Waipahu football

Waipahu’s motivation this entire season is to make sure it doesn’t end like the one before. After Friday’s resounding 56-0 win over McKinley at Roosevelt to close out the regular season, the Marauders (8-0, 7-0 OIA Division II) are in a position to achieve that goal. Last year’s edition was the top seed in the OIA Division II playoffs, made it to the championship game, and lost 36-35 to Waialua. Their next game was the first round of the state […]

There are halftime adjustments and there are the moves that the Waipahu Marauders made to overcome a major challenge from the Kaimuki Bulldogs in a 35-14 win on Saturday at Skippa Diaz Stadium. Waipahu (7-0, 6-0), the unbeaten leader in OIA Division II football, saw its normally potent offense get sidetracked in the first half for the second time in as many weeks. Last weekend, it was Pearl City that bottled up the Marauders and had the game tied at […]

At this point, the Waipahu Marauders are thinking of more than bounty and gold on their ships. The black flag waved high above a sellout, standing-room only homecoming crowd at Masa Yonamine Athletic Complex. With a 37-6 victory over Pearl City, Waipahu now has first place all to itself in the OIA Division II standings. More than that, they have their brotherhood. Just about every senior celebrated after the game during festivities by talking about the meaning of brotherhood, from […]