Leilehua football

SECOND IN A SERIES Some coaches are more concerned with the fringe benefits of sports than what happens between the sidelines: making young men out of kids. Every year, Leilehua’s football coaches talk during their preseason interviews more about the classroom than X’s and O’s. That’s the case again this year with third-year head coach Mark Kurisu, just like it was before him with Nolan Tokuda. “One thing we live by is the three F’s — faith, family and future,” […]

The numbers don’t look drastically different, but Kona Andres is another kind of quarterback this season. With second place in the division — and a first-round bye — on the line, he was masterful in Leilehua’s 33-6 win over Farrington on Friday night at Hugh Yoshida Stadium. That gave the 10th-ranked Mules a 5-2 mark in division play (6-2 overall). A year ago, the Mules were young and struggling against the best of the OIA’s Division I teams. Andres often […]

Right after James McGary ripped off two straight 25-yard runs in the third quarter Saturday night, it was time to look up Leilehua’s single-game record for rushing. At that point of the Mules’ eventual 38-14 victory over Kailua, McGary was already at 232 yards on the ground. The record: Adrian Murrell‘s 332 set in 1987. Could he get there? Or would he finish the night as Leilehua’s single-game leading rusher not named Murrell? Murrell — who went on to a […]