The Kea'au Cougars will square off against the Kamehameha Hawai'i Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Kea'au is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Hawaii's top teams: Konawaena, who was ranked tenth at the time (Kea'au was ranked 20th). The Cougars came up short against the Wildcats on Saturday, falling 39-14.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 32 points the game before, Kamehameha Hawai'i was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 7-6 to Hilo. The game marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Kamehameha Hawai'i's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Kea'au, they now have a losing record of 4-5.
Kea'au didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Kamehameha Hawai'i in their previous matchup back in September, but they still walked away with a 20-14 win. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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