Division I championship game coaches Wendell Look of ‘Iolani and Rod York of Mililani chatted at a press conference for the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships on Tuesday at Aloha Stadium.
Open Division championship game coaches Cal Lee of Saint Louis and Vavae Tata of Kahuku chatted at a press conference for the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships on Tuesday at Aloha Stadium.
Division II championship coaches Garret Tihada of Lahainaluna and Philip Rapozo of Kapaa chat at a press conference for the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships at Aloha Stadium.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RECORD BOOK It was seven years ago, at one of Chad Owens‘ all-star football camps, when Timmy Chang first met a young kid with big aspirations. “This little kid came up to me and said, ‘Hey Timmy, you know I’m going to break your record one day,’” Chang recalled Thursday while sitting in traffic in Charlotte, N.C. “At the time, I had just gotten done playing (football) and didn’t really know what the record was or anything, […]
Enjoy it, boys. This year’s new state championship format gives two more groups of players the chance to play for a state title. For a select few, it will be a footnote on their great football careers. For the overwhelming majority, though, this weekend’s games represent the pinnacle of their high school athletic experience. Like O.J. Simpson and Ernie Banks on the national stage, the list of greats who never appeared in the big game is even longer. Here is […]
The format might change, but the players could very well stay the same. This weekend’s three state championship games could feature four freshman starters, from celebrated quarterback Sol-Jay Maiava of Kahuku to Lahainaluna fullback Joshua Tihada. Mililani has two phenoms expected to hit the field in left guard Sergio Muasau and cornerback Asher Pilanca. When Maiava takes his first snap in Saturday night’s state Open championship, he will join a list of impressive freshmen and sophomores to start at quarterback […]
Longtime Leilehua football coach Nolan Tokuda told Hawaii Prep World this morning that he has retired from coaching. Tokuda cited family needs (young children) as his primary reason for stepping down after more than a decade as head coach. He will also apply for the athletic director position in July. He added that he supports longtime assistant coach Mark Kurisu as the next head coach. “Mark has already been named (head coach) this morning,” Tokuda wrote via text. “It’s Mark’s […]
Saint Louis senior quarterback Tua Tagovailoa confirmed that he will graduate from Saint Louis early and depart for Alabama in January, according to a report today at SEC Country. Tagovailoa is an oral commit to No. 1-ranked Alabama and will not visit other schools. The letter-of-intent signing day is in early February. Saint Louis will play Kahuku on Saturday night in the Open Division final of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships at Aloha Stadium. Tagovailoa’s plan to complete […]