Cameron Higgins is the first to admit he didn’t quite know what he was in for when he accepted the head coaching job at Kaiser. Just 26 years old, Higgins was handed the tough task of trying to follow up Rich Miano‘s two-year run as Cougars head coach, which included 20 wins, an OIA White title and a Division II state title. A long summer ended on Friday night at Kaiser Stadium when Higgins led his Cougars onto the field […]
6:45 p.m. I’m going to attempt keeping statistics, shooting video and live blogging for the varsity game. Please forgive if I don’t blog immediately. I’m going to try anyway. As you can see (photos below), they’ve spruced up the facility here at Carleton Weimer Field. The field is lush and marked for every yard, the first time I can remember. There are, as Red Raiders coach Lee Leslie promised, 36 flags at the top of the bleachers. It’s rare to […]
TOP PLAYERS Preseason 2014 Updated Wed 8/13 * Additions/changes This is both a top-players list and watch list, and with so much talent spread across the state, it is worth keeping eyes open for burgeoning players. As always, everything is subject to change on a weekly or daily basis. There is so much to be seen. Ratings with question marks: These numbers were suggested by football fans/watchers. I haven’t seen these players yet. QUARTERBACKS 1. Ryder Kuhns, Saint Louis, 6-1, […]
A lot of attention went to the Kaiser football team a year ago, and deservedly so. The Cougars won the Division II state title, after all. It’s kind of a foggy memory now, but a neighbor-island team came close to upsetting them in the final game, and that fact gets kind of lost in the media hubbub that swirled around Kaiser throughout the 2013 season and beyond. Yes, Kauai High was locked into a 7-7 tie with the Cougars to […]
A chat with Saint Louis offensive coordinator Ron Lee on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 — one day after a preseason-opening scrimmage with Kapolei. Coach Lee talks about returning to the Crusaders with brother and head coach Cal Lee after spending three seasons implementing the four-wide, run-and-shoot offense at Kalani.
Our first interview of the season with Saint Louis football coach Cal Lee, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. This interview is one day after the Crusaders hosted Kapolei in the season’s first scrimmage.
Former Kaiser football player Isaac Slade-Matautia has been near and far in the past nine months. Now enrolled at Saint Louis as a sophomore, he practices every day, but that’s the extent of his playing at the prep level. “He is not eligible to play (football) this year,” ILH executive director Don Botelho said on Monday. Slade-Matautia, who started at Kaiser last year as a freshman, will have to sit out one year before becoming eligible to play football for […]
While the Maui Interscholastic League enters its fourth season of 8-man football — its second year as a championship sport — another league has adopted the game. Ka‘u athletic director Kalei Namohala confirmed that the Big Island Interscholastic Federation is ready to kick off in the sport this fall. Unlike the MIL, there won’t be a full season of experimentation by participating teams — the minimum number of entries necessary to qualify a championship sport. Ka‘u, Kohala and Pahoa will […]