Hawai’i football-commit Maika Eugenio fires a pass against Kahuku in Bishop Gorman’s 38-0 win over the Red Raiders. | Photo: Michael Lasquero, HSRN

Hawaii football commits shine in Bishop Gorman’s win over Kahuku

BY MICHAEL LASQUERO | HSRN
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 1, 2025

KAHUKU — Saturday night’s non-league matchup between nationally-ranked Bishop Gorman and host Kahuku provided a mini preview of future members of the University of Hawai’i football team.

Led by quarterback Maika Eugenio, a trio of Rainbow Warrior commits from the class of 2026 played a hand in the Gaels’ 38-0 win over the Red Raiders at Carleton E. Weimer Field over the weekend.

Eugenio completed 31 of his 38 passes for 367 yards and three touchdowns in the win.

“I love it,” Eugenio said of the trip to Hawai’i. “Just taking a look at the beach, all the scenery, all the people all the families that are around here.”

One of his favorite targets was slot receiver Isaiah Nickels, another Hawai’i-commit, who finished with eight receptions and 73 yards to help set up multiple scoring drives.

“It’s just a blessing to be in Hawai’i right now,” Nickels said. “As a young boy I never really got to experience Hawai’i like that. My mom grew up here so it was good to be back and see the environment and play football here.”

 

In the previous week, Nickels said he was able to see the Rainbow Warriors defeat Stanford on a walk-off field goal for a 23-20 win to cap week 0 of the college football season.

“I thought it was an amazing game,” he said. “It’s just the start for Hawai’i. People doubt Hawaii thinking they’re not a good team this year but I think Hawai’i is on the come up.”

The third Hawai’i-commit was kicker Hudson Borsari, who booted five PATs and made a 38-yard field goal.

“It was great,” Borsari said of the experience. “Starting to feel like home a little bit out here and I’m just excited to get it going with them next year and get work in.”

Kahuku did get two sacks and an interception from Teave Crawford to spark some life energy to its fans in attendance, but it was pretty much a dominating by the visiting Gaels from Las Vegas.

Starting Kahuku quarterback Matai Fuiava completed just three passes for two yards before giving way to Troy Mariteragi, who completed 9 of his 12 pass attempts for 64 yards.

“Defensively we played pretty tough,” said Kahuku interim coach Nihoa Pule. “We were on the field quite a bit, but we did shutdown their running game to a certain extent. Offensively we got a spark in the second half, it’s just putting it all together now.”