Lahainaluna football team readies for raucous atmosphere at 1st game since wildfires
No one with the Lahainaluna High School football program — not its coaches, nor its players or supporters — knows exactly what to expect at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.
Other than the fact that it will be something they’ve never experienced before.
In the immediate aftermath of the devastation of old Lahaina town to wildfires on Aug. 8, football was far from the minds of West Maui community members. Friends and family were scattered and homes left in ruin.
But as the weeks passed and people started to pick up the pieces of their lives, there grew a sense that the Lunas — athletic pride and joy of their community who have dominated the gridiron on the island for years — could have a role in establishing a return to normalcy.
