Comments on: BIIF to avoid mismatches, but D-II Konawaena in tight spot

By: Wainakea

Wainakea — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:39:15 +0000

Hawaii Prep have played games against D-I top dogs with low numbers. The trick here is that the only high enrollment school on the island is Kealakehe. All other schools hover around 900 minus the 8-man teams moving up. Hilo’s roster was around 30 last year, the same number Ka’u managed to get. Keaau had nearly 40 albeit half their roster being linemen. A round robin with 11 teams on the big island is logistically and financially a nightmare as this island is literally the “big island”. It only makes sense to split it in to two divisions. I don’t agree with 6 D-I teams though. KS-Hawaii should be the only team moving up.

By: TeamHawaii

TeamHawaii — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 04:36:16 +0000

Mission Viejo isn’t looking for competition. There regular season schedule is already tough. They’re just looking for an Hawaii opponent to play, so they can vacation here and still come up with the WIN and no injuries. They front all the funding for these trips, so money isn’t a issue. It’s a shame.

By: KalihiFB

KalihiFB — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 01:52:12 +0000

To Ldub Twenty: I totally agree that Mission Viejo should be playing an open division team and not Konawaena. Mission Viejo went almost went undefeated in their California league this past season. Only lost is to national power house Mater Dei in the quarter finals.

By: Ldub Twenty

Ldub Twenty — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:33:25 +0000

The thing about this article that caught my eye is that Mission Viejo is playing Konawaena. Shouldn’t they improve their standards and play an open team here?

By: ILH

ILH — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:43:49 +0000

Ditto on what the Rim said.

If we had a segment on our sports show like ESPN’s “Cmon Man!!”, we would be telling KS Hawaii “Cmon Kanakas!!!!”

By: KealaKoji

KealaKoji — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 17:23:57 +0000

The move by 8 man teams to 11man is a bit premature. I think they run the risk of losing their program overall after a year or two due to potential blowouts leading to low morale and reduced numbers. By Pahoa’s initial declaration, it forced Ka’u and Kohala to move up, they didn’t want to and know they are not ready to…..neither is Pahoa. This has now forced the existing 11 man teams to make moves they don’t want to to avoid playing former 8 man teams for reasons the above article states. In the end , it will all be for nothing because those teams will either move back down to 8 man or not have program because of this hasty decision. Why don’t the 8 man teams just scheduled a couple of 11 man games during preseason and test the waters before taking jump feet first into the deep end of the pool. I guarantee you someone will drown!

By: BigIsleFootball

BigIsleFootball — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:17:08 +0000

Hey, if Pahoa and Kau want to step up…then step up!!! They want to play with the big boys. but only the ones that they are comfortable playing. I get it safety is an issue, and they want to avoid blowouts. So while the 8 man teams can say we don’t want to play the top guns, a team like Konawaena or Honokaa might be forced to move up and play Hilo twice. And play the big enrollment schools twice also. I think Konawaena can be very competitive in D1 ont the Big Island, they are a better fit in D2 on the State level. Won’t Konawaena and Honokaa run the same risks for injury or a blowout that the 8 man teams do. I remember a few years ago Pahoa played the Konawaena J.V. team. Final score was something like 66 to 6 Konawaena J.V. won. JMHO but I think that they are biting off more than they can chew.

By: The Rim

The Rim — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:42:05 +0000

KS Hawaii has no business staying in DII.