Leilehua Mules Football

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Leilehua Mules
Year founded: 1924
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School: Leilehua High School
Campus: Wahiawa, Hawaii
School Colors:

     Green      Gold
Mascot: Mule
Motto: "Respect is earned, not given."
Head Coach: Nolan Takuda
Home Turf: Hugh Yoshida Stadium
Television: OC16
Conference: OIA Red-West (DI)
Conference Titles: 1940, 1974, 1984, 2007
State Titles: 1984, 2007
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The Leilehua Mules football team represents the Leilehua High School of Wahiawa, Hawaii in HHSAA Division I Football. The team, which is currently coached by Nolan Takuda, is part of the OIA, Red-West division.




[edit] 2007 Recap

See also: 2007 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] OIA Red-West Standing

2008

School O-Rec C-Rec '07 Recap
Aiea 0-0 0-0 Did not qualify for the playoffs
Campbell 0-0 0-0 4th seeded west, lost to Farrington
Kapolei 0-0 0-0 3rd seeded west, beat 1st seeded East Kahuku, Lost to Waianae
Leilehua 0-0 0-0 5th seeded west, Won OIA and State Title
Mililani 0-0 0-0 1st seeded west, lost to Leilehua
Radford 0-0 0-0 Did not qualify for the playoffs
Waianae 0-0 0-0 2nd seeded west, OIA Runner-Up, Lost to St. Louis in State Semi-Final.
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