Kailua has been a force in baseball for quite some time and a good part of that is due to the wizardry of coach Corey Ishigo. The former steady second baseman for the University of Hawaii gives his team that same kind of steady hand year in and year out. It’s no surprise that the Surfriders are off to a 3-0 start in the OIA. Ishigo has brought them to eight league titles in his 20 years and he also […]
Hawaii Prep World has learned through multiple sources that the Interscholastic League of Honolulu has decided that ‘Iolani will move up to Division I for regular-season and state-tournament classification for football starting this fall. No official announcement has been made by the ILH. St. Francis, meanwhile, will move down to Division II. Last year, both ‘Iolani and St. Francis played a D-II ILH schedule, with ‘Iolani going to D-II states and St. Francis classified for D-I for states.’ When the […]
Campbell is taking a trip to the mainland for football this fall, according to head coach Darren Johnson. The Sabers will play O’Connor High in Phoenix on Aug. 31. The game came about due to Johnson’s connections with Eagles head coach Steve Casey. Johnson played wide receiver for Casey at Arizona Western and then was an assistant under Casey at Arizona Western. The Eagles, who are a 6A team in Arizona, went 3-7 a year ago. “We talked about it […]
The Oregon Ducks opened spring football practice on Wednesday with one freshman listed as a starter on the depth chart. Linebacker Isaac Slade-Matautia, a 2017 Saint Louis graduate who redshirted last season with the Ducks, was listed as the starting JACK linebacker. Slade-Matautia, who is 6 feet and 213 pounds, was the No. 2-ranked prospect out of Hawaii in 2017 and chose the Ducks over offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Central Florida, Colorado, Hawaii, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington and Washington State. […]
St. Francis, which has won the last two Division II state titles in boys basketball, will declare for Division I next season, the school said today. Co-athletic director Duane Eldredge was learning about the news from Co-AD Chad Konishi early Thursday afternoon as a reporter called. “Sister (Joan of Arc) was sharing that Kameron (Ng) was named the Gatorade player of the year. With that, she announced we’re moving up in boys basketball,” Eldredge said. In eight seasons of boys […]
St. Francis junior guard Kameron Ng, who led the Saints to their second consecutive boys basketball state championship in Division II last month, was named the Gatorade Hawaii player of the year on Thursday. Ng averaged 25.5 points, 3.6 assists, 3.3 steals and 3.1 rebounds per game according to the Gatorade press release. Earlier this week, he was named the ILH most valuable player in Division II. Per the press release, “as a Gatorade Player of the Year, Kameron will […]
Three of the top five offensive linemen who performed at The Opening in San Francisco over the weekend came from Hawaii. Lokahi Pauole, Kamehameha’s stout lineman, rated No. 3 overall. The other two top-five OL from the islands were Enokk Vimahi of Kahuku and Duke Clemens of Punahou. Pauole, a 6-foot-4, 295-pound junior, has scholarship offers from Boise State, Hawaii and San Diego State. He chatted with Hawaii Prep World after returning. To view our football recruiting page, click here. […]
Farrington’s Randall Okimoto said Wednesday night he is leaving his job as football coach of the Governors after 16 years at the helm. Okimoto informed the school administration of his decision Monday and met with his players to tell them on Wednesday. Okimoto plans to spend more time with his children, ages 9 and 4, and wife. He also said he had been weighing the pros and cons of coaching/raising a family for about the last six seasons and nearly […]