Karin Stanton | Hawaii247.com Contributing Editor
The BIIF still has one team in contention after Friday night match-ups in the Hawaii High School Athletic Association state football tournament.
HPA advances, while Honokaa is stopped short.
HPA knocks off Moanalua, 17-14
Max Verbrugge snuck home a 31-yard field goal with 2:07 remaining to clinch the win for HPA over host Moanalua in the quarterfinals of the Division II State Football Championships.
The Big Island Interscholastic Federation champs are now 11-0 on the season and will play at No. 2 Kauai (9-0) in next Friday’s semifinals.
Farrington stuffs No. 4 Honokaa, 48-16
Unseeded Farrington hopped out to a 21-9 lead at half time, before Honokaa staged a valiant comeback to close the score to 28-16 in the fourth quarter.
The effort was snuffed out by a Honokaa fumble, which resulted in a Farrington TD, and a personal foul penalty lead to another TD.
Farrington now is 10-2 and will face Oahu Interscholastic Association champion Kahuku (11-0) in Friday’s semifinals at Aloha Stadium.
Honokaa’s season ends at 8-4 after its first Big Island Interscholastic Federation since 1974. The Dragons also figured in state playoffs in 1973 and in 1957.
Friday scores:
Division I
At War Memorial Stadium, Wailuku, Maui
Leilehua 48, Baldwin 12
At Kealakehe
Farrington 48, Honokaa 16
Division II
At Aiea
Aiea 20, Lahainaluna 12
HPA 17, Moanalua 14
NOV. 27 GAMES
Division I
At Aloha Stadium
No. 1 Kahuku vs. Farrington, 4 p.m.
No. 2 Kamehameha vs. Leilehua, 7 p.m.
Division II
At Radford
No. 1 Iolani vs. Aiea, 7 p.m.
At Vidinha Stadium, Kauai
No. 2 Kauai vs. HPA 7 p.m.
Championship games: Dec. 4 at Aloha Stadium
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