Kahuku LOI Day: Jamora, Schwenke, Kaka

The outgoing crop of football talent at Kahuku isn’t large this season, but there’s plenty of quality.
Hauoli Jamora and Jackson Kaka made good on their initial commitments this morning. Jamora, the Star-Bulletin defensive player of the year, followed through and signed with Washington.
Kaka inked his pact with New Mexico State.
Meanwhile, Kona Schwenke finalized his agreement [...]

LOI Day, mainland signees: Akuna, Fehoko, Ioane end drama

Paul Honda made the rounds on letter of intent day, snapping photos of the athletes as they signed papers indicating where they would go to college.
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By Paul Honda
They needed a little more time, but the final three commitments by elite Hawaii high school football prospects were signed in ink this morning at the Sheraton Waikiki.
The [...]

Tom Lemming photo tour

National high school football recruiting guru Tom Lemming returned to the islands to meet with many of the state’s top underclassmen on Dec. 11 at Kapolei High School.
Players were interviewed on camera and filled out information forms for Lemmings, who hosts a TV show and is known as the source for national football recruiting.

Photos by [...]

Tautofi: Leavin’ Las Vegas?

By Paul Honda
Well, since the proverbial “cat’s out of the bag” at this point — another media source has noted that former Kaimuki athlete Desmond Tautofi may return from Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) soon — let’s discuss.
I first got wind of Desmond’s possible return a few weeks ago. (So why not bring it up then? [...]

Mainland wins again

By Paul Honda
For three quarters, the best of Hawaii and Polynesia kept the nation’s No. 1 running back under check.
 
Unfortunately, while Lache Seastrunk took awhile to find paydirt, teammate Deuce Coon had no trouble, catching three touchdown passes as the Mainland All-Stars pulled away from Hawaii/Polynesia for a 26-6 win Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. 
 
It [...]

West gets boost from Waialua

By Paul Honda
Defense brought a state championship to Kamehameha, and a chunk of that same defense gave the West All-Stars a near-flawless performance in a 27-6 win over the East All-Stars in Saturday’s HUB Goodwill Senior Bowl at Aloha Stadium. 
 
The West All-Stars, with standouts like Beau Yap, Keko‘o Weisbarth-Tafaoimalo and Wave Ryder of Kamehameha, limited [...]

Kamehameha is King

By Paul Honda
phonda@starbulletin.com
Kahuku was the top seed, but the Kamehameha Warriors were top flight.
The Warriors ruled the first half with a 20-point lead before fighting off the Red Raiders for a 34-21 win in the final of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division I State Football Championships last night before 22,661 at Aloha Stadium.
Kamehameha won its [...]

Raiders claim D-II title

By Jason Kaneshiro
jkaneshiro@starbulletin.com
Wendell Look didn’t expend a whole lot of words in his halftime speech.
Whatever the ‘Iolani head coach did express in those moments after a miscue-laden first half, it worked.
“We didn’t really tell them too much at halftime,” the ‘Iolani head coach said. “I left it up to them.”
After committing six turnovers before the [...]

Football poll

Star-Bulletin Football Top 10
Nov. 24, 2009
RANK    SCHOOL (first-place votes)    RECORD
1. Kahuku  (14)                 11-0 (9-0 OIA)
Last game: did not play
Next game: Farrington, Friday
2. Kamehameha (5)            10-1 (7-1 ILH)
Last game: did not play
Next game: Leilehua, Friday
3. Leilehua                    9-3 (7-2 OIA)
Last game: def. Baldwin
Next game: Kamehameha, Friday
4. Farrington   [...]

State secrets

Hawaii Prep pulls off the first round’s biggest upset
Kalei Konrad’s 30-yard field goal with 2 minutes remaining gave Ka Makani a stunning 17-14 victory over host Moanalua in the opening round of the First Hawaiian Bank Division II State Football Championships last night.
Hawaii Prep (11-0) handed Na Menehune (10-2) their first loss in more than [...]

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