Roosevelt football

The Roosevelt football team has been on a steady climb, more than doubling its wins in each of Kui Kahooilihala’s three years at the helm. Up next for the 9-2 Rough Riders? A chance to do something that’s never been done in program history. Roosevelt has never won an OIA or state championship, but after Saturday night’s 23-7 win over Pearl City, the Rough Riders set up a date with Kaimuki for the OIA Division II Championship game on Oct. […]

Kui Kahooilihala was loud and clear about one thing during a Wednesday phone call: There’s absolutely no way his Roosevelt football team is looking past in-town rival McKinley in Friday’s home game. A glance at the schedule shows the Rough Riders’ two following games (at Pearl City and then at home against St. Francis) are against bona fide league and state Division II contenders. In Kahooilihala’s mind, thinking too far ahead is dangerous, and so he won’t worry about the […]

He was too scared to watch, didn’t really know what was going on and kicking from a length further than he thought he could make a kick. “My max would probably be 35 (yards),” Roosevelt senior Mason Morishige said. To his surprise, and to the delight of the Roosevelt faithful in attendance for the Rough Riders’ home debut on Saturday night at Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium, Morishige’s estimate was a little bit off. The kid who came out for football this […]