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Mililani’s Tovi commits to Utah State

By Nick Abramo on December 14, 2015

Mililani offensive lineman Andru Tovi tweeted Monday that he orally committed to Utah State. Tovi, a 6-foot-3, 325-pound guard, was part of the Trojans’ state Division I championship team in 2014, when he was named to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State first team, and Mililani’s state runner-up team in 2013. Mililani made the state semifinals in 2015, Tovi’s senior season. Tovi senior highlights are here: http://bit.ly/1m2QDPf.

Colorado offers 2 Kahuku juniors

By Hawaii Prep World on December 7, 2015

Kahuku’s historic defensive season in 2015 apparently has not gone unnoticed by major Division I college football coaches. Red Raiders cornerback Kekaula Kaniho and defensive lineman Aliki Vimahi picked up scholarship offers from Colorado on Monday night. Both Kahuku juniors posted the news on their Twitter accounts. Kaniho, a 6-foot, 170-pound defensive back, scored his first Division I offer while Vimahi, a 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end, also holds offers from Brigham Young and Oregon State. They are two of five […]

Kamehameha’s Foster lines up college visits

By Billy Hull on November 28, 2015

Kamehameha senior Tainoa Foster has a big month of January ahead of him. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound linebacker — who holds offers from Hawaii, Washington State, Utah State and Fresno State — will take official visits to three different Division I schools in consecutive weekends in January. He’ll start with a trip to Pullman, Wash., on the 15th to visit the Cougars, who went 8-4 this season. ‘Iolani’s Keoni-Kordell Makekau is also scheduled to visit Washington State that weekend and more from […]


‘Iolani’s Makekau enjoys trip to Navy

By Billy Hull on November 25, 2015

‘Iolani senior Keoni-Kordell Makekau currently holds three Division I offers but is waiting to hopefully have more options before making his college choice. The 5-foot-10, 168-pound wide receiver, whose offer list consists of Navy, Washington State and Hawaii, took an official visit to Navy two weekends ago and found the school similar to his current high school. He attended the Midshipmen’s 55-14 win over SMU and somehow stayed warm despite taking only shorts with him on the trip. The temperature […]

Kapolei’s Auwae opens up recruitment

By Hawaii Prep World on November 23, 2015

Kapolei senior offensive lineman Toleafoa Sean Auwae opened up his recruiting on Monday announcing on Twitter he is no longer committed to UCLA. The 6-foot-5, 300-pounder was named to the All-OIA Blue first team last week after helping the Hurricanes advance to the OIA quarterfinals before losing to eventual state champion Kahuku to end the season. Auwae committed to UCLA in mid-August but took a trip to Vanderbilt during the weekend of the state football semifinals. Vanderbilt was one of […]

Kapolei’s Auwae reveals top 6 college choices

By Billy Hull on August 11, 2015

Apparently it’s decision time for Kapolei’s Toleafoa Sean Auwae. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound offensive lineman narrowed his college choices to six on Tuesday via Twitter and said he will make his decision public on Friday, the same day the Hurricanes host Kahuku for the first time on their home turf to open the OIA regular season. Auwae said his final six college choices (in no order) are UCLA, Texas Tech, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Utah and Oregon State. Auwae narrowed his choices from […]

Waianae’s Tanielu commits to Utah

By Nick Abramo on August 4, 2015

Fourteen schools came calling, but only one got defensive tackle Handsome Tanielu‘s oral commitment. The 6-foot-2, 310-pound Tanielu, who graduated from Waianae in 2010 and played most recently for Snow College in Utah, committed to the Utah Utes last Tuesday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Tanielu also tweeted the news, writing, “I would like to say that I’m committing to the University of Utah.” Boise State, BYU, Missouri, Baylor, Virginia and Oklahoma State were among the colleges Tanielu received […]

Kahuku’s Anae gets scholarship offer from BYU

By Nick Abramo on July 30, 2015

Kahuku senior defensive end Bradlee Anae did not offer the information, but it turns out that he received a football scholarship offer from BYU a while back. It just so happened that at the Red Raiders’ practice Thursday, teammate Keala Santiago walked by. Santiago, a defensive back, wide receiver and kick returner, has five college offers, and so he was asked by the media, “Any more offers, Keala?” He said no, but with the 6-foot-4, 220-pound Anae standing there, the […]