VIDEO: Kahuku football coach Makoa Freitas
By Paul Honda on August 2, 2017First-year head football coach Makoa Freitas chatted after Kahuku’s scrimmage at Kamehameha.
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Silva restoring Tigers pride; Say starts 27th season
By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2017On one side of the triangular matchup at the McKinley field last Saturday, you had a program having trouble putting enough players in uniform to participate. And no, it wasn’t the McKinley Tigers. It was the Kaiser Cougars, who have taken the mantle from the Tigers as the team that could forfeit games on a week by week basis. But it wasn’t so long ago that McKinley was in that exact same predicament. Before them, it was Anuenue, a school […]
12 from Hawaii make Poly award watch list
By Billy Hull on August 1, 2017The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame announced today the establishment of the Polynesian High School Player of the Year Award and 2017 watch list. The award will be presented annually to the most outstanding Polynesian senior high school football player in the country. Twelve players from Hawaii made the initial watch list of 52 kids. Additional players may be added during the season. Five finalists for the award will be announced on Dec. 7 and the winner will be announced […]
Kaiser to scrimmage Roosevelt instead
By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2017Even though the Kaiser varsity football team won’t have enough players suited up to play a nonleague game at Roosevelt on Friday night, they will have enough to participate in a scrimmage Saturday at 10 a.m. John Chung, the Roosevelt athletic director, confirmed the Saturday scrimmage in a Tuesday phone call. It will be held at Roosevelt’s Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium. In addition, the Kaiser vs. Roosevelt junior varsity football game time has been moved from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. […]
PREP FOOTBALL COUNTDOWN: No. 3 Punahou
By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2017You never know when a kicker is going to be called on to decide a football game, so it helps to have a good one on your high school team. Punahou never seems to have a bad one, and according to Buffanblu coach Kale Ane, this year is no different. You could actually call Punahou “Kicker U.” and it might stick. Within recent years, Kaimi Fairbairn has gone from kicking at Punahou to doing so at UCLA. Jet Toner is […]
Castle, Waialua to play all away league games
By Nick Abramo on July 31, 2017Castle is experiencing problems with the lights at its football field and will be playing all 2017 league games on the road against the regularly scheduled opponents. John Hao told Hawaii Prep World on Sunday about the situation. “Our lights don’t light up the field enough,” he said. “And the light housings are all rusted. It’s a safety issue.” The Knights will still play a nonleague game against Damien at home this Saturday at 3 p.m., when no lights are […]
Kaiser cancels varsity game vs. Roosevelt
By Nick Abramo on July 31, 2017Despite a successful three-team scrimmage against McKinley and Aiea on Saturday, the Kaiser varsity football team has canceled its first scheduled game. Roosevelt football coach Kui Kahooilihala informed Hawaii Prep World on Monday that Kaiser coach Arnold Martinez called him on Sunday to say that the Cougars do not have enough varsity players to safely play in that nonleague game scheduled for Friday at Roosevelt’s Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium. According to Kahooilihala, Martinez told him that only 12 Kaiser players would […]
Seabury Hall dabbles with 11-man football
By Nick Abramo on July 31, 2017Seabury Hall is getting some 11-man football experience. The private school on Maui has been fielding an 8-man football team in the Maui Interscholastic League since the sport began there in 2013. The Spartans will host an 11-man team from Canada for scrimmages on Aug. 5 and 11 and will be hosting an 11-man game against Hawaii Prep of the Big Island on Aug. 19 at War Memorial Stadium. “We play a little 11-man simply due to the fact that […]