Football Photo Tour: Kahuku
By Paul Honda on August 6, 2013Tour stop: Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 A look at photo/media day at Kahuku, where the two-time defending football state champions were organized, focused and serious about every detail.
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Football Tour: PC, Radford, Moanalua
By Paul Honda on August 6, 2013Days 3 and 4 of Pupule Paul’s Prep Football Photo Tour. (Day 2 was a Sunday, no photos.) Tour stop: Monday, July 29, 2013 Pearl City High School This is a tough team to gauge, especially this early. New coach Robin Kami is another good guy taking the controls. Last year it was David Hallums, who brought order to a situation the Chargers had rarely, if ever, experienced before when Kai Kamaka and his staff were released. Coach Kami seems […]
Noa better: expectations high for Punahou receiver
By Jerry Campany on August 6, 2013Last year during the preseason, the Punahou football team wasn’t sure what it had at receiver. But the Buffs’ fears were put to rest when sophomore Kanawai Noa caught six passes for 176 yards and four touchdowns in the season opener against West Anchorage. He went on to become one of the best receivers in the state despite missing two games with an ankle injury. When they reported for camp this year, coach Kale Ane had to be salivating over […]
For Saint Louis football, it’s Noga time
By Jerry Campany on August 5, 2013Being the greatest running back in Saint Louis history is kind of like being the best-hitting pitcher in the American League. There is just not a lot of opportunity to make your mark. But Saint Louis senior Adam Noga is approaching rarefied air at the school. With a coach who is not afraid to run the ball, the Crusaders have passed by the run-and-shoot era that dominated the state for two decades and returned to Ed Kini days. Noga rushed […]
It’s time for defense at Farrington
By Jerry Campany on August 4, 2013With Tyler Taumua and Amo Silva running the ball for Farrington the last two years, the Governors had their highest average points per game since 1973 and averaged more than 30 points in each season. They had never done that before. But with the two stellar running backs gone to graduation, this year’s fortunes will probably rest with Manly Williams and the defense. That unit gave up more than 17 ppg for the first time since 2005 and probably can’t […]
Football Photo Tour: Day 1 – Leilehua, McKinley
By Paul Honda on August 3, 2013Day 1, Pupule Paul’s prep football photo tour commences Tour stop: Saturday, Aug. 27, 2013 It happens. The e-mail comes in. The photo tour schedule, organized by the venerable Eli Kapu, is released. Load the tank with gas and hit the road. In the “old” days, the 1990s, I’d circle the Big Island with photographers like Baron Sekiya to get preview stories and art for West Hawaii Today’s annual football tabloid. Nothing like a car wreck on the mauka highway […]
Alexander field grows up
By Jerry Campany on August 3, 2013When Kamehameha beat Punahou 6-0 on October 31, 1903, it was the first meeting between the schools, and they have played either 179 or 180 times since, depending on if they played once or twice in 1977 (that still has to be researched). According to this list from Wikipedia … List of high school football rivalries (100 years+) … nothing else in the country even approaches the rivalry as far as number of games played. Nothing else, not even Harvard-Yale, […]
Football Tour: Kailua, Nanakuli, Aiea, Roosevelt
By Paul Honda on August 3, 2013Tour stop: Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 It’s that time of year again. Or as Nanakuli football coach Keala Watson dubs it, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” Prep football media/fiends/fanatics relish this early season stretch. We get to travel a bit around the island, see old faces and new. It started a week ago with Leilehua and resumes each day. Today, six schools are slated for photographs, but I will only get to see three because of time conflicts. […]