Kapaʻa football coach shares his team's journey to championship victory

Hawaii Public Radio | By Russell Subiono

Published January 7, 2022 at 4:02 PM HST

kapaa high football — The Kapaʻa football team after winning the Division II state championship game on Dec. 30, 2021.

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

kapaa high school football coach mike tresler — Kapaʻa head football coach Mike Tresler.

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.

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Russell Subiono has been with Hawai‘i Public Radio since 2019. Born in Honolulu and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, he’s spent the last decade working in local film, TV, and radio. He got his start at HPR as a Production Assistant on The Conversation from 2016-2017. Prior to his return, he spent two years as a producer at KITV4 Island News, where he oversaw Hawai‘i’s only hour-long evening broadcast. He also served as HPR’s Fund Drive Producer for two years before returning to The Conversation as Executive Producer. In the moments when he’s not working at the station, you can find him visiting donut shops, making top-5 lists, and developing comedy videos that never get made.

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