Recruiting

It’s steamy, sticky mid-morning in Waipahu. Vog has blanketed the island for days and nobody’s in a great mood. I pull into a certain well-known eatery. Can’t say it’s a local favorite, but it’s there in the middle of Y-Pahu. The cashier is a bit gruff, but quick and nice enough. “Hash brown? That’s all?” I’m waiting for the Nagaseu brothers, who live down the road a few blocks. We’ll eat together in a few minutes, so a hash brown […]

If you let go of preconceptions, expectations and assumptions, this is what you have. Nobody has been a prolific, deadly long threat like Kanawai Noa. Nobody has surprised with a consistency of big plays like Dylan Pakau. After that, we don’t have a lot of surprises. But there’s plenty of time left for that. A lot of that. Here’s a look at receivers after six weeks in no particular order. RECEIVERS Kanawai Noa, Punahou 40 receptions, 887 yards 12 touchdowns […]

Numbers are facts? Numbers are lies? For the most part, numbers are numbers. A team that relies almost exclusively on running the football won’t necessarily rack up two or three players with big stats. It doesn’t work that way. No more than a team with intentions of passing the ball exclusively is guaranteed to have a 3,000-yard passer. Yet, somehow, some way, Farrington is not the only team on its way to having a pair of 1,000-yard rushers. The fact […]

Week 7 is upon us. Here’s a look at individual numbers through the first six weeks. After all, not all stats are created equally. (Players listed in no particular order.) QUARTERBACKS Kahoali‘i Karratti, Konawaena 81-for-147 (.551) 1,709 yards 26 TD 3 INT Yards per attempt: 11.62 Passer rating: 207.04 The skinny: His passer rating is second in the state, but it’s tough to gauge his performance when the BIIF has some of the smallest programs in the islands. He’s sat […]

Word is getting around about Kaiser’s rugby/football dynamo, Fitou Fisiiahi. Utah and Oregon State have made scholarship offers to the 6-foot-2, 240-pound junior, who is playing on an injured foot that may require surgery after the season. Yet, his stunning acceleration and penchant for explosive plays as a linebacker and running back are matched by few. Couple that with his success in the classroom — a 3.4 grade-point average and college-qualifying test scores — and he’s becoming a magnet for […]