Football

Here’s the boxscore from Friday night’s HUB Goodwill Senior Classic. (It’s not in the print edition.) At Kunuiakea Stadium East 0 6 6 8 — 20 West 0 7 7 7 — 21 E—Abraham Silva 94 run (run failed) W—Daicorri Briscoe 75 pass from Makoa Camanse-Stevens (Cayman Conley kick) W—Jarin Morikawa 6 run (Conley kick) E—Keoni Tom-Millare 85 pass from Tyler Taumua (pass failed) W—Keoni Piceno 4 pass from Morikawa (Conley kick) E—Tanner Nishioka 3 pass from Reece Foy (Nishioka […]

Statting that play isn’t so simple unless you’ve memorized the latest football statisticians’ manual. Check out Section 3 (Forward Passing), Article 2. Cool stuff. Wes Nakama raised a good question about the statistical breakdown of the hook and ladder play by Kahuku tonight. I conferred with statistician extraordinaire Tom Yoshida at halftime about it, and the stat manual proves him right. 1. The passer gets passing yardage for the entire play. 2. The receiver gets yardage not to the point […]

First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships, Division I final 7:36 p.m. Humid. Clear skies. No lightning. They’re tossing the coin at midfield. Here we go. Kahuku’s #62, Malosi Alapa, is wearing #49 tonight. He switched from left guard to fullback last week in the semifinal game. Check me on Twitter @pupulepaul for updates. Update 8:13 p.m. 9:38 left, first half, Kahuku 0, Punahou 9. Kahuku ball at its 47-yard line after a Punahou punt. Update 11 p.m. It’s a final. […]

First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships 3:15 p.m. What’s a little thunder, anyway? We’re less than an hour from kickoff and the dark gray clouds have rolled in. Forecast this weekend is wet skies, but I was still a little stunned. I got to the parking lot here at Aloha Stadium, started walking to the entrance, BIG drops fell from the sky. Crescendo. Then the downpour. Some thunder emanating from the Central Oahu plains. THen the rains slowed up and […]