Football

It’s nearly mid-March, which means spring football is still some time away. The preseason, regular season, all light years away. But with so much attention on local prospects, especially Saint Louis juniors Tua Tagovailoa and Isaac Slade-Matautia, Hawaii Prep World caught up with Crusaders head football coach Cal Lee for a chat on Friday afternoon. Between the Prep Bowl/state-championship dynasty he built at Kalaepohaku and his later years as an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii, Lee’s perspective is […]

There are probably a few connecting flights between Honolulu and Nashville, Tenn. Marcus Mariota, the phenom from Saint Louis and Oregon, knows that well as the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans. Kekaula Kaniho, one of Kahuku’s all-state cornerbacks, might become familiar with that destination soon enough. Kaniho received offers on Thursday from Vanderbilt and Washington State. The tie-in to Commodore country? Kahuku head coach Vavae Tata was an assistant in player development at Vanderbilt in 2014. Kaniho already had […]

Well, that was quick. Or was it? Hours after Colorado and UCF became the latest FBS programs to offer Isaac Slade-Matautia football scholarships, the hometown team stepped up. The University of Hawaii is now the eighth school to make an offer to the Saint Louis linebacker. New UH assistant coach Craig Stutzmann, a former standout at Saint Louis, made the offer this afternoon. “He talked to Isaac privately,” said Julia Pulu, Slade-Matautia’s mother. It’s the fulfillment of one of the […]

The mailman in Isaac Slade-Matautia’s neighborhood is getting a workout. Colorado and Central Florida made football scholarship offers to the Saint Louis junior on Monday. That increases the standout linebacker’s offer total to seven: Arizona, Arizona State, Nebraska, Washington, Washington State along with CU and UCF. “It’s nice to know that his hard work and our family’s sacrifices are starting to pay off,” said Julia Pulu, his mother. “You’ve got to sacrifice as a family to get him into great […]