Football

Once in a while when a pack of football players on opposing teams go at it in a physical battle, one player’s spotlight shines a little brighter than the rest, even if he isn’t an integral part of the outcome. Such was the case last night at Aloha Stadium, when Baldwin’s La‘akea Kahoohanohano-Davis played in a 21-6 first-round Division I state-tournament loss to Waianae. He can motor. Take into consideration some of these stupendous plays by Kahoohanohano-Davis, the Bear wearing […]

SSince a shutout loss to Maui, Baldwin has scored at least 30 points every night out in a six-game win streak, including last week’s 56-7 rout of Maui in the MIL D-I championship game. The Bears ran the ball more than 71 percent of the time in the title game, but also limited the Sabers to 170 yards of total offense. Cruise Ah Chan (6-2, 225) anchors the offensive line and Kamaki Gouveia (5-9, 170) leads the ball-carrying corps. Former […]

It is, as Hilo coach Kaeo Drummondo says, “David vs. Goliath.” “Arguably, the best running back in the state that we have to contain. One of the best quarterbacks if he comes back. One of the best receivers,” Drummondo said. The Vikings overcame their own set of obstacles, including the loss of head coach David Baldwin early in the year. He was suspended by administration for an unspecified incident during preseason with no state timeline for return. Hilo suffered in […]

The idea for this post came Wednesday while sitting in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser sports department. Sportswriter Billy Hull was watching a video of a Baldwin football player and said, “Look at this. This kid is incredible. I don’t know if it’s his speed or if the other players are just slow.” OK, so we were about to tape a segment for StarAdvertiser.com — two talking heads — about the football state-tournament openers this weekend. Baldwin (8-3) is playing Waianae (8-3) at […]