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Polynesian Player of the Year Watch List announced

By Billy Hull on August 9, 2018

Fifty players are in the running for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award. The watch list, announced Thursday, includes 14 players with Hawaii ties. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding Polynesian college football player that epitomizes great ability and integrity. Former winners of the award include quarterback Marcus Mariota (Saint Louis) in 2014 and defensive lineman Hercules Mata’afa in 2017. Players with Hawaii ties selected to the watch list are: Utah DL Bradlee Anae […]

PREPPING for 2018: Waipahu Marauders

By Nick Abramo on August 8, 2018

16TH IN A SERIES Things just got a bit brighter at Waipahu. The football team, which has been on the rise since Bryson Carvalho took over as coach before the 2015 season, did something last weekend that shook up the state. A 34-13 nonleague upset of Open Division powerhouse Waianae shook up the state of things. It happened at the most interesting of times, since football on Oahu has, for the first time, been placed into three neatly drawn-up and […]

PREPPING for 2018: St. Louis Crusaders

By Nick Abramo on August 8, 2018

15TH IN A SERIES Saint Louis is going into the 2018 season with big aspirations. That’s as usual. The difference this year, though, is for the first time in a long time, the Crusaders are playing a brutal schedule. No pushovers. There could also be a trap game in Friday’s OIA-ILH alliance Open Division opener. Saint Louis plays Waianae, a team licking its wounds, at Aloha Stadium. The Seariders were roughed up 34-13 by Division I Waipahu last week in […]

HAWAII GROWN: Hanaoka honored with No. 1 jersey

By Billy Hull on August 8, 2018

Northwestern football has a tradition established in 2011 of giving the No. 1 jersey for the season to a deserving student-athlete. This year’s recipient of that jersey is Chad Hanaoka a 2014 ‘Iolani alumnus who made his on-field debut for the Wildcats in the 2016 Outback Bowl as a redshirt freshman against Tennessee. A 5-foot-6 senior running back, Hanaoka joined Northwestern in the fall of 2014 as a walk-on to the football team, but because he took so long to […]

VIDEO: Is this offensive pass interference?

By Paul Honda on August 8, 2018

In the aftermath of Kahuku’s 61-9 rout of Konawaena, there were few questions remaining. One is still lingering: was this play really offensive pass interference. Konawaena quarterback Sheynen Nahale launches this pass to wide receiver Marc Basa for an apparent 50-yard gain. Nothing unusual on the play as the Kahuku defense tackles Basa at the 5-yard line. But a few moments later, the play is nullified. “I preach to my staff that we don’t complain. I just never want to […]

PREPPING for 2018: St. Francis Saints

By Nick Abramo on August 7, 2018

14TH IN A SERIES So close. Those two words describe the St. Francis Saints in football. They are always battling right to the end of the season but have yet to reach the promised land. The 2017 season ended with a devastating 13-12 loss to Damien in the ILH Division II championship game. A berth in the D-I state tournament was on the line. It was the second year in a row St. Francis was a whisker away from advancing […]

HAWAII GROWN: High praise for Tua, Milton by ESPN

By Billy Hull on August 7, 2018

ESPN has ramped up its college football coverage ahead of opening weekend at the end of the month and put out its list of top 50 players in college football. ESPN made it clear that the rankings were about how a player will do in 2018 and have nothing to do what with has been accomplished up to this point. That is why Alabama quarterback and Saint Louis alumna Tua Tagovailoa comes in at No. 11 on the list. Only […]

VIDEO: Farrington-Leilehua highlights

By Paul Honda on August 7, 2018

Both Farrington and Leilehua showed promise in this nonconference battle at Hugh Yoshida Stadium on Friday night. One of the recurring themes for the visiting Governors was speed both sides of the ball. An explosive ground attack kept much of the pressure off freshman quarterback Richard Tagataese, and the Govs defense came up with six sacks and a fumble return for a score. Leilehua showed some moxie, hanging close despite early struggles. First-year starting QB Max Nichols showed big-play capability […]

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