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.