The expectation for the Kealakehe football program is always championship or bust. Since the school won its first football title in 2004, there have only been three seasons that weren’t banner years for the Waveriders.
Hilo has won the last two DI championships, and during the two-year title drought, the Waveriders have suffered some humbling losses.
Sam Kekuaokalani enters his second year as the official head coach of the program and is hoping to turn the tide in the right direction in 2015. He also steered the Waveriders to an undefeated championship season in 2011 on an interim basis.