Iolani Alumni

Utah running back Raynold Stowers ‘04 scored his second touchdown of the season from a yard out in a 63-14 rout of the San Diego Aztecs on Saturday afternoon at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California.

The 6-0 senior finished as the game’s second-leading rusher with 51 yards on 9 carries.

On the season, Stowers is averaging 4.5 yard per carry on 17 carries with two touchdowns and a long of 21 yards.

The 7th-ranked Utes are undefeated at 11-0 and will put their BCS hopes on the line when they face the 14th-ranked BYU Cougars at home on Saturday.

With an undefeated record against Division II opponents, the Iolani Football team received the top seed in the 2008 Hawaii State Football Championships. After a first round bye, the Raiders will face the winner of the quarterfinal matchup between Konawaena and the eventual OIA Champion on Friday, November 28th at Roosevelt at 7:30pm.

On the season, Iolani is 6-2 in the ILH with one game remaining this Saturday against Pac-5. Should they win, the Raiders could contend for the overall ILH title with a Kamehameha win over Punahou and a Punahou win over St. Louis in the upcoming weeks.

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The Iolani Boys Cross Country team claimed the 2008 ILH Championship this past weekend by placing five athletes in the top 10, led by freshman Troy Esaki (second, 17:31) and senior captain Tyler Mulloy (third, 17:38, shown).

Up next for the team will be the Honolulu Marathon Cross Country State Championships which will be held at the Hawaii Preparatory Academy on the Big Island next week.

The Iolani Intermediate Football team captured the 2008 ILH Championship on Saturday afternoon with a 23-6 win over Word of Life at Kozuki Stadium on the Iolani campus.

Iolani finished their season at 6-1 with their only loss coming against Kamehameha (14-13) in the opening game of the season. The Raiders are led by head coach Ivan Suzuki ‘89 and alumni assistants Kevin Manuel ‘95, Greg Young ‘91, Gary Young ‘91, Dean Young ‘89, Eric Perkins ‘96, Blaine Kiyuna ‘93, Nolan Nakamura ‘92, Clint Onigama ‘96, Reinaldo Pacheco ‘98, Kawika Nakoa ‘02, Keone Nakoa ‘04 and Chuckie Nakoa ‘70.

[Photo: Honolulu Advertiser]

Catch the Iolani Varsity Football team live on OC16 as they take on the No.1-ranked Punahou Buffanblu today at 3:00pm on the Punahou campus.

Facing their third Division I opponent in as many weeks, the No.7-ranked Raiders are hoping to rebound from their 9-0 loss at Kamehameha last weekend and duplicate their performance from two weeks ago when they upset then-No. 1 St. Louis 35-30.

The Intermediate Football team pulled out a hard-fought 29-25 win over previously unbeaten Word of Life yesterday afternoon to force a one game playoff with the Firebrands next Saturday, October 25th.

The “winner-take-all” championship game will kickoff at 2pm at Iolani School.

The Punahou Buffanblu made quick work of the No.2-ranked Iolani Girls Volleyball team, defeating the Raiders 25-10, 25-20. It was the final home match for five seniors - Kelly Pang, Kelli Ching, I`isha Keliikoa, Chelsie Hardin, and Jana Tokuhama - who were each honored following the game.

At 12-2, Iolani will finish in 3rd place in the first round of ILH play and needs to finish in 2nd or higher in the next round to keep their state tournament hopes alive. Kamehameha and Punahou are tied at 13-1 atop the ILH and will likely playoff for the first round title (and automatic state tournament berth).

The Iolani Football Team moved up to No. 5 (from No. 8) in the most recent Star-Bulletin Hawaii Football Top 10 Poll after upsetting previously unbeaten and top-ranked St. Louis. With the loss, the Crusaders fell to No. 2 while the Buffanblu moved into the top spot. The Raiders received 6 (of 33) first place votes.

Important Note: Iolani will play the Kamehameha Warriors on Saturday, October 11 at Kamehameha Field at 7:00pm (an hour after kickoff of the UH game). The game was initially scheduled for Friday afternoon at Aloha Stadium, but has since been changed.

The biggest upset of the weekend wasn’t the University of Hawaii defeating 22nd-ranked Fresno State, it was the reigning Division II State Champion Iolani Raiders taking down perennial powerhouse and top-ranked St. Louis, 35-30 on Saturday evening at Aloha Stadium.

Video highlights from the KHON2 News:

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Video highlights from Iolani’s 33-6 win over Damien on Saturday, September 27 at Kozuki Field. The Raiders, currently undefeated in the ILH at 4-0, will take on top-ranked St. Louis on Saturday, October 4 at 7:45pm at Aloha Stadium.

First Video: Senior running back Kellen Imada scores on a 63 yard screen pass from junior quarterback Jarrett Arakawa (his only reception of the game). Imada finished with 129 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown.

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Update: The Iolani Football team improved to 4-0 in the ILH after defeating the Damien Monarchs 33-6 on four touchdown passes by junior quarterback Jarrett Arakawa. Two-way standout Kela Marciel caught two passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns (46, 58).

Update: The Iolani Girls Volleyball team upset #1-ranked Kamehameha in three sets (27-25, 23-25, 28-26) to pull into a first place tie in the ILH.

Off to a 3-0 start in league play, the Iolani Football team will take on ILH rival Damien this Saturday in a tough matchup that could decide the Division II title. The Monarchs are currently 2-1 and the leading contender to challenge the Raiders for the crown.

In their previous matchup, Iolani jumped out to 21-0 lead in the first half and held off a late Damien rally in the fourth quarter to earn the 27-21 win.

The game will kickoff at 2:00pm on Saturday, September 27th at Kozuki Stadium on the Iolani campus.

Just a half an hour before kickoff, the Iolani Girls Volleyball team will face the top-ranked and undefeated Kamehameha Warriors in a rematch of last year’s state final.

Iolani (8-1) is currently 2nd in the ILH, one game behind Kamehameha and a half game up on Punahou (7-1). (The Warriors defeated the Buffanblu in three sets on Tuesday evening.)

First serve is set for 1:30pm on Saturday, September 27th at Kekuhaupi’o Gym on the Kamehameha campus.

Two tough opponents. Two big games. Where you gonna go?…

[Photos: Star-Bulletin (above) & Honolulu Advertiser]

Jon Takamura ‘06, a backup linebacker and special teams player at Harvard, recorded 5 tackles in a come from behind win over Holy Cross on Friday night at Harvard Stadium.

Down for most of the game, the Crimson scored three touchdowns in the final quarter to edge the Crusaders 25-24 and improve to 1-0 in Ivy League play.

Note: One year ago, Holy Cross connected on a 40-yard touchdown pass with 19 seconds remaining to pull out a dramatic win over the Crimson in their season opener.

[Photo: GoCrimson.com]

Mike Hirokawa ‘06 (shown), a junior wide receiver/running back for the CMS (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps) Stags, scored three touchdowns in a 41-17 win over visiting Lewis & Clark College. Hirokawa caught three passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 23 yards on three carries with one touchdown.

Also on the Stag roster are recent graduates Landon Patoc ‘06, Ronnie Hirokawa ‘08 and Justin Yamamoto ‘08.

Utah running back Raynold Stowers ‘04 made the most of his first opportunity to carry the ball this season, rushing for 17 yards on 5 carries and scoring a 2-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter in a 58-10 win over Utah State.

Utah is currently 3-0 and ranked No. 20 in the latest AP and USA Today polls. Next up for the Utes is Mountain West Conference opponent Air Force who is also undefeated at 3-0.

[Photo: CMSAthletics.com]

Junior QB Jarrett Arakawa completed 19 of 29 passes for 302 yards and three touchdowns to help the Iolani Football team defeat Damien 27-21 in their first ILH regular season matchup. The Raiders built a 21-0 lead at half and hung on in the final minutes as the Monarchs cut the lead to six points late in the fourth.

Senior running back Kellen Imada carried the ball 22 times for 97 yards and Brandon Ball led all receivers with five catches for 118 yards and one touchdown.

Video: Brandon Ball 77-yard touchdown reception »
Video: Carl Gibson interception for touchdown »

More Football: The Intermediate Football team fell to Kamehameha 14-13 on a late touchdown by the Warriors with under a minute to play in the fourth quarter.

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The #2 ranked Iolani Girls Volleyball team (5-0) hung on for a 16-25, 25-10, 27-25 victory over Word of Life in their toughest ILH matchup thus far in the 2008 season. Junior Mahina Haina and senior Chelsea Hardin led the way for the Raiders with 14 and 10 kills respectively while I’isha Keliikoa and Alissa Youart contributed six kills apiece.

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Iolani freshman Lorens Chan captured the Barbers Point Invitational with a final round 73 to defeat runner up Matthew Ma ‘02 by one stroke.

[Photo: Honolulu Advertiser]

From the Honolulu Advertiser:
‘Iolani School football coach Wendell Look probably wouldn’t mind cloning quarterback/cornerback/punter/receiver Kela Marciel if he could, but for now he’s willing to do the next-best thing.

Which is to get the most out of the one Kela Marciel he does have.

Look and the Raiders got pretty good mileage out of Marciel in an 11-8 nonleague victory over Kaimuki on Saturday, when the 5-foot-11, 170-pound senior caught four passes for 145 yards — including a 77-yard reception for the winning touchdown with 23 seconds remaining — made two acrobatic interceptions, caused a fumble by stripping the ball loose from a Bulldogs runner, was in on about a dozen tackles and punted six times for a net average of 35 yards.

“I don’t think there’s anybody better,” said Look, when asked if Marciel is the state’s best all-around football player.

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Catch Marciel in action when the Raiders take on the Damien Monarchs in their first ILH regular season game on Friday, September 5th at 5:00pm at Aloha Stadium.

Senior running back Raynold Stowers ‘04 is right in the mix to fill a spot in the backfield for the Utah Utes when they open their season this weekend against the Michigan Wolverines.

Though three scrimmages in fall camp, Stowers caught 4 passes for 49 yard and a touchdown in the first game, scored the only red-zone touchdown (on a 2-yard run) in the second game and sparked the offense in the third game by opening with a 20-yard run on the first series.

Returning starter Darrell Mack, who rushed for over 1,000 yards last season, and top JC transfer Matt Asiata are expected to compete for the top spot, but Stowers, along with two other capable backs, is expected to see time on the field.

In 2007, Stowers started two games at running back and finished the season as the team’s second-leading rusher, carrying the ball 47 times for 261 yards (5.6 average) and two touchdowns which included a career-high 123 yards against Colorado State.

The Utes face Big Ten powerhouse Michigan on Saturday morning at 9:30am in Ann Arbor. The game will be televised on ABC or ESPN2.

[Photo: UtahUtes.com]

After getting off to a slow start, Keoni DeRenne ‘97 has been swinging a hot bat as of late for the York Revolution of the Independent League.

Though his last 11 games, DeRenne has batted 18-39 (.461) during which time his team has gone 8-3 and moved into first place in the Freedom Division of the Atlantic League.

On the season, he is batting .256 with 42 walks and just 31 strikeouts.

[Photo: York Blog]

On the Air - This Weekend:
• Friday, August 22nd - Iolani @ Leilehua (Football) - 7:30pm (OC16)
• Saturday, August 23rd - LLWS: US Championship - Waipahu vs. Louisiana - 9:30am HST (ABC)

Former Iolani basketball standout Liloa Nobriga ‘09, who moved with his family to Las Vegas after his sophomore year, is making a name for himself in the football recruiting world both here and on the mainland.

After being named All-Region Defensive Player-of-the-Year as a junior in 2007, the 6-2, 215lb linebacker had a strong showing at the All-Poly Camp this summer in Utah (named one the top linebackers at the camp) and is currently listed in the Rivals.com Nevada Top 20 as the 11th best recruit in the state (77th nationally among OLB).

Watch him in action: 2007-08 Season Highlights - Liloa Nobriga »

Nobriga has reportedly received offers from Hawaii, UNLV, Utah and Stanford, but has indicated in at least one interview that he is leaning toward becoming a Warrior.

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