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Seismologically speaking, this weekend is an 8.0 on the Hawaii high school football richter scale. No. 1 Saint Louis and No. 2 Kahuku going at it at Aloha Stadium on Friday night, and fans are also going to be treated to No. 6 Kamehameha at No. 4 Campbell on Friday, and No. 5 Punahou at No. 3 Mililani on Saturday. It’s not even the midpoint of the season, and yet, these tests await. “All three games, this is what the […]

So far, Hawaii high school football teams are 6-5 against mainland squads. Two more Hawaii vs. mainland games remain in 2018 — Kaimuki at Sierra Vista (Las Vegas) on Friday, and Farrington vs. Carson (Carson, Calif.) on Saturday at Liberty High in Las Vegas. On Aug. 11, Baldwin started it off the transpacific competition in a 74-55 loss to Bartlett (Anchorage, Alaska). No. 1 Saint Louis’ 47-7 victory over Narbonne (Los Angeles) at Aloha Stadium on Aug. 17 is Hawaii’s […]

The sixth season of Cover2: Hawaii High School Football Weekly kicked off tonight on KHON2. An overtime segment featuring KHON2 sports director Rob DeMello, Spectrum OC commentator Jordan Helle and the Star-Advertiser’s and Hawaii Prep World’s Billy Hull previews the three big OIA-ILH matchups this weekend in the Open Division as No. 1 Saint Louis plays No. 2 Kahuku, No. 3 Mililani faces No. 5 Punahou and No. 4 Campbell tangles with No. 6 Kamehameha. You can watch that below. […]

Punahou defensive back Kaulana Makaula has been selected a Polynesian Bowl All-Star. The announcement came tonight on Cover2: Hawaii High School Football weekly on KHON2. Makaula, who is 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds, can play both defensive back and safety. He holds scholarship offers from Brigham Young and Hawaii. The third annual Polynesian Bowl high school football all-star game will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 at Aloha Stadium Over the next nine weeks, Hawaii Prep World and Cover2: Hawaii High […]

Jim Easterwood, who died of natural causes Sunday at age 81 in Nashville, was a sportswriter at the Star-Bulletin for 20 years. He covered just about everything on the Hawaii sports scene in the 1970s and ’80s, but his biggest impact was on high school athletics. The last seven of his years at the paper were my first seven, and he was my best friend at work despite our age difference and his status as a living legend and mine […]