Waipahu beat Konawaena 53-28 in the Hawaii Division I high school football championship game Saturday night at John Kauinana Stadium. The win avenges the Maurauders’ loss to Konawaena in the 2022 state title game.
Sophomore quarterback Elijah Mendoza threw for 415 yards and four touchdowns in the win.
Waipahu finishes 8-4. Konawaena wraps up 2023 with an 11-2 mark.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.
