Waipahu, Konawaena earn rematch for HHSAA Division I football championship AND Waipahu, Konawaena earn rematch for HHSAA Division I football championship
Waimea’s ground game and Roosevelt’s aerial attack were locked in a stalemate for most of Saturday’s First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division II semifinal matchup at Hanapepe Stadium on Kauai.
The foot of Shayden Ranis-Alameda Dela Cruz finally decided it, as his 35-yard field goal in the fourth quarter sent the Menehune back to next Saturday’s championship game with a 13-10 victory over the Rough Riders.
Waimea (3-5) will meet Kamehameha-Maui (7-1), which dispatched Pac-Five 31-10 in Upcountry Maui on Saturday. The KIF and MIL champions will take the field at 4 p.m. at Mililani’s John Kauinana Stadium.
It is the seventh straight D-II final to be contested between Neighbor Island teams.
Konawaena and Waipahu will run it back.
The Wildcats of the BIIF and Marauders of the OIA will rematch for the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division I championship after semifinal victories over Kapaa and Farrington on Saturday night.
While Konawaena won handily, 37-19 at Julian Yates Field in Kona, host Waipahu squeezed past Farrington, 21-20, in a rematch of the OIA championship that wasn’t nearly as close the first time two weeks prior.
Farrington (7-4) lost that one 48-26 to Waipahu (7-4) but stunned Damien in the first round of states. The Govs had an opportunity to tie it up at 21 on Kaleb Delosantos’ 83-yard fumble return touchdown with 7:58 to play in the game, but the point-after attempt failed and the Govs, who have never appeared in a state final, remained down by a point and the Marauders ran out the clock.
