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Prep Football: Lahainaluna defeats Kapaa for D-II title

By Jamm Aquino and Cindy Ellen Russell

Nov. 24, 2018

Prep sports

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Lahainaluna's Brysen Rickard (5) and Devon Sa Chisolm (2) break up a pass intended for Kapaa's Jai Alapai (1) during the 2018 HHSAA Division II football championship on Saturday at Aloha Stadium. Lahainaluna won 34-32.
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Lahainaluna's Joshua Tihada (33) runs for 51 yards.
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Lahainaluna's Joshua Tihada (33) runs for 51 yards as Kapaa's Raphee Khae-Chawat (8) and Keilan Ibaan-McCarthy (20) tackle.
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Lahainaluna's Joshua Tihada (33) runs the ball up the middle.
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Lahainaluna's Derek Perez (28) runs for a touchdown.
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Lahainaluna's Derek Perez (28) motions after scoring a touchdown.
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Kapaa's Chysen Lagunes-Rapozo (44) makes a field goal.
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Kapaa's Ryno Banasihan (21) makes a 46 yard run as Lahainaluna's Kaihulali Casco (21) and Kapaa's Nakela Snyder (4) chase.
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Lahainaluna quarterback Nainoa Irish (9) goes to pass.
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Lahainaluna quarterback Nainoa Irish (9) hands the ball off to Joshua Tihada (33).
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Lahainaluna's Brysen Rickard (5) goes to stop Kapaa's Lanakila Pagtolingan (2).
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Kapaa runningback Ryno Banasihan (21) is stopped by Lahainaluna's Nainoa Kulukulualani-Sales (23).
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Kapaa's Kawika Nao (22) keeps his eye on the Lahainaluna defense as he runs.
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Kapaa runningback Ryno Banasihan (21) is tackled by Lahainaluna's Brysen Rickard (5).
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Kapaa runningback Ryno Banasihan (21) runs.
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Kapaa quarterback Kahanu Davis (7) runs.
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Lahainaluna's Joshua Tihada (33) runs for a touchdown.
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Lahainaluna's Jesse Dudoit (12) runs the line after a completed pass as Kapaa's Keilan Ibaan-McCarthy (20) chases.
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Kapaa's Kahanu Davis (7) barrels into the end zone for a touchdown against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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Lahainaluna's Joshua Tihada (33), bottom right, finds the end zone for a touchdown against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Lahainaluna's Nainoa Irish (9) is sacked by Kapaa's Patrick Peters (42), left.
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Kapaa's Ryno Banasihan (21) gets past Lahainaluna's Nainoa Kulukulualani-Sales (23).
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Kapaa's Jai Alapai (1) hauls in a pass for a touchdown against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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Kapaa's Jai Alapai (1) hauls in a pass for a touchdown ahead of Lahainaluna's Brysen Rickard (5).
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Lahainaluna's Nainoa Irish (9) throws the football against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Kapaa offensive lineman Eli Unutoa (65) looks down the field.
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Kapaa's Jai Alapai (1), bottom, and Kesomi Fonua (35) work to bring down Lahainaluna's William Kai Bookland (18).
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Kapaa's Ryno Banasihan (21) is brought down by Lahainaluna's Kaihulali Casco (21).
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Kapaa's Chysen Lagunes-Rapozo (44) kicks a 55-yard field goal against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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Kapaa celebrates after a 55-yard field goal by Chysen Lagunes-Rapozo (44) against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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Kapaa celebrates after a 55-yard field goal by Chysen Lagunes-Rapozo (44) against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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Kapaa's Jai Alapai (1) comes up with an interception on a pass intended for Lahainaluna's Devon Sa Chisolm (2).
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Kapaa's Ryno Banasihan (21) rushes the ball against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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Kapaa's Chysen Lagunes-Rapozo (44) kicks a 45-yard field goal against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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Kapaa's Chysen Lagunes-Rapozo (44) watches as his 45-yard field goal sails through the uprights against the Lahainaluna Lunas.
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A Kapaa fan is charged up during the first half.
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Kapaa's Kahanu Davis (7) eludes Lahainaluna's Matthew Rabino (22) on the way to a touchdown.
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Lahainaluna's Derek Perez (28) reacts after a touchdown against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Kapaa's Tyson Tranilla (28) scores a touchdown late during the fourth quarter.
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Lahainaluna co-head coach Garrett Tihada walks towards the sideline.
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Lahainaluna's Nainoa Irish (9) throws the football while under pressure from Kapaa's Raffy Perono (5).
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Lahainaluna's Nainoa Irish (9) rushes the ball against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Lahainaluna's Elijah Oliveira-Kalalau (41) works to bring down Kapaa's Ryno Banasihan (21).
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Lahainaluna's Joshua Tihada (33) rushes the ball against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Lahainaluna's Joshua Tihada (33) rushes the ball against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Lahainaluna's Kamalei Watson (11) cuts between Kapaa's Keilan Ibaan-McCarthy (20), left, and Alii Brown (18).
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Lahainaluna's Nainoa Irish (9) gets around Kapaa's Raphee Khae-Chawat (8).
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Lahainaluna's Tuipulotu Lai (51) hurries Kapaa's Kahanu Davis (7).
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Lahainaluna's Derek Perez (28) rushes the ball against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Lahainaluna's Ikaika Tihada-Viela (52) and Apakasi Felemi (45) embrace as the fourth quarter against the Kapaa Warriors comes to an end.
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Lahainaluna fans react as the team takes the lead against the Kapaa Warriors.
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Lahainaluna's Apakasi Felemi (45) raises his fist as time runs out during the fourth quarter.
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Lahainaluna's Ivanhoe Mathias (17) is embraced by Brian Sandoval (14) as time runs out.
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Lahainaluna raises the Division II State Championship trophy.
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Lahainaluna co-head coach Robert Watson embraces his staff after the 2018 HHSAA Division II football championship.
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The Lahainaluna Lunas sing their alma mater after winning the Division II HHSAA State Football Championship title 34-32 against the Kapaa Warriors.
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