High school football preview: Top division matchup in Hawaii

By Annmarie Toler | Posted 11/2/2017

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More than half the country will be playing high school football playoff games this weekend.

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Hawaii’s top game will feature OIA Division 1 matchup, between Max Preps No. 2 state-ranked Kahuku Red Raiders vs. No. 3 Mililani Trojans in the semifinals game.

The Trojans enter the game 10-0, while Kahuku is 9-1. This is a game that will be decided by the men in the trenches, as both teams are stacked at the line of scrimmage.

Dual-threat quarterback Sol-Jay Maiava, who has offers from Hawaii, Michigan, Utah and Fresno State, will lead the Red Raiders. Offensive tackle Enokk Vimah protects Maiava; Vimah has offers from Arizona State, Fresno State, Nebraska, Ole Miss, and many more.

On the other sideline, quarterback Dillon Gabriel leads the Trojans, along with offensive guard Scottie Agasiva, wide receiver Ryan Chang and center Noah Williams.

Utah enters its first week of playoffs and American Fork will face 6A foe East (Salt Lake City) in the MaxPreps Utah Game of the Week

East moved up this season to 6A and took the adjustment quite well. The Leopards are 9-2 this season and are looking to knock the Cavemen out of the playoffs. However, this will be the first time the teams have faced off since 2008, and the Cavemen have won three of the last four matchups.

Quarterback Bronson Barron will lead the Cavemen, alongside wide receivers Chase Roberts and Farrell Dean.

The Leopards have the second ranked running back in the state, Sione Molisi, and offensive guard Sam Taimani is fielding offers from Washington, Utah, Oregon, Alabama and many more.

For one of these teams, the season will end Friday night.

It's another big matchup in Indiana this weekend as playoffs continue.

Two of the best teams in the state, Max Preps ranks Warren Central No. 2, and Ben Davis No. 1 in the state. These two teams will face off Friday night.

When the two faced off in the regular season, Ben Davis (10-0) defeated Warren Central (7-3) 45-16, but only one of them will continue to the regional championships next weekend, in hope of reach the state championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium.

In Florida, St. Thomas Aquinas is set to take on Miramar in a nonconference game, but both teams will enter this matchup 8-1, and are looking to keep their winning streaks alive.

 St. Thomas Aquinas is on a four-game win streak, and Miramar is on a seven-game win streak.

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Another game that will take place on Friday night's Facebook LiveStream is California's Orange Lutheran (5-4) vs Santa Margarita (6-3).

Friday night, South Carolina will kick off the first round of its playoffs. In Class 5A, there are two undefeated teams that will look to advance to the next round of playoffs as well as one 4A team.

T.L. Hanna (10-0) will face Byrnes  (7-3), while Fort Dorchester (North Charleston) (10-0) faces Socastee (5-5) and 4A South Pointe (Rock Hill) (10-0) matches up against Midland Valley (2-8).  

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