Saint Louis football

It was impossible, really, to watch the high-efficiency offense and technically sound defense of St. John Bosco on Saturday and not have this thought: Dynasty. Dynasty as the state champion of California in 2013. Dynasty as the No. 1 team in the MaxPreps rankings in ’13. Not so long ago, it was Saint Louis of Hawaii that had that kind of machinery, a team so well-tuned, well coached and uber-talented that it won 14 Prep Bowl titles and one state […]

5:52 p.m. It’s more than 90 minutes to kickoff here at Aloha Stadium. Everything is kicking off later than it did last year, exhibition games between intrastate powerhouses included. St. John Bosco finished No. 1 in the MaxPreps national rankings last year. It’s like this: very, very rarely does a mainland football team come to Hawaii — and play in Aloha Stadium — unless it has a stacked-to-the-max roster. Remember De La Salle some years back? They had a pretty […]