HHSAA State Football Championships

HHSAA State Football Championships
Sport Football
State Hawaii
Level of competition High School
Founded 1999 (Division I)
2003 (Division II)
Divisions 2 (Division I & II)
Division I
Current champions Kahuku
Most Championships Kahuku (6)
Division II
Current champions Iolani
Most Championships Iolani (6)

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) State Football Championship consists of the two games that are played annually to crown the Division 1 and Division 2 state football champions in Hawaii. Before 1999, when the State Football Championship game was instituted, Hawaii did not crown an official state champion in football and instead held the Oahu Prep Bowl, which matched up the champions of the two football leagues on Oahu to play for a mythical state football championship.

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History of the Oahu Prep Bowl

In the early years of prep football the question of "who's the best high school football team in the state" could never be answered as Hawaii never conducted a state championship. That all changed in 1973 when Bill Smithe of the Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) and Clay Benham of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu struck a deal where the champions from each league met to decide who was the best team in the state. The game was initially called the Oahu Bowl, marking the first time that league champions played each other in the postseason. Though the bowl game did not include neighbor island champions, it was considered Hawaii's state championship. In 1974, the name was changed from Oahu Bowl to the Oahu Prep Bowl and the game became an annual tradition.

Past Oahu Prep Bowl Championship Results

Year Winner Score Opponent
1973 Waianae (OIA) 6-0 St. Louis (ILH)
1974 KS-Oahu (ILH) 27-26 Leilehua (OIA)
1975 KS-Oahu (ILH) 20-14 Waianae (OIA)
1976 KS-Oahu (ILH) 46-6 Radford (OIA)
1977 Waianae (OIA) 27-6 Punahou (ILH)
1978 Waianae (OIA) 14-6 KS-Oahu (ILH)
1979 Kaiser (OIA) 27-7 KS-Oahu (ILH)
1980 Iolani (ILH) 7-7 (tie) Waianae (OIA)
1981 Radford (OIA) 14-2 St. Louis (ILH)
1982 Pac-Five (ILH) 14-7 Waianae (OIA)
1983 St. Louis (ILH) 15-12 Nanakuli (OIA)
1984 Leilehua (OIA) 10-0 St. Louis (ILH)
1985 Pac-Five (ILH) 56-7 Waianae (OIA)
1986 St. Louis (ILH) 49-6 Waianae (OIA)
1987 St. Louis (ILH) 35-0 Waianae (OIA)
1988 St. Louis (ILH) 49-7 Waianae (OIA)
1989 St. Louis (ILH) 35-18 Kahuku (OIA)
1990 St. Louis (ILH) 38-3 Farrington (OIA)
1991 St. Louis (ILH) 36-6 Waianae (OIA)
1992 St. Louis (ILH) 35-7 Waianae (OIA)
1993 St. Louis (ILH) 37-22 Kahuku (OIA)
1994 St. Louis (ILH) 26-20 Kahuku (OIA)
1995 St. Louis (ILH) 27-26 Kahuku (OIA)
1996 St. Louis (ILH) 7-0 Waianae (OIA)
1997 St. Louis (ILH) 27-0 Waianae (OIA)
1998 St. Louis (ILH) 28-20 Kahuku (OIA)

Prep Bowl Past Champions Record (Championships/Runner-Ups)

Past HHSAA State Football Championship Results

Division I

Year Winner Score Opponent
1999 St. Louis (ILH) 19-0 Kahuku (OIA)
2000 Kahuku (OIA) 26-20 St. Louis (ILH)
2001 Kahuku (OIA) 21-14 St. Louis (ILH)
2002 St. Louis (ILH) 34-15 Castle (OIA)
2003 Kahuku (OIA) 27-26 St. Louis (ILH)
2004 KS-Oahu (ILH) 28-7 Leilehua (OIA)
2005 Kahuku (OIA) 28-21 Punahou (ILH)
2006 Kahuku (OIA) 7-6 St. Louis (ILH)
2007 Leilehua (OIA) 20-16 St. Louis (ILH)
2008 Punahou (ILH) 38-7 Leilehua (OIA)
2009 KS-Oahu (ILH) 34-21 Kahuku (OIA)
2010 St. Louis (ILH) 36-13 Waianae (OIA)
2011 Kahuku (OIA) 30-24 Punahou (ILH)

Division I Championship Game wins and appearances by school

Appearances School W L Pct Games
8 Kahuku 6 2 .75 Lost 1999 Title Game
Won 2000 Title Game
Won 2001 Title Game
Won 2003 Title Game
Won 2005 Title Game
Won 2006 Title Game
Lost 2009 Title Game
Won 2011 Title Game
8 St. Louis 3 5 .375 Won 1999 Title Game
Lost 2000 Title Game
Lost 2001 Title Game
Won 2002 Title Game
Lost 2003 Title Game
Lost 2006 Title Game
Lost 2007 Title Game
Won 2010 Title Game
3 Leilehua 1 2 .333 Lost 2004 Title Game
Won 2007 Title Game
Lost 2008 Title Game
2 Kamehameha-Kapalama 2 0 1.000 Won 2004 Title Game
Won 2009 Title Game
3 Punahou 1 2 .333 Lost 2005 Title Game
Won 2008 Title Game
Lost 2011 Title Game
1 Castle 0 1 .000 Lost 2002 Title Game
1 Waianae 0 1 .000 Lost 2010 Title Game

Division II

Year Winner Score Opponent
2003 Aiea (OIA) 9-7 Damien (ILH)
2004 Campbell (OIA) 28-7 Iolani (ILH)
2005 Iolani (ILH) 34-20 Radford (OIA)
2006 King Kekaulike (MIL) 33-20 Kauai (KIF)
2007 Iolani (ILH) 28-21 Lahainaluna (MIL)
2008 Iolani (ILH) 35-20 Radford (OIA)
2009 Iolani (ILH) 24-17 Kauai (KIF)
2010 Iolani (ILH) 49-14 Kaimuki (OIA)
2011 Iolani (ILH) 34-0 Waipahu (OIA)

Division II Championship Game wins and appearances by school

Appearances School W L Pct Games
7 Iolani 6 1 .857 Lost 2004 Title Game
Won 2005 Title Game
Won 2007 Title Game
Won 2008 Title Game
Won 2009 Title Game
Won 2010 Title Game
Won 2011 Title Game
2 Kauai 0 2 .000 Lost 2006 Title Game
Lost 2009 Title Game
2 Radford 0 2 .000 Lost 2005 Title Game
Lost 2008 Title Game
1 Aiea 1 0 1.000 Won 2003 Title Game
1 Campbell 1 0 1.000 Won 2004 Title Game
1 King Kekaulike 1 0 1.000 Won 2006 Title Game
1 Damien 0 1 .000 Lost 2003 Title Game
1 Lahainaluna 0 1 .000 Lost 2007 Title Game
1 Kaimuki 0 1 .000 Lost 2010 Title Game
1 Waipahu 0 1 .000 Lost 2011 Title Game

2009 HHSAA Playoff Bracket

Division I

  First Round
@ Higher Seed		     Semifinals
@ Aloha Stadium		     Championship
@ Aloha Stadium
                           
        S1  Kahuku 9  
  S4  Honoka'a 16     S6  Farrington 6    
  S6  Farrington 48         S1  Kahuku 21
      S2  KS-Oahu 34
        S2  KS-Oahu 40    
  S3  Baldwin 12     S5  Leilehua 0  
  S5  Leilehua 48  

* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: KS-Oahu

RUNNER-UP: Kahuku

Division II

  First Round (11/21)     Semifinals     Championship
                           
        S1  'Iolani 21  
  S4  Lahainaluna 12     S6  'Aiea 7    
  S6  Aiea 20         S1  'Iolani 24
      S2  Kaua'i 17
        S2  Kaua'i 28    
  S3  Moanalua 14     S5  Hawai'i Prep 14  
  S5  Hawai'i Prep 17  

* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Kauai

2010 HHSAA Playoff Bracket

Division I

  First Round
@ Higher Seed		     Semifinals
@ Aloha Stadium		     Championship
@ Aloha Stadium
                           
        S1  Mililani 41  
  S4  Kealakehe 16     S6  Waianae 48    
  S6  Waianae 34         S2  St. Louis 36
      S6  Waianae 13
        S2  St. Louis 42    
  S3  Baldwin 26     S5  Leilehua 28  
  S5  Leilehua 35  

* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: St. Louis

RUNNER-UP: Waianae

Division II

  First Round     Semifinals     Championship
                           
        S1  'Iolani 14  
  S4  Kauai 17     S4  Kauai 0    
  S6  Kalaheo 13         S1  'Iolani 49
      S3  Kaimuki 14
        S2  Lahainaluna 27*    
  S3  Kaimuki 14     S3  Kaimuki 28*  
  S5  KS-Hawaii 9  

* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Kaimuki

Post 2010 Seasons

2011

State Tournament Brackets
Championship Games

HHSAA Division Classification

* Private School
† School closed/no longer competing

Classifications as of 2011

Division I

OIA Red WEST

OIA Red EAST

ILH

MIL

BIIF

Division II

OIA White

ILH

  • DAMIEN* MONARCHS
  • 'IOLANI* RAIDERS
  • PAC-FIVE WOLFPACK
  • WORD OF LIFE*† FIREBRANDS

MIL

BIIF

KIF

HHSAA Conferences

REGION CONFERENCE DI DII
OAHU OIA RED West RED East White
OAHU ILH ILH ILH DII
KAUAI KIF None KIF DII
MAUI MIL MIL MIL DII
BIG ISLAND BIIF BIIF BIIF DII

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