For the first time in 36 years, someone other than Wendell Look walked the makai sidelines of Eddie Hamada Field as head coach of the 'Iolani School football team Saturday in the 61st Annual Father Bray Memorial Classic.

Kahuku opened the 2026 season with a 20-12 win over Saint Louis. Lucky Suguturaga completed 10 of 16 passes for 119 yards and a touchdown while adding 39 rushing yards and another score.

Punahou opened the 2026 season with a 70-0 shutout victory over Roosevelt on Saturday.

Kamehameha opened the 2026 season in dominant fashion with a 65-0 shutout victory over Farrington.

Waipahu opened the 2026 season with a statement on its home field, defeating Campbell 40-17 to reclaim the Cane Knife for the first time since 2004. The Marauders ended a 22-year drought in the rivalry with a convincing season-opening win.

Two legendary football coaches are set to reunite in Hawai‘i for the 2027 adidas Polynesian Bowl.

Pete Carroll and Mack Brown were announced Thursday as the head coaches for the annual all-star showcase in Honolulu. Carroll will lead Team Makai while Brown will coach Team Mauka.

The Hawaiʻi Army National Guard brought together local high school athletes for a Lineman Challenge held at Radford High School, showcasing strength, technique and competition in the trenches.

It marks the end of an era at ʻIolani as longtime head football coach Wendell Look has announced his retirement after 35 years leading the Raiders.

The Polynesian Bowl has secured a major new partnership, as adidas has been named the event’s official title partner in a multi-year deal.

Hawaiʻi’s next generation of student-athletes will take the spotlight on March 19, 2026, as the inaugural Hawaiʻi Gridiron Games kick off at Mililani High School.

The purpose-driven showcase brings together elite competition, mentorship, and community impact, powered by the I’m Inspired Foundation, founded by Dillon Gabriel, in partnership with the Ho‘ea Foundation and Rock ’Em.

With one clutch strike, Campbell quarterback Brayden Medeiros threw a perfect 17-yard pass to Zayne Pasion for the winning touchdown Friday night to lift the Sabers to a thrilling 26-23 overtime victory over Kamehameha and the school's first First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Open Division Football State Championship.

In a defensive power struggle that ended with fireworks, Kailua rallied past -- and then held off -- Kapa'a, 13-9, Friday night to win its first First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division I Football State Championship.

An official crowd of 2,512 at John Kauinana Stadium watched the Surfriders score the go-ahead touchdown with 3:31 remaining and then seal the victory with Keoki Cypriano's interception with 25 seconds left to finish the season at 12-3. The Warriors, who had taken a 9-6 lead on Yair Antonio's 22-yard field goal on the second play of the fourth quarter, came up just short in a repeat state title bid and ended up 8-2.

In a race to the pylon, Campbell's Tainoa Lave dashed and dived into the right front corner of paydirt with two seconds remaining Friday evening to lift Campbell to a stunning 15-12 victory over Kahuku in a thrilling First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Championship semifinal game at John Kauinana Stadium.

The Sabers (8-3) will be making the school's first appearance in the Open Division state title game on Dec. 5 against Kamehameha (5-4); their only other state championship taste was the Division II win against 'Iolani in 2004. Kahuku, the defending state runner-up, ends its season at 8-4.

Chazz-Michael Kapahu rushed for 148 yards and one touchdown and Valoia Amitoelau added the 11-yard go-ahead TD run with 8:17 remaining Friday night to help visiting Kapolei hold off Mililani, 21-14, to advance to its first OIA Open Division football championship game in school history.

Despite having only 18 players suited up and several of them playing offense, defense and special teams, Eagle Valley (Gypsum, Colo.) took control early and routed Waialua, 51-6, Thursday night at John Kauinana Stadium.

Their campuses lie barely a mile apart, but the Kamehameha football team showed Friday night that it is right now far ahead of Kalihi neighbor Farrington as the visiting Warriors picked apart the Governors, 41-21, in nonleague season opener action at Skippa Diaz Stadium.