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What Have We Learned?

By Paul Honda on August 2, 2015

In this edition of What Have We Learned (Sunday, Aug. 2), I’ll start it up and hopefully our other footballholics on staff and otherwise not on staff can chime in. I saw parts of two scrimmages and a full one this week. Together we can come to some agreement or, better yet, complete disagreement, about what we’ve learned in Week 1. 1. Coaches don’t like early-season prognostications. This season, as one of our editors points out, we didn’t have coaches […]

Top 10 Countdown: No. 5 Kamehameha

By Billy Hull on August 2, 2015

No. 5 Kamehameha Countdown story (subscription required) 41 years of Kamehameha football (1973-2014) Kamehameha Football With eight returning starters on each side of the ball, there’s a lot of optimism surrounding the Kamehameha football team, which checks in at No. 5 in the Star-Advertiser Preseason Top 10 poll. Quarterback Fatu Sua-Godinet, who was responsible for 16 touchdowns (nine passing, seven rushing) as a junior is back for his third year in charge of the Warriors offense. Six of those nine […]

Freshman Gabriel debuts for Trojans

By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2015

By all accounts, the Mililani offense downshifted when it turned to backup quarterback Dillon Gabriel on Saturday night. Ahoy, it would have been a downshift no matter who Trojans head coach Rod York threw in there. You simply don’t replace the value of McKenzie Milton in one night. Just not possible. Milton has been a mainstay at the position, a star, if you will, since his sophomore year and he has all sorts of stats and accolades to back up […]


Mililani backups edge Kamehameha

By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2015

It was all about the backups Saturday night as Mililani and Kamehameha squared off for a controlled football scrimmage at John Kauinana Stadium. The Trojans and Warriors starters played one series each in the scrimmage in which each team got 10 offensive plays in a row before the ball was turned over to the other squad’s offense. With the first-teamers on the field, Kamehameha scored on a 49-yard pass from Fatu Sua-Godinet to Kumoku Noa, and the Warriors’ defense stopped […]

LIVE BLOG: Farrington-Punahou scrimmage

By Paul Honda on August 1, 2015

Blue sky and just a wee bit of trade winds here at Alexander Field. I love my job. It’s the last scrimmage of the week for both teams. Crowd of about 300 here. The JV scrimmage is on the lower field (baseball) and there’s a nice crowd there, too. Wish I could’ve seen both. Unlike Mililani-Kahuku yesterday, this one hasn’t started early or even on time. Fine with me. That walk from the parking lot takes time. # # # […]

Top 10 countdown: No. 6 Farrington

By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2015

Countdown story (subscription required) 2015 Govs coaching staff 41 years of Farrington football (1973-2014) Farrington’s all-time single-game leaders In Farrington football circles, everyone knows about the Governors’ beloved Bamboolas. And they’re back again for another go-round with the old ground and pound, old-fashioned football this season. If one thing that’s constant at Farrington, it’s the massive front wall of the offensive line. This year’s Bamboolas, however, have an oddity, someone who head coach Randall Okimoto calls both the “comedian” of […]

Okimoto’s Farrington football staff for 2015

By Nick Abramo on August 1, 2015

Farrington football coach Randall Okimoto gave a list of his coaching staff for the 2015 season to Hawaii Prep World during a practice session Tuesday. The Governors’ football staff is: >> Head coach: Randall Okimoto >> Offensive coordinator: Daniel Sanchez >> Quarterbacks: Vince Acohido >> Running backs: Daniel Hong >> Wide receivers: Murphy Kealoha >> Tight ends: Rusti Pagurigan >> Offensive line: Aaron Kamau >> Offensive assistant: Jonathan Velasco >> Defensive coordinator and linebackers: Shane Lyman >> Defensive line: Al […]