The Kapaʻa High School football team brought home Kauaʻi’s first state football championship last week when it defeated Kamehameha-Maui 61-7.

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Kapaʻa has played in four of the last five Division II championship games without a win. But then on Dec. 30, 2021 — victory. To learn more about the team’s journey to the top, The Conversation sat down with head coach Mike Tresler.
This interview aired on The Conversation on Jan. 7, 2022. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1.