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The football playoff race in the Oahu Interscholastic Association is a jumbled confusion of teams vying for a limited number of playoff spots. Scrambled OIA
playoff picture should
be clearer this weekBy Tim Crouse
Special to the Star-BulletinThe games this weekend should clear up the picture considerably.
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Waianae (6-0) and Kahuku (5-1) are in good shape in the Red Division, which sends five teams to the OIA postseason.
Kaimuki (4-2) is in third, but still has to play Aiea and Farrington the next two weeks.
The biggest game this week is Mililani at Farrington on Friday.
Those teams, along with Kailua, are 3-3.
One of those three teams will probably end up on the outside looking in when the playoffs come, and it appears the Governors have the toughest road to travel.
Farrington held off Roosevelt 34-21 Friday, while Mililani dropped a 32-21 decision to Kaimuki. Kailua, on a three-game winning streak, had the week off.
The race in the White Division, which sends three teams to the playoffs, is much simpler.
Campbell, Castle and McKinley are all 5-1, with the losses for each team coming against one of the others.
Nanakuli, which posted a 51-0 win over Kalani on Saturday, is 4-2.
Nanakuli hosts Kaiser on Friday; it is the high school finale of record-breaking Cougar quarterback B. J. Bernard.
Nanakuli then closes the season at Waialua.
The Golden Hawks have playoff hopes, but they are very slim -- Nanakuli needs one of the top three to lose and even then is at a disadvantage in head-to-head tie-breaker situations, since it lost to Castle and McKinley. Nanakuli did not play Campbell.
Campbell knocked off Castle, 47-46, on Friday at Aloha Stadium to create the three-way tie atop the White.
Campbell plays at Moanalua on Saturday. The Menehunes beat Waialua on Friday, 44-3, breaking a three-game losing streak.
Castle plays Pearl City on Friday and McKinley battles Kalani on Saturday.
If two or more teams finish with the same record, the first tie-breaker is head-to-head, according to OIA football coordinator Richard Townsend.
If the teams didn't play each other, the second tie-breaker is to look at the opponents each team beat.
In the Red scramble, that clearly favors the Surfriders, who have beaten Kaimuki and Farrington.
Finishing first in the White is important, because the second-place team will likely face Kahuku in the first round of the playoffs.
The second round of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu began Saturday with wins by St. Louis, Kamehameha and Punahou.
The Crusaders, ranked No.5 in the nation by rivals.com, blasted Iolani 35-0 to improve to 6-0.
Kamehameha rebounded from last week's loss to St. Louis by downing Damien, 42-8. Punahou jumped out to an early 19-0 lead en route to a 32-19 victory against Pac-Five.
This is how the Star-Bulletin voted in this week's Hawaii Sports Network high school football poll. See Wednesday's Star-Bulletin for the Prep Report, which includes features, athletes of the week, standings and statistics. STAR-BULLETIN TOP 10
Team Overall
Record1. St. Louis
8-0 7-0 5-0 6-0 5-2 6-0-1 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-1