Defending state champion Saint Louis will play at Kaiser at about 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22. Darnell Arceneaux, a former Saint Louis and University of Utah quarterback who plays for the Hawaiian Islanders, will make his coaching debut for the Crusaders. He replaced Delbert Tengan, who took over the program for one season after Cal Lee retired from high school coaching.

Also making his coaching debut will be Pac-Five's Joe Onosai. He succeeded Don Botelho, who became the Interscholastic League of Ho-nolulu executive director. Onosai was an assistant for Botelho the past two seasons and is a product of the Pac-Five program.

Pac-Five and Kaimuki will be the first to tread on the new FieldTurf at Aloha Stadium in the opener of the Father Bray Classic Aug. 23. Game time is 2:30 p.m.

"The boys are more worried about the heat, but I don't think it will hit them until they get there," Kaimuki coach Ronald Oyama said. "It's a privilege and we're looking forward to it."

Added Onosai: "It's definitely an honor. But we're thinking more about preparing for the game."

Baldwin plays Farrington at 4:45 and Father Bray Classic host Iolani plays McKinley at 7:30.

Making its team debut will be Pac-Three of the Maui Interscholastic League. The Pac-Three will have players from St. Anthony, Seabury Hall and Ka'ahumanu Hou. St. Anthony's Kevin O'Brien is the head coach. Pac-Three will play at Honoka'a Aug. 22.

Some Hawai'i schools will host California schools, but none is nationally ranked like last year's No. 1 De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) and then-No. 3 Long Beach (Calif.) Poly. A team from Arizona has canceled a game against Kalani, Falcons coach Greg Taguchi said.

With the advent of the Division II state tournament, there will be some format changes in the leagues.

The O'ahu Interscholastic Association will play distinct Division I and Division II schedules with distinct champions and at-large berths for their respective state tournaments. The East and West consists of Red Conference teams that make up the OIA's Division I representatives. The White Conference teams are Division II.

The ILH will continue its two-division setup with Kamehameha, Punahou and Saint Louis in Division I. Damien, Iolani and Pac-Five will play in Division II. They will play twice in their respective divisions and cross over once. A playoff for the overall title will be held if the Division II champion finishes with a better record than the Division I winner. But the division champions will enter their respective state tournaments.

The three-team Kaua'i Interscholastic Federation will play its usual three-round schedule, but will have a representative in the Division I and II state tournaments. Waimea, by virtue of being the only KIF team to claim Division II status, essentially has an automatic state berth regardless of how it finishes in the regular season. Kaua'i or Kapa'a will be the KIF's Division I representative.

The Maui Interscholastic League will play its usual first- and second-half seasons with a playoff if there is a different champion in each half. The overall MIL champion advances to the Division I tournament. Although Lahainaluna and Pac-Three have proclaimed themselves for the Division II tournament, if one wins the overall MIL title, it will have to enter the Division I tournament with the other getting the Division II berth, MIL executive secretary Stephen Kim said.