Saint Louis football

Faatui Tuitele will be wearing a variety of jerseys in the months to come. But before the recent Washington commit suits up in the 2019 All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl before heading to Seattle, one thing’s for sure. Saturday night’s Open Division final against Mililani in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships will be his last time donning a Saint Louis uniform. “It’s gonna be a real sad moment, not gonna lie. Being here at Saint Louis since I […]

It’s not a perfect mission every time out, but even as a first-year starting quarterback, Saint Louis’ Jayden de Laura is truly producing at an extraordinary level. The young de Laura occasionally forces plays, but with 2,117 passing yards, 19 TDs and a modest eight picks, he is having an brilliant season with the best completion rate (68.8 percent) and passer rating (191.55). Those numbers are easily comparable to the first-starting season statistics of Chevan Cordeiro (2017), Tua Tagovailoa (’14) […]

Almost from the time Cal Lee decided to become a coach of football players nearly a half-century ago, his opponents have been trying to find the soft spot in his armor. Rarely have they actually done it. The last time Lee lost a meaningful game was in 2015 to the Kahuku Red Raiders and their ram-rodding elephant package. Lee is on the verge of winning a third straight top-tier championship, and that’s hard to do at any level. But it […]

Tempers flared and it led to two ejections during Saint Louis’ 49-22 victory over Kahuku in the Open Division semifinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships on Friday. For Saint Louis, it’s a blow, since defensive back Brian Cox will now be ineligible for the championship game against Mililani on Saturday. Cox was defending Kahuku’s Thorton Alapa on a pass play on the sideline when they got into a heated exchange. They were both flagged for throwing a […]

It may be hard for a player to stand out on a team chock-full of college prospects like Saint Louis, but Kamo’i Latu hasn’t stopped making plays with his team’s season on the line. The No. 9 team in the nation according to MaxPreps has faced do-or-die scenarios in each of its last two games, and the safety ensured the Saints will keep marching. In Friday night’s second semifinal game in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships against Kahuku, […]