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Kamehameha lands its first Polynesian Bowl All-Star for 2020

By Billy Hull on September 26, 2019

Kamehameha outside linebacker/defensive end Ezra Evaimalo, a University of Hawaii commit, has been named a 2020 Polynesian Bowl All-Star. Evaimalo is the first Warrior selected to the game after Kamehameha had four players — linebackers Hoku Arias and Tiger Petersen, defensive lineman Kupono Blake and offensive lineman Lokahi Pauole — selected to the 2019 game. Evaimalo is the 22nd player from a Hawaii high school selected to the 2020 game. The other players are Saint Louis linebackers Jordan Botelho and Nick Herbig […]

Q&A: Saint Louis coach Cal Lee on key battle with Mililani

By Paul Honda on September 26, 2019

This game means everything. Football is life. So are academics. God. Family. Life as a Saint Louis Crusader means being a Crusader for life. Saint Louis, ranked nationally at No. 6 in the USA Today Super 25 and No. 7 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 and No. 1 in the Star-Advertiser Top 10, has a big showdown on Friday with No. 3 Mililani. Coach Cal Lee recalls his friendship with a former Los Angeles Rams head coach, and how life […]

Q&A: Mililani coach Rod York on the showdown with No. 1 Saint Louis

By Paul Honda on September 26, 2019

One game, 19 future FBS players. No football program matches Saint Louis this year, but Mililani is matched by almost no one else. The Trojans have seven players with FBS-level offers and/or commitments so far. Mililani was a winning program with a solid tradition. Rod York became head coach a decade ago and went into lab mode. He tested. He tweaked. He refined. The establishment of a JPS program was also key, and now players arrive at the high school […]


Saint Louis’ Koali Nishigaya up for national award

By Jerry Campany on September 25, 2019

Saint Louis receiver-turned-emergency running back Koali Nishigaya has been nominated for the USA Today’s Super25 player of the week. The good thing for Nishigaya is that the award is up to a popular vote each week and Hawaii seems to rule the internet. Remember American Idol? Fans can vote here Nishigaya is up for a vote against 14 other ballers. On Wednesday he sits fourth with 6,092 votes behind Matthew Rueve of St. Xavier (12,785), Good Counsel’s Sy’Veon Wilkerson (11,861) […]

WHAT’S AT STAKE: 5 games to watch

By Billy Hull on September 24, 2019

There are three weeks left in the regular season and the playoff races are starting to take shape. These might not necessarily be the best matchups over the next 18 days, but in terms of playoff importance, they rank right at the top. Waianae vs. Farrington >> Friday, 7:30 p.m., Skippa Diaz Stadium >> The Seariders are the only team in the OIA Open Division without a victory in division play, but a win against the Governors would likely result […]

Oahu football statistical leaders: Week 8

By Billy Hull on September 23, 2019

Overall leaders in every game played are shown first. Statistics for Division games only follow. Statistics are updating through Week 8 (Sept. 21). Overall Leaders Open Division Division I Division II

RANKINGS: Punahou makes it a clean sweep for No. 2

By Billy Hull on September 23, 2019

The race for No. 2 in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Football Top 10 this season has been fascinating from the opening week. Punahou started the season ranked second and held the spot for two weeks before Mililani edged past the Buffanblu with wins over Campbell and Kahuku. The Trojans kept their No. 2 ranking for a month, but the two teams split their second-place votes evenly among the 10 voters last week and finished in a tie for the first time. […]

Campbell’s Jonan Aina-Chaves hits career rushing milestone

By Billy Hull on September 23, 2019

After playing for two years at St. Francis, running back Jonan Aina-Chaves was forced to transfer schools for his senior season. The only returning Star-Advertiser All-State first-team selection to find a new home in the offseason, Aina-Chaves got off to a slow start for Campbell but has picked it up over the last three weeks. The 5-foot-8, 180-pound workhorse averaged less than 50 yards rushing a game before a recent three-game winning streak by the Sabers in which he has […]