Stacy Kaneshiro | ScoringLive
August 29, 2015, 3:57pm
For the second year in a row, Saint Louis will take on a formidable opponent from Mainland when it meets the Liberty Patriots, five-time defending Sunrise Regional champions from Henderson, Nev.
This will be the 20th time a Cal Lee-coached Crusaders team will play a team from out of state, which included a team from Japan (in 1998) and two from Samoa (in 2000 and last weekend). Lee's team are 16-2-1. The first loss came in 1990 against Canyon Country (Calif.), which snapped the Crusaders' 55-game win streak. Last year, Saint Louis lost to St. John Bosco (Calif.), 63-14.
The Crusaders are coming off a 55-6 win against Samoa's Fagaitua; this will be Liberty's first game of the season. The Patriots' next game will be against another Hawaii team, Mililani, the defending state champion and top-ranked team in the state. The Trojans will play at Liberty's campus on Friday.
Cal Lee-coached teams vs. out-of-state opponents
9/6/85 T - Saint Louis 9, Marina (Calif.) 9 @ Kaiser
8/26/89 Saint Louis 24, Morse (Calif.) 17 @ AS
8/23/90 Saint Louis 47, Lincoln (Calif.) 13 @ AS
8/30/90 Canyon Country (Calif.) 40, Saint Louis 0 @ AS
8/31/91 Saint Louis 27, Springdale (Ark.) 14 @ AS
9/7/91 Saint Louis 30, Bakersfield (Calif.) 13 @ AS
8/29/92 Saint Louis 21, Mountain View (Calif.) 7 @ AS
9/4/92 Saint Louis 24, Clovis (Calif.) 8 @ AS
9/2/93 Saint Louis 13, Capistrano (Cailf.) 7 @ AS
9/1/94 Saint Louis 41, Skyline (Calif.) 19 @ AS
8/31/95 Saint Louis 38, Hart (Calif.) 33 @ AS
8/20/98 Saint Louis 46, Kansai (Japan) 0
9/5/98 Saint Louis 55, Green Valley (Nev.) 6 @ Nevada
8/20/99 Saint Louis 81, Chugiak (Alaska) 14
8/27/99 Saint Louis 56, West (Utah) 13 @ U. of Utah
8/26/00 Saint Louis 55, Samoana (Samoa) 6 @ AS
8/25/01 Saint Louis 40, San Clemente (Calif.) 7 @ AS
8/22/14 St. John Bosco (Calif) 63, Saint Louis 14 @ AS
8/21/15 Saint Louis 55, Fagaitua (Samoa) 6 @ AS
Farrington's Randall Okimoto is a win away from becoming the school's third coach to join the 100-win club when his team takes on Moanalua Saturday night at Roosevelt's Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium.
At 99-54-3, Okimoto follows his own coach, Skippa Diaz (104-74-5), and Al Espinda (113-52-5) as the winningest coaches in Governors' history.
Okimoto can become the second coach this season to reach the 100-win mark. Earlier, Kapolei's Darren Hernandez hit the milestone with the Hurricanes' non-league win against Kaiser. A record in our preview showed another record. Hernandez is 100-87-3 to date. He is the 26th coach to reach century barrier.
Kailua vs. Aiea. Kailua leads series 15-7-1, but Aiea has won last three meetings.
Kapolei vs. Mililani. Mililani leads series 9-2.
Moanalua vs. Farrington. Farrington leads series 8-0. Last year, Moanalua beat Waianae for the first time in 13 meetings.
Nanakuli vs. Kaimuki . Kaimuki leads series 11-4
Baldwin vs. Lahainaluna. Baldwin leads series 89-57-10 dating to 1939. At 156 meetings, this is the seventh-longest rivalry in Hawaii.