDERCLASSMEN IN 2019 >> QB Jayden Maiava, 6-4, 210, So.; WR/DB Koby Moananu, 6-0, 170, Jr.; WR/DB Blade Pfeiffer-Kekoa, 5-6, 180, Jr.; OL/DL KJ Navarez 5-7, 214, So. KAIMUKI THROUGH THE YEARS: 1944-2019 HISTORICAL EQUIVALENT: 2016 Punahou Whether David Tautofi decides to stay or leave this offseason, he is already the winningest coach in 75 years […]

It’s two years in a row now that the Kaimuki Bulldogs have visited Kauai for a postseason game and come home on the losing end. On Saturday, it was a 35-28 loss to KIF champion Kapaa (8-1) after their comeback fell short in the Division II semifinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division II semifinals at Vidinha Stadium. In 2018, it was a 20-12 defeat to the same Kapaa squad. Looking like they were on the ropes, the Bulldogs fought […]