Oahu Interscholastic Association
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Oahu Interscholastic Association
Data
OIA Executive Director Dwight Toyama
Affiliation: HHSAA (Hawaii Prep Sports)
Classification: Red West/East (DI) and White (DII)
Established: 1940
Website: www.oiasports.com
Region: Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...

, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

 21.2919°N 157.8220°W
Members: 24


The Oahu Interscholastic Association or OIA is an athletic conference composed of all public secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

s on the island of Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...

. The OIA was first founded in 1940 as the Rural Oahu Interscholastic Association or ROIA. The five founding schools were Castle High School
James B. Castle High School
For schools of the same name, see Castle High SchoolJames Bicknell Castle High School, more commonly James B. Castle High School or simply Castle High School, is a public coeducational high school located in Kāneohe CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. The school serves grades 9 through 12 and...

, Kahuku High School
Kahuku High School
Kahuku High & Intermediate School, located in Kahuku CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of Oahu, serves approximately 1,850 students in grades seven through twelve and is part of the Windward District on the island of Oahu. It is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education...

, Leilehua High School
Leilehua High School
Leilehua High School is a public, co-educational, college preparatory high school in Wahiawa, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. It is part of the Hawaii State Department of Education, nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, and fully accredited by the...

, Waialua High & Intermediate School
Waialua High & Intermediate School
Waialua High and Intermediate School is a public intermediate and high school for grades 7-12 in the Waialua CDP in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii on the Island of Oahu....

 and Waipahu High School
Waipahu High School
Waipahu High School is located at 94-1211 Farrington Highway in Waipahu on the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii. Waipahu High School was founded in 1938 under the Session Laws of 1937 and Act 191 of 1938. The first graduates of Waipahu High School were from the class of 1941. The last...

. The OIA originally comprised all the rural schools on Oahu, which were all of the schools that were not situated in the main city of Honolulu. This changed however in 1970 with the addition of the five former public school members of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu
Interscholastic League of Honolulu
The Interscholastic League of Honolulu or ILH is an athletic conference composed of private secondary schools in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The ILH comprises 26 private schools with over 7500 students participating in 22 different sports including cross country, track and field, swimming and diving,...

 - Farrington High School
Farrington High School
Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High School is a public secondary school located in the Kalihi district of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Hawaii....

, Kaimuki High School
Kaimuki High School
Kaimuki High School is a WASC-accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kaimuki High School falls under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Department of Education. It is bordered by the Manoa-Palolo Drainage Canal, Kapiolani Boulevard, Kaimuki Avenue, Crane Park and Date...

, McKinley High School
President William McKinley High School
President William McKinley High School, more commonly referred to as McKinley High School, is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve...

, Roosevelt High School
President Theodore Roosevelt High School
President Theodore Roosevelt High School is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve...

 and Kalani High School
Kalani High School
Kalani High School is a WASC-accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Kalani is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education. Kalani is located on Kalanianaole Highway....

. After the public Honolulu schools joined, the league changed its identity from the ROIA to simply OIA to reflect the integration of all of the public high schools on the island.

The OIA now has 24 member schools who compete in 19 different junior varsity and varsity level sports. The league produces a number of quality athletic teams in a number of sports, especially football. The OIA concurs with the Hawaii Board of Education and Hawaii Department of Education in recognizing athletics as an integral part of the educational program of the high school and holds its athletes to a number of academic and behavioral standards.

Mission statement

The mission of the OIA is to promote unity and cooperation amongst the member schools in the establishment and administration of policies and regulations for implementing an interscholastic athletic program. The association shall stress educational and cultural values, promote skills in competitive activities and foster sportsmanship and mutual respect.

Members

Institution Nickname Location Football Division Enrollment
Aiea High School
Aiea High School
Aiea High School is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve. Established in 1961, 'Aiea High School is located in the 'Aiea CDP in the City and County of Honolulu of the state of Hawaii. It is...

 
Na Alii Aiea
Aiea
Aiea or Aiea may refer to:* Members of the Hawaiian flowering plant genus Nothocestrum**Nothocestrum breviflorum A.Gray - Smallflower aiea...

 
Red-West 1183
Anuenue School Na Koa Palolo
Palolo
Palolo may refer to:*Palolo, Hawaii, a valley and neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii*Palolo worm, a species of invertebrate that lives in tropical coral reefs...

 
White 378
Campbell High School
James Campbell High School
James Campbell High School, often simply Campbell High School or JCHS, is a public coeducational high school located at 91-980 North Road in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, 25 miles away from Downtown Honolulu. The school serves grades nine through twelve, has an enrollment of around 2,550 students, and is...

 
Sabers Ewa Beach  Red-West 2639
Castle High School
James B. Castle High School
For schools of the same name, see Castle High SchoolJames Bicknell Castle High School, more commonly James B. Castle High School or simply Castle High School, is a public coeducational high school located in Kāneohe CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. The school serves grades 9 through 12 and...

 
Knights Kaneohe  Red-East 1421
Farrington High School
Farrington High School
Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High School is a public secondary school located in the Kalihi district of Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Hawaii....

 
Governors Kalihi
Kalihi
thumb|300px|Historically, Kalihi was an [[ahupua'a|ahupuaʻa]], or area of land ruled by chief or king and managed by the members of the [[alii|alii]]Kalihi is a neighborhood community of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, United States...

 
Red-East 2637
Hakipuu Learning Center Kaneohe None 77
Halau Ku Mana Manoa
Manoa
thumb|240px|right|Vintage shot of University of Hawaii, Manoa240px|thumb|right|Vintage photo of Manoa ValleyMānoa is a valley and a residential neighborhood of Honolulu CDP of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States; the community is approximately three miles east and inland from...

 
None 99
Halau Lokahi Kapalama
Kapālama
-History:The name comes from ka pā lama in the Hawaiian language which means "the enclosure of lama wood". "Lama" was the Hawaiian name for endemic ebony trees of genus Diospyros that were used in religious ceremonies....

 
None 214
HI Center for the Deaf and Blind Waikiki
Waikiki
Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City and County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, in Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is the shoreline fronting Waikīkī....

 
None 72
Kahuku High School
Kahuku High School
Kahuku High & Intermediate School, located in Kahuku CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of Oahu, serves approximately 1,850 students in grades seven through twelve and is part of the Windward District on the island of Oahu. It is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education...

 
Red Raiders Kahuku  Red-East 1663
Kailua High School
Kailua High School
Kailua High School is a four-year public high school located in the Maunawili CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on the island of O‘ahu, adjacent to the Kailua CDP. The school serves students grades 9 through 12.-History:...

 
Surfriders Kailua  Red-East 902
Kaimuki High School
Kaimuki High School
Kaimuki High School is a WASC-accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kaimuki High School falls under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Department of Education. It is bordered by the Manoa-Palolo Drainage Canal, Kapiolani Boulevard, Kaimuki Avenue, Crane Park and Date...

 
Bulldogs Kaimuki  White 867
Kaiser High School  Cougars Hawaii Kai  Red-East 1017
Kalaheo High School
Kalaheo High School
Kalaheo High School is a public high school in Kailua CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on the island of Oahu.The school building opened as an intermediate school in 1966, but was repurposed as a high school in 1973. The school mascot is the Mustang, and the school colors are...

 
Mustangs Kailua White 859
Kalani High School
Kalani High School
Kalani High School is a WASC-accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Kalani is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education. Kalani is located on Kalanianaole Highway....

 
Falcons Kahala
Kahala
Kāhala, Honolulu, Hawaii is a neighborhood located alongside Kaimuki and Waialae, featuring many beachfront properties. This small neighborhood has some of the most expensive real estate in the city of Honolulu and the state of Hawaii....

 
White 1137
Kapolei High School
Kapolei High School
Kapolei High School, located in Kapolei community in the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the Island of Oahu, is a public high school. It is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education....

 
Hurricanes Kapolei  Red-West 2159
Samuel M. Kamakau Laboratory Kailua None 115
Leilehua High School
Leilehua High School
Leilehua High School is a public, co-educational, college preparatory high school in Wahiawa, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. It is part of the Hawaii State Department of Education, nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, and fully accredited by the...

 
Mules Wahiawa  Red-West 1900
McKinley High School
President William McKinley High School
President William McKinley High School, more commonly referred to as McKinley High School, is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve...

 
Tigers Honolulu  White 1789
Mililani High School
Mililani High School
Mililani High School is the only public high school located in Mililani Town CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. on the island of Oahu....

 
Trojans Mililani  Red-West 2460
Moanalua High School
Moanalua High School
Moanalua High School is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve. Established in 1972 and graduated its first class in 1975, Moanalua High School is located in suburban Salt Lake near Moanalua in the...

 
Menehunes Moanalua
Moanalua
Moanalua is a valley, a stream, an ahupuaa, and a residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. The valley extends inland from behind Āliapaakai crater to the crest of the Koʻolau Range....

 
Red-East 2102
Myron B. Thompson Academy
Myron B. Thompson Academy
Myron B. Thompson Academy, commonly referred to as Thompson Academy or MBTA, is an e-learning institution operating as a "New Century Public Charter School" under the Hawaii Department of Education. Thompson Academy is the result of a white paper study developed by the school's principal, Diana...

 
Honolulu None 552
Nanakuli High School  Golden Hawks Nanakuli  White 972
Pearl City High School
Pearl City High School (Hawaii)
-Basic Information:Pearl City High School And Pearl Grammar School - Taunsa Campus is located in the Waimalu CDP in the City and County of Honolulu in the state of Hawai'i, adjacent to the Pearl City CDP....

 
Chargers Pearl City  White 1869
Radford High School  Rams Salt Lake
Salt Lake
For a lake containing a high concentration of salt, see salt lake.More specifically, Salt Lake may refer to:- Cities, counties, towns etc. :* Salt Lake, Hawaii, a neighborhood on the island of Oahu...

 
Red-West 1188
Roosevelt High School
President Theodore Roosevelt High School
President Theodore Roosevelt High School is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve...

 
Rough Riders Honolulu Red-East 1385
Waialua High School
Waialua High & Intermediate School
Waialua High and Intermediate School is a public intermediate and high school for grades 7-12 in the Waialua CDP in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii on the Island of Oahu....

 
Bulldogs Waialua  White 609
Waianae High School
Waianae High School
Waianae High School is a public, coeducational secondary school in the Waianae CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the leeward coast of the island of Oahu. The school about northwest of central Honolulu CDP. An average of 2,000 students are enrolled annually in grades 9-12...

 
Seariders Waianae  Red-West 1909
Waipahu High School
Waipahu High School
Waipahu High School is located at 94-1211 Farrington Highway in Waipahu on the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii. Waipahu High School was founded in 1938 under the Session Laws of 1937 and Act 191 of 1938. The first graduates of Waipahu High School were from the class of 1941. The last...

 
Marauders Waipahu  White 2458

Football

The OIA consists of 3 divisions/conferences: OIA Red-East, Red-West, and White. The OIA Red conferences compete at the Division I level while OIA White teams compete at the Division II level. Teams are realligned every 2 years based on performance of both the varsity
Varsity team
In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...

 and junior varsity.
RED-West
  • Aiea Na'ali'i
  • Campbell Sabers
  • Kapolei Hurricanes
  • Leilehua Mules
  • Mililani Trojans
  • Radford Rams
  • Waianae Sea Riders

RED-East
  • Castle Knights
  • Farrington Governors
  • Kahuku Red Raiders
  • Kailua Surfriders
  • Kaiser Cougars
  • Moanalua Menehune
  • Roosevelt Rough Riders

WHITE
  • Anuenue Na Koa
  • Kaimuki Bulldogs
  • Kalaheo Mustangs
  • Kalani Falcons
  • McKinley Tigers
  • Nanakuli Golden Hawks
  • Pearl City Chargers
  • Waialua Bulldogs
  • Waipahu Marauders

Rivalries

Official site of the Oahu Interscholastic Association

OIA Sports

| Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 | Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 (boys and girls) | Bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...

 | Cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...

 | Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 | Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 | Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 | Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

 | Paddling | Riflery | Soccer (boys and girls) | Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

 | Soft Tennis
Soft Tennis
Soft tennis is a racket game played on a court of two halves, separated by a net. Like regular tennis, it is played by individuals or pairs , whose object is to hit the ball over the net, landing within the confines of the court, with the aim of preventing one's opponent from being able to hit it...

 | Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 | Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 | Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 | Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 (boys and girls) | Water Polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 | Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

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