The Campbell Sabers entered the prep football season ranked No. 3 in the Star-Advertiser Football Top 10. Senior running back Sky Lactaoen, center Lyrik Belaras and wide receiver/defensive back Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala chatted about the high expectations. Lactaoen learned about a scholarship offer from Navy after this interview. Mokiao-Atimalala has committed to Hawaii.
As the Friday night lights come back to life in Ewa Beach this week, expect Rod York and the Mililani Trojans to bring their share of fireworks. York has never lost a season opener as Mililani head coach heading into Friday night’s showdown at No. 3 Campbell at 7:30 p.m. In his nine season openers, York’s Mililani teams have averaged 45.4 points and allowed only 13.0 points. He will be breaking in a new quarterback in an opener for the […]
Moanalua mentor Savai’i Eselu ended last season claiming to be outcoached by John Hao of Castle in the OIA playoffs, vowing to never cost his kids a game again. As luck would have it, Eselu’s next chance to prove it will become against one of the state’s all-time most successful coaches. ‘Iolani will visit Moanalua for the first time on Saturday, giving Wendell Look yet another territory to conquer. Look, the third-winningest coach in state history behind Cal Lee of […]
Saint Louis’ Stanley McKenzie has been named a Polynesian Bowl All-Star. McKenzie, a 6-foot-2, 270-pound defensive tackle, made the Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State third team last year despite playing behind Polynesian Bowl alums Faatui Tuitele and Gino Quinones. A three-star recruit and ranked as the 13th-best prospect in the senior class from Hawaii this year by 247 Sports, McKenzie committed to California in June out of an offer sheet that included Arizona, Boise State, California, Central Michigan, Hawaii, Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon […]
Kahuku offensive lineman Micah Soliai Howlett has been named a Polynesian Bowl All-Star. The 6-foot-4, 290-pound senior is the 16th Red Raider to be selected to the game in the four years of its existence but just the third offensive lineman from Kahuku (Vili Fisiiahi, Enokk Vimahi). Soliai Howlett missed time last season with an injury but still managed to land on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State third team. He committed to Arizona State in June after receiving offers from seven […]
The 2020 Polynesian Bowl will take place Saturday, Jan. 18, at Aloha Stadium featuring 100 of the best high school football players in the country. Over the next nine weeks, two players will be selected and announced every Thursday on Hawaii Prep World. Currently there are 78 players who have already earned invitations. Players from Hawaii high schools already selected are: >> Jordan Botelho, LB, Saint Louis >> Maceal Afaese, DE, Kapolei >> Alaka’i Gilman, DB, Punahou >> Nick Herbig, […]
Three-time defending Open Division state champion Saint Louis is right back when it left of last season. The Crusaders are No. 12 in the first USA Today Super 25 rankings of the season, matching their season-ending ranking from a year ago. A week ago, Saint Louis checked in at No. 11 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 preseason rankings. The Crusaders, who have won 26 games in a row since losing to Punahou in the regular season in 2016, open their […]
The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame announced its 2019 Watch List for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award today. Fourteen of the 63 players named to the list are alums of high schools in Hawaii. Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (Saint Louis) leads a list of players that includes Utah’s Bradlee Anae (Kahuku) and Mika Tafua (Kamehameha), LSU’s Breiden Fehoko (Farrington), Hawaii’s Dayton Furuta (Mililani), Kaimana Padello (Mililani) and Solomon Matautia (Campbell), Notre Dame’s Alohi Gilman (Kahuku), Southern […]