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Kahanu Kia will always remember this month of September. On Wednesday, a day after Notre Dame made a scholarship offer to the Punahou senior, Stanford came up with an offer of its own. “It’s all good. It’s definitely exciting. Man, I like everything about Stanford. It’s the best in the business. They have everything academically and athletically. They have everything,” the 6-foot-2, 210-pound senior said on Thursday afternoon. Former Punahou defensive back Alaka‘i Gilman plays for Stanford. “Alaka‘i, I texted […]

UCLA, California and Virginia have become the 15th, 16th and 17th FBS schools to offer football scholarships to Punahou junior Tevarua Tafiti. The 6-foot-3, 208-pound defensive end already has offers from Hawaii to the Pac-12 to the Big Ten to the Big 12 and ACC, as well as Notre Dame. The Bruins and Golden Bears made their offers formalized on Tuesday, which saw an explosion of offers across the country, particularly for underclassmen. Virginia followed suit on Wednesday. The phone […]

(Update: Stanford offered a scholarship to Kia later in the day, the 15th school on his list.) Summer was serene and mostly silent for Kahanu Kia. The daily workouts were a grind, the clanging of 45-pound plates and the churning of cleats on grass. Notre Dame changed the mood for Kia, offering a football scholarship to the 6-foot-2, 210-pound linebacker on Tuesday night. “Every offer is different for me in what they bring to the table, but shoot, it’s Notre […]