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The Big Island Interscholastic Federation released its updated football schedule for this fall on Friday morning in an email from BIIF football coordinator and Kau High athletic director Kalei Namohala. 

The league schedule begins on Friday, Oct. 15 with a pair of Division II games. Kau will visit Kamehameha-Hawaii, while Honokaa will play host to Kohala on opening night. Pahoa will visit Hawaii Prep the next day. 

The Division I schedule gets underway the following weekend, with No. 11 Hilo visiting Konawaena on Friday, Oct. 22. Waiakea will host Keaau at Ken Yamase Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 23. 

The five teams in Division I are Hilo, Konawaena, Kealakehe, Waiakea and Keaau, while Kamehameha-Hawaii, Hawaii Prep, Honokaa, Kohala, Kau and Pahoa make up the teams in D2. 

All teams will play a single round-robin schedule within their division. D1 teams will have a four-game schedule, with the top four teams advancing to the league semifinals on Friday, Nov. 26. D2 teams will play five regular-season games and also have a four-team tournament, with the semifinals held on Saturday, Dec. 4. 

The winners of the league championship games — D1 to be held on Friday, Dec. 3 and D2 on Saturday, Dec. 11 — will advance to the HHSAA state tournament, which is scheduled for late December and early January. 

A complete BIIF football schedule, subject to change, is listed below.

Big Island Interscholastic Federation football schedule (as of Sept. 17)

Friday, Oct. 15
Kau at Kamehameha
Kohala at Honokaa

Saturday, Oct. 16
Pahoa at Hawaii Prep

Friday, Oct. 22
Hilo at Konawaena
Hawaii Prep at Honokaa

Saturday, Oct. 23
Keaau at Waiakea
Pahoa at Kohala
Kamehameha-Hawaii at Kealakehe*

Friday, Oct. 29
Waiakea at Kealakehe
Honokaa at Kamehameha-Hawaii

Saturday, Oct. 30
Keaau at Konawaena
Kohala at Kau

Friday, Nov. 5
Kealakehe at Keaau
Pahoa at Kamehameha-Hawaii

Saturday, Nov. 6
Waiakea at Hilo
Kau at Hawaii Prep

Thursday, Nov. 11
Keaau at Kamehameha-Hawaii*

Friday, Nov. 12
Kealakehe at Hilo
Pahoa at Honokaa

Saturday, Nov. 13
Konawaena at Waiakea
Hawaii Prep at Kohala

Friday, Nov. 19
Hilo at Keaau
Konawaena at Kealakehe

Saturday, Nov. 20
Honokaa at Kau
Kohala at Kamehameha-Hawaii

Friday, Nov. 26
Division I semifinal at higher seed
Division I semifinal at higher seed

Saturday, Nov. 27
Pahoa at Kau
Kamehameha-Hawaii at Hawaii Prep

Friday, Dec. 3 
Division I championship at higher seed

Saturday, Dec. 4
Division II semifinal at higher seed
Division II semifinal at higher seed

Saturday, Dec. 11
Division II championship at higher seed

*indicates non-league game