Chase for the Championship
Matchups for football state tourney are set




The postseason is here.

The First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships kick off next weekend when the Division II and Division I tournaments begin.

Matchups for the Division I-Open bracket, are yet to be finalized as the Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I championship and third place games will be played Saturday, Nov. 4.

Last year was the implementation of a three-tier state tournament that brought the inaugural Open Division state championship. For this year's postseason, the three tiers remained, but only four teams are participating in each bracket.

Interscholastic League of Honolulu winner and defending open division champion Saint Louis (8-0) will be joined in the D1-Open by the OIA's Kahuku (9-1) and Mililani (10-0). The final spot will be given to the winner of Waianae (6-4) and Campbell (7-4).

The Crusaders will play the OIA runner-up while the OIA champ will play the OIA's third place finisher.

Bracket play starts on Friday, Nov. 10, at Aloha Stadium.

Defending D2 champion Lahainaluna (9-1) will host Interscholastic League of Honolulu representative Iolani (4-5) next Friday at War Memorial Stadium at 6 p.m.

The last time the two teams met up was for the 2014 D2 state title, in which the Raiders won, 31-14, to claim to their eighth koa trophy. Before winning last year's crown, the Lunas previous three trips to the championship game were all losing efforts against Iolani (2007, 2012 and 2014).

     » WATCH: Iolani coach Wendell Look's Media Day Interview

In the other D2 bracket game, three-time Big Island Interscholastic Federation champs Konawaena (8-2) hosts Oahu Intercholastic Association D2 winner Waipahu (10-0) at Julian Yates Field at 7 p.m.

     » WATCH: Waipahu coach Bryson Carvalho's Media Day Interview

     » WATCH: Konawaena coach Brad Uemoto's Media Day Interview

The winner of both games will have a bye before meeting up at Aloha Stadium on Nov. 18 for the D2 state championship game set to kickoff at 2 p.m. 





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