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Q & A: Saint Louis football coach Cal Lee

By Paul Honda on March 11, 2016

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 […]

Kahuku’s Kaniho picks up 2 new offers

By Paul Honda on March 11, 2016

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 […]

Tagovailoa rises in Scout.com rankings

By Hawaii Prep World on March 10, 2016

Saint Louis junior Tua Tagovailoa is the No. 1 uncommitted quarterback for the Class of 2017 according to Scout.com. Tagoaviloa is rated as the No. 40 overall prospect at any position and fourth among quarterbacks in the latest rankings released on Thursday. The top three are Bishop Gorman QB Tate Martell (Texas A&M), Guyer’s (Tex.) Shawn Robinson (TCU) and Valor Christian’s (Colo.) Dylan McCaffrey (Michigan). In fact, Tagovailoa is the only one of the top seven quarterbacks still uncommitted. Tagovailoa […]


Crusaders’ Tagovailoa is nation’s No. 6 QB recruit

By Nick Abramo on March 10, 2016

Saint Louis lefty Tua Tagovailoa is ranked sixth in CBS MaxPreps’ Top 10 quarterback recruits for the 2017. Dylan McCaffrey of Valor Christian in Colorado is at the top of the list, which also includes Tate Martell of Las Vegas’ Bishop Gorman at No. 3. Defending Hawaii Division I state champion Kahuku will be visiting Nevada to play Bishop Gorman – the top-ranked team in the nation two years in a row — this fall. Martell is committed to Texas A&M. […]

Hawaii offers Slade-Matautia

By Paul Honda on March 9, 2016

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 […]

Colorado, UCF make offers to Slade-Matautia

By Paul Honda on March 9, 2016

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 […]

Tagovailoa lands offer from Alabama

By Hawaii Prep World on March 8, 2016

After an impressive showing at the Pylon Elite 7v7 tournament in Las Vegas over the weekend, Saint Louis junior Tua Tagovailoa landed a scholarship offer from the defending national champions according to multiple media reports. Alabama has made it 17 D-I offers now for Tagovailoa, who is the highest ranked quarterback prospect ever to come out of Hawaii. Here are video highlights of Tagovailoa at the Las Vegas tournament. Tagovailoa led a group of Hawaii players to an impressive showing […]

It could be Sweet ‘Roam’ Alabama for Tagovailoa

By Nick Abramo on March 8, 2016

When Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin are turning their heads to see Saint Louis quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, it certainly means something. The two high-ranking members of the national champion Crimson Tide brass are the latest to give Tagovailoa, the senior-to-be Crusaders quarterback, just one more choice of schools to pick from for his scholarship. Before we get into just how it came to pass that Alabama came calling, let’s first start with something Tua’s mom, Diane Tagovailoa, said to Hawaii […]