Maui Sports

It was a fitting end, the home team won on its homecoming, and the seniors stepped up their game on Senior Night.

The annual gridiron rivalry between Baldwin and Lahainaluna high schools receives a boost beyond the football field each year, thanks to Times Supermarkets.

He has a very unique set of skills, nothing the Maui Interscholastic League has ever seen in 88 years of football.

University of Hawai’i junior Mike Edwards was selected to Phil Steele’s Midseason All-America third team as a kick returner.

As shocking as it was to see Baldwin High School bear the wrath that was Lahainluna’s lopsided 32-0 first-round win on Sept. 7, it was only one game.

The Lahaiunaluna High School football team managed to finally crack the top 10 of a statewide prep poll and power ranking, despite being one of only two unbeaten teams in the state.

The Bears defeated the Sabers 49-17 as Baldwin quarterback Keelan Ewaliko ran for three touchdowns and threw for another.

It’s over, he scoreless streak, that is. And Lahainaluna High School co-head coach Bobby Watson couldn’t be happier.

The University of Hawai’i Warrior football team dropped its third straight contest with a 52-14 loss to San Diego State in a Mountain West contest Saturday night at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif.

The only thing Baldwin High School quarterback Keelan Ewaliko didn’t do Friday night at War Memorial Stadium . . . was sell popcorn at halftime.

Hāna High School decided to hāna’i the sport of 8-man football and almost three months ago the coaches pumped air into the school’s first footballs.

University of Hawai’i Warrior football head coach Norm Chow recapped the team’s loss at Brigham Young and previewed this Saturday’s Mountain West contest at San Diego State at his weekly press conference earlier this week.

In the end, it was a block here, a kill there, and an error by Baldwin that allowed King Kekaulike to close out a see-saw, five-game match Tuesday night on the Bears’ home floor, 18-25, 25-18, 25-22, 17-25, 15-12.

Video recap of last weekend’s Maui Interscholastic League football games. On Friday, Sept. 28, Lahainaluna defeated King Kekaulike at Kekaulike Stadium, 42-0. The win extended Lahainaluna’s shutout/win streak to five. On Saturday, Sept. 29, Kamehameha Maui held off Maui High 21-14. The Warriors improved to 2-3 and the Sabers fell to 2-3.

For a time being, it looked like the recent streak of dramatic finishes between Kamehameha Maui and Maui High School would continue.

You don’t have to be fan of Lahainaluna High School football to appreciate the Lunas’ unbeaten win steak or their 180 points scored compare to none allowed.

The feats of student-athletes throughout the Maui Interscholastic League got a boost recently, thanks to Cyrus Perry’s passion for video and high school sports.

University of Hawai’i Warrior football head coach Norm Chow conducted his weekly press conference Monday, recapping last week’s Mountain West opener against Nevada and previewing this week’s non-conference road game at Brigham Young.

Pound-for-pound, Lahainaluna High School’s Semisi Filikitonga is rapidly proving he’s the best football player in the Maui Interscholastic League.

The University of Hawai’i football team could not contain Stefphon Jefferson and the Nevada Wolf Pack in a 69-24 loss, Saturday, in a nationally televised game at Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium.