KEALAKEKUA — On a quest to hoist the BIIF Division II championship belt for a third consecutive year, Konawaena delivered the first haymaker and the last.
The Wildcats scored on the first play of the game and notched a pair of fourth quarter scores to hold off Kamehameha in a defensive battle 17-9 at Julian Yates Field on Saturday night.
The BIIF title is the third consecutive for the Wildcats and sixth in the last seven years. The Warriors have to settled for their third consecutive runner-up finish, with the program’s last title coming in 2014.
Konawaena advances to the HHSAA D-II tournament, which begins Nov.