HHSAA State Football Championships

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) State Football Championship consists of the two games that are played annually to crown the Division 1 and Division 2 state football champions in Hawaii. Before 1999, when the State Football Championship game was instituted, Hawaii did not crown an official state champion in football and instead held the Oahu Prep Bowl, which matched up the champions of the two football leagues on Oahu to play.

As of 2016, the Hawaii High School Athletic Association board approved for a three-tier football state championship format, which will go into effect. The number of teams in the Divisional tournaments will vary each year.

History of the Oahu Prep Bowl
In the early years of prep football the question of "who's the best high school football team in the state" could never be answered as Hawaii never conducted a state championship. This all changed in 1973 when Bill Smithe of the Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) and Clay Benham of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) struck a deal where the champions from each league met to decide who was the best team in the state. The game was initially called the Oahu Bowl, marking the first time that league champions played each other in the postseason. Though the bowl game did not include neighbor island champions, it was considered Hawaii's state championship. In 1974, the name was changed from Oahu Bowl to the Oahu Prep Bowl and the game became an annual tradition.

Past Oahu Prep Bowl Championship Results
Prep Bowl Past Champions Record (Championships/Runners-Up)
 * St. Louis (14-3)
 * Waianae (4-10)
 * KS-Oahu (3-2)
 * Pac-Five (2-0)
 * Iolani (1-0)
 * Kaiser (1-0)
 * Leilehua (1-1)
 * Radford (1-1)
 * Nanakuli (0-1)
 * Punahou (0-1)
 * Farrington (0-1)
 * Kahuku (0-5)

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Leilehua

RUNNER-UP: St. Louis

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Lahainaluna

Division I
* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Punahou

RUNNER-UP: Leilehua

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Radford

Division I

 * Denotes overtime game

DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: KS-Oahu

RUNNER-UP: Kahuku

Division II
* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Kauai

Division I

 * Denotes overtime game

DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: St. Louis

RUNNER-UP: Waianae

Division II
* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Kaimuki

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Kahuku

RUNNER-UP: Punahou

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Waipahu

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Kahuku

RUNNER-UP: Punahou

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Lahainaluna

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Punahou

RUNNER-UP: Mililani

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Kaiser

RUNNER-UP: Kaua'i

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Mililani

RUNNER-UP: Punahou

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Lahainaluna

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Kahuku

RUNNER-UP: St. Louis

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Radford

RUNNER-UP: Kapa'a

Open Division
OPEN DIVISION STATE CHAMPION: St. Louis

RUNNER-UP: Kahuku

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Mililani

RUNNER-UP: 'Iolani

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Lahainaluna

RUNNER-UP: Kapa'a

Open Division
OPEN DIVISION STATE CHAMPION: St. Louis

RUNNER-UP: Kahuku

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Hilo

RUNNER-UP: Damien

Division II
* Denotes overtime game

DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Lahainaluna

RUNNER-UP: Konawaena

Open Division
OPEN DIVISION STATE CHAMPION: St. Louis

RUNNER-UP: Mililani

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Waipahu

RUNNER-UP: Hilo

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Lahainaluna

RUNNER-UP: Kapa'a

Open Division
OPEN DIVISION STATE CHAMPION: St. Louis

RUNNER-UP: Kahuku

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Hilo

RUNNER-UP: 'Iolani

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Lahainaluna

RUNNER-UP: Kapa'a

Open Division
OPEN DIVISION STATE CHAMPION: Kahuku

RUNNER-UP: St. Louis

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: 'Iolani

RUNNER-UP: Lahainaluna

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Kapa'a

RUNNER-UP: KS-Maui


 * All state tournaments games are held at Farrington High School’s Skippa Diaz Stadium due to construction at Aloha Stadium.

Open Division
OPEN DIVISION STATE CHAMPION: Kahuku

RUNNER-UP: Punahou

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Konawaena

RUNNER-UP: Waipahu

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Waimea

RUNNER-UP: King Kekaulike

Open Division
OPEN DIVISION STATE CHAMPION: Kahuku

RUNNER-UP: Mililani

Division I
DIVISION I STATE CHAMPION: Waipahu

RUNNER-UP: Konawaena

Division II
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPION: Waimea

RUNNER-UP: KS-Maui

HHSAA Division Classification
* Private School

Classifications as of 2022 season

8 Man**
* Private School

** The HHSAA does not recognize a championship sport unless three or more leagues participate.