Football

The inaugural Polynesian Bowl scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 21 at Aloha Stadium is continuing to grow. The game has secured commitments from 68 players, including 14 currently playing for Hawaii high schools. Nineteen states are represented with 19 players currently listed in ESPN’s top 300. Farrington running back Challen Faamatau, who leads the state with 1,187 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns entering the state tournament, accepted an invite this week. He joins the following list of players already committed […]

The trial run of the HHSAA’s new three-tier format for the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships begins Friday with six games. The creation of a six-team Open Division has created quite a stir among fans, players and coaches alike. The release of the brackets in the three divisions has created plenty of controversy surrounding the seeding of certain teams. Yet here we are, ready to play the games as scheduled. Here are 10 storylines to watch over the next […]

The inaugural Polynesian Bowl will be telecast on ESPN3, the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame and ESPN announced Wednesday. But the telecast will be blacked out in Hawaii. Hawaii News Now (Raycom Media), who owns television stations KGMB-CBS and KHNL-NBC and operates KFVE in Honolulu, will be providing the local production. The Polynesian Bowl is a high school all-star game that will feature elite senior football players of Polynesian heritage and other ancestries from across the country. The game — […]