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Tuitele, Vimahi, Tufono all top 100 recruits

By Billy Hull on April 6, 2017

There are already 10 current high school sophomores from Hawaii that have received Division I scholarship offers. Even with the departure of Kapolei quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa to a high school in Alabama, the class of 2019 in Hawaii will be one of the higher rated classes every to come out of the islands. Leading the way is Saint Louis defensive tackle Faatui Tuitele, who is one of three current sophomores from Hawaii to receive high praise from the recruiting service […]

‘Iolani, Radford take on mainland teams

By Nick Abramo on April 5, 2017

‘Iolani will play Saddleback Valley Christian in football at home in the Father Bray Classic on Aug. 19, according to Raiders coach Wendell Look. Saddleback Valley Christian is from San Juan Capistrano, Calif., which is located in Orange County. The Warriors went 7-4 in 2016 The Raiders went 5-8 overall and got hot at the end of the season, advancing all the way to the Division I state final before losing 31-20 to Mililani. The Raiders’ other nonleague game will […]

Saint Louis to play Waianae and Baldwin

By Nick Abramo on April 5, 2017

Saint Louis will play two nonconference games against Hawaii teams in football this fall to go along with its two games against mainland teams and regular Interscholastic League of Honolulu schedule. The Crusaders will play at Waianae on Friday, Aug. 4, and will host Baldwin at Aloha Stadium on Aug. 19, according to coach Cal Lee. Lee previously announced games against Taft (Watertown, Conn.) at Aloha Stadium on Aug. 26 and against Narbonne (Los Angeles) on either Sept. 22 or […]

Kahuku/Gorman game featured in documentary

By Christian Shimabuku on April 3, 2017

Last September’s game between Kahuku and Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas was featured in last Wednesday’s installment of QB1: Beyond the Lights, an online documentary on the streaming service go90. The show follows the senior seasons of Jake Fromm, a Georgia commit, Tayvon Bowers, a Wake Forest commit, and Bishop Gorman quarterback Tate Martell, who is currently enrolled at Ohio State. The latest episode of the show contains the lead-up to the Kahuku game in Martell’s segment. Some of the […]

Damien, St. Francis may declare for D-I

By Nick Abramo on April 2, 2017

There’s no question Damien and St. Francis will be classified in Division II for Interscholastic League of Honolulu football this fall. It’s possible, however, that both the Monarchs and Saints will declare for Division I in the three-tiered state tournament. At a league meeting recently, according to sources, a discussion of athletic directors and league personnel centered on declaring Saint Louis, Punahou and Kamehameha for the Open Division state tournament, Damien and St. Francis for Division I states, and ‘Iolani […]

‘Iolani opts for Division II in state football

By Nick Abramo on April 1, 2017

After two years of playing against Division I football competition, ‘Iolani is going down to Division II in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu, Raiders coach Wendell Look confirmed Friday. In addition, Look said that ‘Iolani has declared itself a D-II team for the state tournament. D-II is the bottom level of the new three-tier state tourney system. “Division II is what’s best for our program at this time,” Look said. “Two years is enough at the D-I level. We had the […]

Kalani excited for rare mainland football trip

By Billy Hull on March 31, 2017

A quick scroll though the Kalani football engine tells us that the Falcons have not played a football game on the mainland since beating Earl Wooster High School in Reno, Nev., in 1974 with senior Craig Ogata starting at quarterback. Four decades later under second-year head coach Scott Melemai, the Falcons are finally going back. Kalani will play Mount Tahoma (Wash.) in Tacoma on Sept. 8. The T-Birds, who are coached by Roosevelt alum Ricky Daley, went 3-7 last year. […]

Taulia Tagovailoa will not return for senior year

By Nick Abramo on March 30, 2017

Galu Tagovailoa has been busy. The husband and father of four — including two daughters and two quarterbacking sons — just sold his house in Kapolei last week and is moving the family to Alabaster, Ala., as first reported by Hawaii Prep World six weeks ago. They fly out April 3 to the state where his eldest son, Tua, is already living — on the campus of the University of Alabama. Tua, the oldest son, is a 5-star recruit and a former Saint […]

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