Football

A club football informational meeting will be held Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Damien Memorial cafeteria. The meeting will be a chance for college athletes who are interested in playing for the Leeward or Windward clubs in Hawaii 8 — a new league under the nonprofit Hawaii Football Club — that starts in the spring of 2020. Windward coach Reggie Torres — the former Kahuku High coach — and Leeward coach Walter Young — the former Waianae High coach […]

Two MIL football teams will be hosting games against non-Hawaii schools this fall, according to the recently released schedule. Baldwin meets Edison of Huntington Beach, Calif., in an Aug. 16 game at War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku. The Bears are trying for their first MIL Division I title since 2016. Maui High is the two-time defending champion. Edison’s Tigers went 6-6 in 2018. The next night, Aug. 17, Kwansei Gakuin of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, visits King Kekaulike. In a bit […]

Running back Jonan Aina-Chaves, who made the All-State first team as a junior playing for St. Francis, will play his senior season at Campbell he said Monday. Aina-Chaves — known to many as “Bubba” — rushed for 1,289 yards and 15 touchdowns for the Saints last season. But St. Francis closed its doors, leaving Aina-Chaves temporarily without a team. “My boys in Ewa were all happy when I told them I was going to Campbell,” he said. “I’m registered and […]

Manti Te’o delivered a heart-warming speech at the Nissan Hall of Honor banquet Sunday night at Dole Cannery’s Pomaikai Ballrooms. In his address to the audience and the 12 newest inductees, Te’o did not shy away from bringing up some of the unpleasant trials that life has thrown at him, including the time that he suffered as a victim of a 2013 Internet hoax and media circus. “The things that I’m most proud of that I see are my scars,” […]

Koali Nishigaya has been a reliable target in the Saint Louis receiving corps, catching 68 passes for 909 yards and six touchdowns in his two seasons of varsity ball. But the sure-handed receiver recognizes the stakes heading into his senior season. Coaches and teammates have raved about Nishigaya in the past, but he still remains lightly recruited, even as a staple on a consensus top-10 team nationally. “Not really a lot right now,” he said when asked of college interest. […]