PAHALA — Buddy Flores stood with his hands on his hips on the sidelines, occasionally pacing as the most inconsequential football player at Pahala Ball Park.
Though his offense was in capable hands, the Ka‘u senior, after missing one class too many, had to watch impatiently from the sidelines during the first half as the Trojans battled Kohala.
“It made me hungry,” Flores said.
The quarterback wasn’t alone, and he and his teammates didn’t stop grinding Saturday until their appetite for a championship was satisfied.
Flores helped the Trojans run roughshod with two touchdowns, and he even threw for a score, as Ka‘u bulldozed its way to a 36-26 victory, winning its second BIIF eight-man title in three seasons after yielding it to the Cowboys last season.