Every game, every practice is a learning process, and not just for players. Coaches are taking mental notes about everything they see between the lines. As the rain began to pelt Carleton E. Weimer Field on Friday night, No. 4 Leilehua football coach Nolan Tokuda watched No. 8 Kahuku run out the clock to seal a 21-14 win that put the two teams in a tie for first in the OIA Red at 5-1. It wasn’t hard to tell that […]
The threat of Randy Neverson is almost as good as the player himself. Neverson had a whopper of a game in No. 8 Leilehua’s 46-27 dumping of No. 9 Waianae on Friday night at the Seariders’ Raymond Torii Field. The athletic, 6-foot, 205-pound senior likes the direct route, usually going in as straight a line as he can with dramatic effect. He can play slotback, running back, quarterback or wide receiver and he can return kicks. On Friday, he lined […]
Things learned, observed and taken in by osmosis while waltzing around various high school football training camps for a week: >> Kapolei running back Ronald Young won the best running back award at the All-Polynesian camp in Utah this summer. >> Hurricanes coach Darren Hernandez said his team could still be a factor even if it starts 0-3, which is a possibility since it opens the regular season at Kahuku, vs. Farrington at Roosevelt’s Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium, and at home […]
Central Oahu was rocking Thursday night as Mililani visited Leilehua and put a 48-21 hurt on the Mules in a preseason football scrimmage at a packed Hugh Yoshida Stadium. The contest between arch rivals was run like a real game with real referees, and a scoreboard clock, and Mililani’s Kainoa Wilson showed how much of a real deal he is by scoring four touchdowns, including two through the air from McKenzie Milton. “It’s a scrimmage, that’s all it is,” said […]
Plenty of talent has moved through Wahiawa over the years, led by running back Adrian Murrell. The NFL veteran was first-team All-State three years in a row by the Honolulu Advertiser, the first to be so honored. Waianae’s Kennedy Tulimasealii, Kahuku’s Aofaga Wily, Castle’s Blaze Soares and Gerald Welch of Saint Louis are the only other 3-time first-team all state players. But no position has been as consistently good for the school as quarterback. Andrew Manley was among the best […]
When the OIA’s new divisions and schedule were announced over the summer, there was one glaring omission — No Mililani-Leilehua rivalry game unless the teams happen to meet in the playoffs. Problem solved, sort of. Coaches for both schools got together and decided to honor the rivalry and schedule a scrimmage Thursday, July 31 at Leilehua. There will be no admission charged, but there will be certainly be a full house. Mules coach Nolan Tokuda says it will be run […]
We’re set for kickoff at John Kauinana Stadium for the final OIA Red quarterfinal game. Mililani beat the Mules, 44-14, just three weeks ago here. Can Leilehua not only make it a game, but pull off the upset? 6:18 p.m.: Four different Trojans record a rush of at least 10 yards on Mililani’s opening drive. Vavae Malepeai fumbles at the 1 but Jacob Afele falls on top of it and Mililani takes a 7-0 lead, 7:26 Q1. 6:20 p.m.: Justin […]
OIA Red Playoffs The matchup: Leilehua (6-3) vs. Mililani (7-1) Location/Time: Mililani, Saturday, 6 p.m. Head-to-head (since 1973): Leilehua leads 20-14-1 Biggest margin of victory: Leilehua, 42-0, Sept. 24, 1988 *Smallest margin of victory: Mililani, 15-14, Nov. 7, 1980; Mililani, 21-20, Sept. 27, 2002 *Teams played to 7-7 tie on Sept. 11, 1999 Leilehua’s offensive leaders Mililani’s offensive leaders Will quarterback Justin Jenks be the difference? That’s what West No. 5 seed Leilehua has to hope for when it faces […]