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Former Gov gets offers from Ole Miss, Hawaii

By Nick Abramo on February 12, 2015

Two Division I colleges — Ole Miss and Hawaii — offered a football scholarship this week to former Farrington athlete David Luafatasaga, according to the Pacific Islands Athletic Alliance website. Raised in Samoa, Luafatasaga played linebacker for the Governors in football and forward in basketball before graduating in 2013. He is 6 feet 4 and 225 pounds and had 66 tackles for Arizona Western last fall as a freshman. Arizona State previously offered Luafatasaga a scholarship, according to JCfootball.com.

Cal, Arizona, Kansas jump on Eletise’s list

By Paul Honda on February 11, 2015

The past 24 hours have been like a whirlwind for Michael Eletise, though he hardly did a thing out of routine. In a span from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Kaiser offensive lineman received offers from Cal, and then Arizona. This afternoon, Kansas crashed the party. The 6-foot-4, 305-pound junior now has offers from Colorado, Texas Tech, Arizona State, Hawaii, UCLA plus Cal, Arizona and Kansas. Eletise’s latest venture was participating in the Nike Combine at Aloha Stadium on Sunday. He […]

Nike Football Combine results and video

By Hawaii Prep World on February 10, 2015

The nest wave of high school football talent hit the field at Aloha Stadium last Sunday for the 2015 Nike Football Combine. We’ve got the unofficial results plus some great videos from the event. Here are the top 25 participants from Hawaii high schools based on their SPARQ rating, which is calculated using results from a series of tests including the 40-yard dash, a kneeling power ball toss, a shuttle drill and a vertical jump. 1. Drew Kobayashi (2016), WR, […]

All-staters, future stars at Nike Combine

By Paul Honda on February 8, 2015

Kahuku player Keala Santiago runs the 40-yard dash during the 2015 Nike football combine on Sunday. Jamm Aquino / Star-Advertiser[/caption] Keala Santiago has a dream. Getting there is including a stop at Aloha Stadium on Sunday, where the Nike Combine was held under a relentless afternoon sun. The event drew football players from seventh to 11th grade. Many of the high schoolers are on the cusp of becoming premier players and contributors to their respective schools. But a few of […]

VIDEO: Kaiser OL Michael Eletise

By Paul Honda on February 6, 2015

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 Video: Paul Honda. Kaiser junior Michael Eletise chats with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser about camps, growing up in California and Hawaii, and the process of recruiting. At the time of this interview, the 6-4, 305-pound offensive lineman had offers from Colorado, Texas Tech and Arizona State. Within a week, Hawaii and UCLA also made him offers.

UCLA makes Eletise an offer

By Paul Honda on February 6, 2015

He’s just a junior, but Michael Eletise has been a much sought-after young man. UCLA became the latest university to offer the 6-foot-4, 305-pound junior — he said he has gained 20 pounds since football season — a football scholarship on Thursday. He also has offers from Colorado, Texas Tech, Arizona State and Hawaii. Eletise was a Star-Advertiser all-state second-team selection last season. UCLA recruited Saint Louis offensive lineman Fred Ulu-Perry. The senior signed his letter of intent to play […]

Kahuku lays new foundation with these 5 rocks

By Nick Abramo on February 5, 2015

Kahuku coach Lee Leslie was beaming with pride when he watched his boys being honored during Wednesday’s signing day assembly at the school gym. The coach, who came over from Idaho a year ago, would be the first one to say how good of a job former coach Reggie Torres did with those boys. And now they’re his boys, and they’re part of the reason he’s back for a second year to coach the Red Raiders. Even though Salanoa-Alo Wily, […]

Christman signs as preferred UW walk-on

By Nick Abramo on February 4, 2015

Punahou tight end Matthew Christman signed his letter of intent and will be a preferred walk-on at Washington, Buffanblu coach Kale Ane confirmed Wednesday. Christman, a 6-foot-3, 235-pounder, caught seven passes for 127 yards and a TD during Punahou’s ILH championship season that ended with a loss to Mililani in the state title game. In other late signing news Wednesday, Kamehameha offensive lineman Radson Jang selected Army, and Punahou defensive back Robert Straton chose Dartmouth.

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