Hawaii football needs some balance
By Dave Reardon on October 15, 2013Is competitive balance still a problem in Hawaii high school football?
Is competitive balance still a problem in Hawaii high school football?
An interesting sidebar to tonight’s big game is that both head coaches are former NFL players. Punahou’s Kale Ane was a center who specialized in long-snapping for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1975 to 1980 and with the Green Bay Packers in 1981. Kamehameha’s Doug Cosbie played tight end for the Dallas Cowboys from 1979 to 1988. Ane doesn’t recall matching wits as a head coach previously against a fellow NFL alumnus. “I think I came back to Punahou after […]
Before Saint Louis took on Kahuku on Saturday, many observers considered it a stretch to believe the Crusaders could pull off an upset of the two-time defending state champions. I was among them, fairly firm among the consensus pegging the Red Raiders as preseason No. 1 and not fully convinced the Crusaders had gotten past last year’s disappointing 5-5 campaign. Yes, beating Kahuku would be a stretch. But that’s exactly what multi-weaponed Saint Louis did on offense in winning 45-24 […]