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2017 Top Stories: Softball’s tectonic shift to OIA West

By Paul Honda on January 3, 2018

In Tuesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Paul Honda wrote about the top 10 prep stories of 2017. You can read it here. Here’s a deeper look at one of the 10 stories. 7. OIA West dominates softball While the ILH has dominated the Top 10 rankings in basketball and volleyball, state softball titles have continued to remain the domain of public-school programs. In D-I girls volleyball, an ILH team has won the state title every year since ’02, when Kahuku took the […]

2017 Top Stories: Coaching gets more complicated

By Paul Honda on January 3, 2018

In Tuesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Paul Honda wrote about the top 10 prep stories of 2017. You can read it here. Here’s a deeper look at one of the 10 stories. 8. Coaching gets more complicated There were notable, longtime football coaches who were released from their duties in 2017. Amosa Amosa was let go by Campbell, quickly scooped up as an assistant coach by Kapolei. Nelson Maeda, who spent more than two decades at the helm at Castle, is now […]

2017 Top Stories: Taulia takes over in Alabama

By Paul Honda on January 3, 2018

In Tuesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Paul Honda wrote about the top 10 prep stories of 2017. You can read it here. Here’s a deeper look at one of the 10 stories. 9. Taulia takes over in Alabama His departure from Kapolei broke a few hearts, but Taulia Tagovailoa hasn’t missed a beat since landing at Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala. He had two prolific seasons at Kapolei, where he passed for 6,703 yards and 64 touchdowns. His family then moved […]

2017 Top Stories: Kahuku wins boys hoops title

By Paul Honda on January 3, 2018

In Tuesday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Paul Honda wrote about the top 10 prep stories of 2017. You can read it here. Here’s a deeper look at one of the 10 stories. 10. Kahuku captures boys basketball title While the Kahuku football team generates most of the attention, the boys basketball team drew plenty of enthusiasm from fans during its state-championship run. The Red Raiders were led by All-State Fab 15 selections Jessiya Villa (player of the year), Samuta Avea and Daniel […]

2006 prep football all-star teams

By Jerry Campany on January 3, 2018

Reggie Torres‘ first season as Kahuku head coach in 2006 ended with the Red Raiders winning the state title with a 7-6 victory over Saint Louis. Torres was the coach of the year and won without either the offensive or defensive player of the year on his roster. Both newspapers agreed on Waianae’s George Kauwalu as the top defensive player in the state. The Honolulu Advertiser chose Saint Louis quarterback Micah Mamiya as its offensive player of the year. Mamiya, […]

Pupule ballot: Kahuku, Roosevelt surging

By Paul Honda on January 3, 2018

Only by digging through the differences between OIA, ILH, MIL, BIIF and KIF teams that have yet to ascend from the middling positions of their respective league standings do I get a better perspective. Kapolei, for example. The Hurricanes start preseason on fire with seven wins in their first eight games. Then some struggles, including a 1-4 start in the OIA West. They’re now 3-4 and could be 5-4 by the end of this week. It’s a classic example of […]

1992 prep football all-star teams

By Jerry Campany on January 2, 2018

This was the first of consecutive seasons the Star-Bulletin did not recognize players of the year, giving the Honolulu Advertiser the sole duty of choosing the state’s best. Saint Louis receiver Brendyn Agbayani and Campbell defensive lineman Jerry Leaeno were voted the top players on offense and defense. Coach of the year honors went to Waianae’s Harry Mitsui. Scroll all the way to the league all stars where you will find photos of ILH co-coach of the year Wendell Look […]

Pupule ballot: How to modify weak OIA West schedule

By Paul Honda on January 2, 2018

Like any pyramid-shaped format, fleshing out a Top 35 list is not easy. It’s almost fun. But the more I do this, the more I learn about some of these middling programs that have all kinds of potential. Sometimes, determination and commitment push a team from the middle of the pack to a state-tournament berth. That’s as much (or more) a thrill as having all the talent in the world and dominating competition en route to a title. A lot […]

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