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==Kahuku football== [[File:Young American football players.png|thumb|Young, American football players]] Many of the people in the Kahuku community and in the football community have Samoan or Tongan roots<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-samoans-are-so-overrepresented-nfl-180969935/|title=The Roots of Samoans' Rise to Football Greatness|website=Smithsonian}}</ref> and high school football has become quite important to them. Kahuku High School in this small, rural, coastal town on the [[North Shore (Oahu)|North Shore of Oahu]] has produced many highly-regarded American football players. The players are regularly scouted by American colleges and universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/04/08/sports/sports-breaking/university-of-hawaii-signs-kahuku-football-star/|title=University of Hawaii signs Kahuku football star|date=8 April 2019|website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38015543/former-kahuku-football-kona-schwenke-dead-at-25|title=Former Kahuku football player Kona Schwenke dead at 25|first=David|last=McCracken|website=Hawaii NEWS Now}}</ref> Many end up playing professionally for the [[National Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Sep/27/br/br2673904815.html|title=Kahuku tied for producing most NFL players|website=The Honolulu Advertiser}}</ref>
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