5:45 p.m. The GPA Football College Showcase is underway. It’s been packed here at T.C. Ching Field since I got here around 4 p.m. Registration started at 3 p.m. and Rich Miano says there were players here since 11 a.m. Last year’s Showcase — then known as the Maximum Exposure Camp — drew about 300 players. This year there are 500 and word is they’ve opened it up to 600, all for a chance to show their talents to 80 […]
10th IN A SERIES Next: Kaiser Cougars KALAHEO MUSTANGS >> 2015 record and finish: 2-7 (2-6 OIA D-II); did not qualify for the playoffs >> Number of returning starters: 13 (6 offense, 7 defense) >> Number of returning seniors: 14 >> Number of starters lost to graduation: 14 >> Number of seniors lost to graduation: 12 >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections lost to graduation: None >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections returning: None >> OIA D-II All-Stars lost to graduation or […]
In 2015, Pacific Islands Athletic Alliance teamed with Gridiron Performance Academy teamed up to bring local football players and college coaches from across the nation together at the Maximum Exposure Camp. The three-day event was a hit, marking the first time in nearly a decade that college coaches had an opportunity to work with players in a clinic format. It also gave recruiters a chance to work directly with prospects, and many scholarship offers arrived for local players immediately after […]
Things move pretty fast in football these days. The season is a few months away, but CBS MaxPreps already has its national rankings out and Kahuku is ranked No. 39. The Red Raiders went 13-0 a year ago and won the state Division I championship, its eighth title since 2000. They finished the 2015 season as No. 37 in the nation. The possibility is there for Kahuku to make a national statement. On Sept. 17, the Raiders visit Las Vegas […]
NINTH IN A SERIES Next: Kalaheo Mustangs KAIMUKI BULLDOGS >> 2015 record and finish: 7-5 (6-2 OIA D-II); defeated Nanakuli 27-22 in the OIA D-II semifinals; lost 28-6 to Radford in the OIA D-II final; lost 7-0 to Lahainaluna in the first round of the D-II state tournament >> Number of returning starters: 10 (5 offense, 5 defense) >> Number of returning seniors: 12 >> Number of starters lost to graduation: 13 >> Number of seniors lost to graduation: 16 […]
A few years have passed since Will Putnam called Ewa Beach home. Back then, he was a 6-foot-1 (6-1 and a half, to be precise), 215-pound seventh grader. The Ewa Beach Sabers were his team. His biggest motivators: coaches Galu Tagovailoa and Phil Faoa. “That’s where you grow into becoming a young man mentally and spiritually, and also with football skills,” Putnam said by phone on Wednesday night from Chatham, Ill, where his family moved two years ago. “I don’t […]
EIGHTH IN A SERIES Next: Kaimuki Bulldogs KAILUA SURFRIDERS >> 2015 record and finish: 7-3 (5-2 OIA Blue); beat Waipahu 57-6 in first-round of the OIA D-I playoffs and lost to Waianae 37-22 in the quarterfinals >> Number of returning starters: 11 (6 offense, 5 defense) >> Number of returning seniors: 20 >> Number of starters lost to graduation: 11 >> Number of seniors lost to graduation: 23 >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections lost to graduation: Nilsson Gaison (third-team OL), […]
SEVENTH IN A SERIES Next: Kailua Surfriders KAHUKU RED RAIDERS >> 2015 record and finish: 13-0 (7-0 OIA Red); beat Saint Louis 39-14 for the state Division I championship >> Number of returning starters: 11 (6 offense, 5 defense) >> Number of returning seniors: 33 >> Number of starters lost to graduation: 11 >> Number of seniors lost to graduation: 30 >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections lost to graduation: Tamatoa Neher (first-team OL), Jess Kanongataa (first-team DL), Bradlee Anae (first-team […]