Waianae football

New Waianae football coach Mike Fanoga has been around the block in college football and he has been a Hawaii resident for about eight years. The list of coaching stops is a long one for the former UTEP player: >> UTEP >> West Alabama >> Iowa Wesleyan >> Valdosta State (Georgia) >> Kentucky >> Western Kentucky >> New Mexico State >> Wyoming >> Lane College (Tennessee) >> Benedict College (South Carolina) >> Virginia Union (two separate occasions) >> Morgan State […]

Waianae is looking for a new football coach. Seariders athletic director Kekoa Kaluhiokalani said Thursday the school is looking to go in a new direction. Walter Young, who replaced Danny Matsumoto four years ago, is out after posting a 26-22 overall record. Kaluhiokalani said the decision was made a few weeks ago and since that time, 20 applications for the job have poured in, including four from the mainland. In the first year of the OIA-ILH Open Division alliance, the […]

When the Waianae Seariders faithful gather to talk about the glory days, they will skip over 2018 unless it is as a springboard to the greatest comeback ever in 2019. The Open Division did not treat the Seariders kindly, leaving them with a 1-8 record for the worst mark in the school’s storied history. The only time Waianae won only one game was in its first season in 1959 but even that squad scored more points than Waianae’s 7.4 this […]

Bomboocha mahalos to Waianae football players and coaches who literally lifted my car off this massive rock next to Raymond Tori Field after the game. It was almost midnight and the stadium was empty when I began to head home. I got in the car and thought I driving on dirt and sand when my axle hit rock and got lodged. I tried reversing, but the wheel just spun and kicked sand. The rock was stuck between the axle and […]