Football

The 2018 Polynesian Bowl, featuring 100 of the top high school football seniors in the country, kicks off tonight at Aloha Stadium at 6 p.m. For rosters of each team, click here. Saint Louis’ Chevan Cordeiro is expected to start at quarterback for Team Mauka. Other stuff from this week: Punahou’s Uluave owns social media for a day Quotes from Jacob Isaia, Palaie Gaoteote, Jonah Kahahawai-Welch, Kahale Huddleston and more A live blog will follow below. Team Makai 31, Team […]

The 1978 Prep Bowl saw Waianae quarterback Michael Beazley throw a touchdown pass on one of only two completed passes in the entire game to lead the Seariders to a 14-6 win over Kamehameha. That wasn’t an indication of how voting for the All-State teams by both newspapers went, however. Saint Louis’ Wayne Apuna was the player of the year from both newspapers and teammate Paul Goo, a quarterback, was the back of the year. Apuna was dominant on both […]

Two months and a day after winning a state championship with his Saint Louis teammates at Aloha Stadium, Chevan Cordeiro will return to the same field one last time in high school. And just like in that 31-28 win over Kahuku, Cordeiro will do so as the starting quarterback, a Polynesian Bowl official confirmed. The Star-Advertiser All-State offensive player of the year and University of Hawaii signee will take the first snap at quarterback for Team Mauka against Team Makai […]

The year 2001 was all about Kahuku under coach of the year Siuaki Livai, who led the Red Raiders to a 14-0 record and a state championship. Kahuku extended its winning streak to 23 consecutive games with offensive player of the year Inoke Funaki at quarterback and defensive player of the year Jonathan Mapu a force on the defensive line. The Honolulu Advertiser shared offensive player of the year honors between Funaki and running back Mulivai Pula. Pula scored on […]

College football’s national championship game was a special night in Hawaii. Watching Saint Louis alum Tua Tagovailoa, as a true freshman, come off the bench to throw three touchdown passes for Alabama in an overtime win over Georgia caused quite the frenzy, both in real life and on social media. Tagovailoa was quickly trending nationwide on Twitter and many of Hawaii’s up-and-coming football players were quick to send their praise. Punahou senior Alama Uluave decided to have some fun with […]

Kahuku announced the hiring of Sterling Carvalho as its head varsity football coach today. Carvalho had coached the junior varsity team for the past three seasons. He replaces interim coach Makoa Freitas, who went 11-2 this past season, won an OIA title, and advanced to the state title game in the Open Division. Carvalho, a Kauai High graduate and former quarterback, is a former assistant under previous Kahuku head coach Reggie Torres. He was a finalist along with Freitas, who […]

The year 2010 was the first prep football season after the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspapers merged in June. With Kahuku forced to forfeit all of its games due to the use of an ineligible player and unable to compete in the state tournament, that made things pretty easy for ILH champion Saint Louis, which rolled to a state title and swept the top awards. Quarterback Marcus Mariota was the offensive player of the year and defensive lineman Juda […]

A football All-Star game in Hawaii is a pretty good way to end your high school career. Whether you’re a player from here or from the mainland, what’s not fun about that? They get to put on the pads — in January — and do what they absolutely love to do but mostly only in the fall months. On Tuesday at Kamehameha’s Kunuiakea Stadium, however, Super Bowl-winning coach Dick Vermeil reminded the All-Star players who are moving on to play […]