Leilehua football

Moments after a homecoming win, Leilehua coach Mark Kurisu spotted quarterback Kona Andres sprawled on the turf in the Hugh Yoshida Stadium end zone. “All right Kona?” Kurisu playfully shouted toward the senior before resuming a postgame interview. “He’s tired. He wants to go sleep on the field.” After a hectic week on campus and a busy night in the pocket, Andres had earned a moment of downtime following the Mules’ 51-14 OIA Red win over Nanakuli. A member of […]

Rules are rules, and because James McGary missed practices this week the Leilehua junior sat out the first quarter of the Mules’ game at Castle on Friday. But in this case, the absences were not only excused, they were ordered. As the Mules rode the momentum of an overtime win over Kapolei, McGary was going through an emotional week with his mother scheduled to deploy to the Middle East in the coming days. “I said, ‘you miss practice, you stay […]

Leilehua coach Mark Kurisu is a believer in the bigger picture, those small decisions and actions that have a cumulative impact on his program. It’s why he holds his players to higher standards in the classroom, for example. He believes that it will help his players respond to adversity on the field. He was seen saying “trust the process” to players, coaches and parents after the Mules’ 20-19 comeback victory over No. 8 Kapolei in overtime on Saturday night, and […]