KAPALUA, Hawaii—Tony Finau has been in Hawaii long enough to become a motivational speaker. For football, not golf. Finau arrived three weeks ago to spend time with his wife’s family near the North Shore on Oahu. His good friend, an assistant football coach at Kuhuku High School, asked Finau to speak to the Red Raiders before they played for the state title. The stories he shared sounded familiar. They were about staying hungry and working hard even during the lean years and crushing losses. Finau knows that as well as anyone. He also makes no excuses and doesn’t grouse about any criticism carelessly thrown his way. “That’s how it is, and this is what I signed up for,” Finau had said after ending more than five years without winning at The Northern Trust. Kukuhu overwhelmed Saint Louis, 49-14, for its first state title in six years. “I made it clear …
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