2007 Leilehua Mules football

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2007 HHSAA DI State Football Championship
Bowl Game
Leilehua Mules St. Louis Crusaders (9-4) (10-0) 20 16 Head coach:  Nolan Takuda Head coach:  Delbert Tengan Coaches 2 Coaches 1 1 2 3 4 Total Leilehua 6 0 0 14 20 St. Louis 0 6 10 0 16
Date	November 30, 2007
Stadium	Aloha Stadium
Location	Honolulu, Hawaii
Favorite	St. Louis
Attendance	15,583

2007 Recap

See also: Leilehua High School

See also: Leilehua Mules Football

• Mules finished with 4-4 (3-3) in their regular schedule. Barely qualified, the Mules are 5th seeded team from west.
• The Mules lost both starting Senior QB (Kaipo Kea and Kaipo DeRego) after the game against Castle Knights for the Wild Card round of the OIA playoff, which made Head Coach Nolan Takuda to pull Sophomore QB Andrew Manley from JV and lead the team to victory against the 1st seeded west team, arch rival Mililani Trojans in Quarter-Final.
• The Mules defeated Farrington Govs in Semi-Final and then moved on to play its another arch rival Waianae Sea Riders in OIA Championship which the Mules won for the first time since 1984.
• The Mules defeated Maui's MIL Champion, Baldwin Bears, in the Semi-Final round of the State Championship and moved on to play the top ranked, ILH Champion, undefeated St. Louis Crusaders.
• The Mules pulled an upset by defeating St. Louis, 20-16 for State Championship at the Aloha Stadium with more than 15,000 fans. Leilehua won the HHSAA State Title for the first time since 1984. The Mules finished its season with 10-4 overall record.

[edit] 2007 Regular Schedule, OIA Playoffs, & HHSAA Playoffs Results

Television: OC16

2007 Regular Schedule

2007 OIA Red Championship See also: Oahu Interscholastic Association Date Opponent Round Site Results 10/19/2007 Castle Wild Card John Kauinana W36-13 10/26/2007 Mililani Quarter-Final John Kauinana W27-21* 11/03/2007 Farrington Semi-Final Aloha Stadium W 7-3 11/09/2007 Waianae Championship Aloha Stadium W12-6 Note: Mules last OIA Title was 1984. * OT.

Leilehua fans celebrated as the team beats its rival Waianae in 2007 OIA Football Championship

2007 HHSAA State Championship See also: HHSAA State Football Championships/Oahu Prep Bowl Previous Meetings St. Louis vs. Leilehua: 1984 State Championship at Aloha Stadium, Leilehua 10-0. 2006 Regular Schedule at Aloha Stadium, St. Louis 21-0. Leilehua's Last State Championship Appearance: 2004 vs. Kamehameha-Kapalama, Kamehameha 28-7. St. Louis's Last State Championship Appearance: 2006 vs. Kahuku, Kahuku 7-6. Date Opponent Round Site Results 11/17/2007 BYE Quarter-Final BYE BYE 11/24/2007 Baldwin Semi-Final Aloha Stadium W41-34 11/30/2007 St. Louis Championship Aloha Stadium W20-16 Note: Mules last State Title was 1984.

The Mules celebrates after defeating #1 St. Louis Crusaders in 2007 HHSAA State Championship at Aloha Stadium. St. Louis is once again denied by OIA school, last year St. Louis finished its undefeated season losing to Kahuku (Kahuku 7-6).

2007 Division I Prep-Football Final Poll