Football

Club football is about to become available to college students across Hawaii via a program called Hawaii 8. The plan, which is being put forth by the nonprofit Hawaii Football Club, is to put five teams on the field for competition next spring and beyond. The hope is for the five-team conference to eventually become eight, according to HFC executive director Keala Pule. Some big names from Hawaii high school football — former Kahuku coach Reggie Torres and former Waianae […]

You don’t have to wait until the first weekend in August to watch Hawaii high school-age football teams going at it. They’ll be doing it this weekend in the Island 7v7 Classic football tournament at Aloha Stadium. Games will run Saturday and Sunday in all the youth age divisions. The highest age group, 18-U, will give fans a glimpse at some of the upcoming high school football athletes this fall. The following are just some of the 18-U teams signed […]

Changes are coming to the Big Island football hierarchy whether smaller schools like Konawaena like it or not. It is a classic trickle-down, or trickle-up, scenario. And the dominoes are falling. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported today that the Big Island Interscholastic Federation will avoid mismatches between Division I dynasty Hilo and recent eight-man football convert Kohala by using a divisional scheduling format. But the chain-reaction result is that D-II powerhouse Konawaena, and D-II Honokaa, are likely to move up to […]

The National 7v7 Association is bringing a football tournament to Hawaii. The top four teams in all age divisions of the Island 7v7 Championship on March 16-17 will advance to the nationals in Atlanta. But the big prize is a paid trip to the nationals for winners in each age group. Aside from the 18-U division, which will include many of the standout high school players in Hawaii, there will be 15-U, 14-U, 12-U, 10-U and 8-U. Games will be […]