Comments on: CLOSING THE BOOK: Punahou Buffanblu

By: Nowheardis

Nowheardis — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:20:58 +0000

Ok the playing fields are not level, ILH is recruiting Dafun your ignorant to say they don’t! My son was recruited my nephew was recruited an headed to UH from St. Louis. ILH gets one an if they dont like it get out! Go play with yourselves! In your little circle. Take it or leave it, it is what it is or open recruiting for all schools an level this.

By: Dafun

Dafun — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 04:12:05 +0000

Show proof of recruiting or shut up. I played for st Louis. No recruiting here. Just a dad who dropped a lot of money for me to go there.

By: notes

notes — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 02:11:20 +0000

ILH can recruit evry year to prep for the future, thats all 22 starters on the field. That is why they dominate every year in all sports. MiLLs got 2 or 3 players that transfer every year making an accumulation of 5 or 6 recruits on their roster every year. Kahuku get 1 or 2 on their roster every year, this year zero.

Farrington in the state playoffs is a smoke screen to make a case for #2 ILH to get in cause we all know farrington not winning nothing.

Two Juniors kids this year, girl and boy on my street here in Wahiawa apply for district exemption to Mill last year. Girl gets denied, boy is starting DB for trojans tonight. Go figure!

By: KalihiFB

KalihiFB — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 01:07:57 +0000

???
District Exemption has been going on for years in public schools not just for football reasons. Alot of parents don’t want their kids to attend their district schools due to various reasons (safety, reputation, bullying, awful school programs, etc.) and they find ways to bring their kids to another school. If York is recruiting, then I stand corrected. But maybe parents just want their kids to be coached under York anyway and be on a winning team.

By: ???

??? — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:37:12 +0000

@kailihiFB
Example, coach York (Mililani) took a good program when he took over to made it a great program without recruiting.

You don’t have a clue if you think Mililani doesn’t recruit !! “District Exception”

By: KalihiFB

KalihiFB — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 23:55:37 +0000

To all those haters on recruiting, in the past decade, Leilehua, Kahuku, Mililani won the state championships over ILH teams when recruiting was still a topic. Kamehameha won it also with the enrollment they got. The OIA can be great with the right coaches and staff, and dedicated players. Example, coach York (Mililani) took a good program when he took over to made it a great program without recruiting. And it is not all about ILH ways, Hilo beat Damien (3X – ILH Div 1 champion) in the states finals last year without recruiting. And for the comment that if Farrington beats Campbell to be in the state semis, what’s up with that? Punahou must feel great about that knowing they were rank #2 just about 2 weeks ago. Wonder how the mainland leagues are looking at the HHSAA system right now.

By: Unreal

Unreal — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 21:06:15 +0000

shame on hawaii. If farrington beats campbell, a 2-8 record team will be playing in the state semi finals lol. How emabarrassing is that. Shame Shame Shame on Hawaii for not getting things right. Making hawaii high school football look stupid.

By: ???

??? — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:16:47 +0000

ILH and OIA should have their own championship games and that’s it!
Once the OIA can legally recruit than they can be on a level playing field; than we can have an
ILH-OIA title game with NO complaints.

By: Martin DuPont

Martin DuPont — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:33:58 +0000

TOP ILH vs TOP OIA …SOUNDS LIKE THE RIGHT STATE PLAYOFF PLAN.

By: notes

notes — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 09:19:05 +0000

ILH recruites and have no district boundaries. STL goes so far as to hold kids back and graduate them as 19yr seniors like Tua a couple years ago.

Based on these advantages and as an OIA guy myself we can all agree that the ILH is the better “resourced” and overall league. The ILH championship game can be considered the state title game if it makes you happy and Puns are #2 in the state if that makes you happy even though Kahuku spanked them earlier in the season.

go back to OIA1 VS ILH1, that is the best format!