Cal Lee, Rod York, Kaeo Drummondo and Bryson Carvalho don’t get asked this question often, but they were kind enough to reply: What spirit animal is your football team. They chatted at the coaches press conference for the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships.
The Roosevelt Rough Riders turned back the clock and put together its best team Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium has ever hosted. The field was home to a winning Roosevelt team for the first time since it was named after the legendary ILH coach in 2007. Kui Kahooilihala earned his 18th career win and will never match the 91 put up by Vasconcellos at the school but he can rest easy knowing that he put up a season that rivals any other. […]
Saint Louis defensive lineman Faatui Tuitele became the third different Crusader to win the Marcus Mariota Award as the state’s player of the year handed out tonight as part of the Cover2 awards show broadcast on KHON2. To watch the full episode, click here. Tuitele, who committed to the University of Washington earlier this week, joined Tua Tagovailoa in 2016 and Chevan Cordeiro in 2017 as winners of the award. The initial player of the year award was handed out […]
It’s time to start considering whether David Tautofi is the best coach the Kaimuki Bulldogs have ever had. After his fourth season, Tautofi is the only coach to put four winning seasons together and has compiled a 27-16 record to nuzzle up against Lowell Cambra (36-37-1) as the second-winningest coach in Kaimuki history. Tautofi took it to the next level this year, winning 10 games for the first time since Clint Onigama‘s squad won 12 in 2010. Tautofi’s boys actually […]
Coach Rod York was oozing with spirit Wednesday night at Mililani’s second-to-last full practice before Saturday’s big game. The vibes he gave off were coming in crystal clear: the Trojans believe they can do what many feel is the impossible. The task at hand is the Open Division finale of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships. Mililani (9-2) is considered an underdog against the Saint Louis Crusaders (10-0), the top-ranked team in the state and as high as No. […]
Faatui Tuitele will be wearing a variety of jerseys in the months to come. But before the recent Washington commit suits up in the 2019 All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl before heading to Seattle, one thing’s for sure. Saturday night’s Open Division final against Mililani in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships will be his last time donning a Saint Louis uniform. “It’s gonna be a real sad moment, not gonna lie. Being here at Saint Louis since I […]
The Baden QB-1 is the official ball of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships, and it gets mixed reviews from the coaches. Two of the six coaches in Saturday’s championship tripleheader are fine with it, one coach does Jedi mind tricks in order for his team to go with the flow and “love” it, two others have serious problems with it and the other coach gives it a mixed review. From the point of view of a handful of […]
It’s not a perfect mission every time out, but even as a first-year starting quarterback, Saint Louis’ Jayden de Laura is truly producing at an extraordinary level. The young de Laura occasionally forces plays, but with 2,117 passing yards, 19 TDs and a modest eight picks, he is having an brilliant season with the best completion rate (68.8 percent) and passer rating (191.55). Those numbers are easily comparable to the first-starting season statistics of Chevan Cordeiro (2017), Tua Tagovailoa (’14) […]