With no disrespect to Kailua, which at 5-1 is one of the best stories of the 2015 Hawaii high school football season, the battle tonight at Aloha Stadium between No. 3 Mililani and No. 6 Farrington is — for all intents and purposes — for the OIA Blue crown. The Surfriders host the Trojans next week and could cause mayhem with a win, but the Govs and Trojans are the only two undefeated teams in league play left in the […]
For all of the talk of Mililani’s leaky defense against Liberty, the offense has had no problems at all. The Trojans have been held under 50 points in every game except one this year, scoring ONLY 49 against Campbell. Farrington has given up more than 19 only once, a 35-point outburst by Moanalua’s machine. The two units go head-to-head on Thursday at Aloha Stadium. It figures to be the first real test for the Trojans’ offense. McKenzie Milton will get […]
Due to No. 3 Mililani’s potent offense that is averaging 59.2 points in five games, the Trojans’ defense gets a bit overlooked. The biggest question for the unit — after giving up 76 points in a loss to Liberty in Henderson, Nev., two weeks ago — is how will it hold up against Thursday night’s opponent, Oahu Interscholastic Association Blue rival and sixth-ranked Farrington at 7:30 p.m. at Aloha Stadium. Certainly not as imposing as last season’s defense, which included […]
Rod York and the Mililani Trojans have moved on, that’s certain. But the charismatic football coach had this to say (text, actually) upon reflection after a 76-53 loss at Liberty, Nev. last weekend. It was the same Liberty team that came to the islands and lost to Saint Louis, 43-16, just one week earlier. “They outmatched us physically,” York wrote. “Up front to their three big fullbacks to their powerful, quick backs. We have not seen those types of athletes […]
Inspired by the current Kailua squad, here is the third of the five football programs on Oahu since 1973 to follow a winless season with an over .500 record. 1980 Mililani, from 0-8-1 to 6-4 John Kauinana doesn’t have his name on a stadium for nothing. He won plenty of games over his career as Mililani’s head coach, but his best season might have been a .500 campaign. After winning seasons in 1977 and 1978, Kauinana’s 1979 squad started the […]
Lost in the craziness of Mililani’s 76-53 defeat against Liberty last Friday was another Madden-like performance from quarterback McKenzie Milton. Milten recorded the third 400-yard passing game of his career — and second in as many weeks — and threw five touchdown passes for the Trojans, who lost for the first time since Milton’s sophomore year. Milton is 26-2 as Mililani’s starting QB, with the only other loss coming against Punahou in the 2013 state final. Four games into his senior […]
At halftime of Friday night’s game between Mililani and Liberty (Nev.) High, Tim Guesman, who covered the game for the Star-Advertiser in Henderson, Nev., texted, “Liberty takes a knee and we are at the half. I need a medic. STAT.” The Patriots led 39-32 and combined with the Trojans to pile up 712 total yards, making the stat-keeping job tough for any reporter. Guesman was in the middle of a shootout that most felt Mililani was well-equipped to handle. It […]
Mililani football head coach Rod York has a sense of humor, but it doesn’t really show up that often during football season. It’s not like he, the person, is all business all the time. But if the subject has to do with his Trojans football team, you can bet money that he’s dead serious about it. To him, the welfare of his team is of the utmost importance. Sometimes that welfare means discipline, like last week when he doled out […]