Comments on: Club 100: ‘Iolani RB Brody Bantolina churns 105 rushing yards per game

By: All Palahe

All Palahe — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:24:03 +0000

Iolani competes at the highest levels of academics and in all other high school sports except football. Honestly is right. What would Father Bray think of Iolani’s football leadership and what would he think of their admissions policies?

By: ILoveHawaii

ILoveHawaii — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 18:43:18 +0000

How do the Alumni on staff feel?
or Do they feel the same way their HC does??

I cant wait to see which OIA teams they schedule because it is up to the school to schedule a game with OIA teams during their bye weeks.

Waialua, Kalaheo, Ewa Sabers, Metro Tigers here come the (scar)Red Raiders.

Shout out to the OG Iolani football alumni that feel they should be playing with the big boys.
#RUoutthere??

By: Honestly

Honestly — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 01:58:45 +0000

What would Fr. Kenneth Bray, legionary Iolani Football coach of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s say of today’s small size Iolani ? In his days, at the corner of Judd Street, Nuuanu and Craigside, the undersized Iolani Red Raiders regularly beat their bigger-size ILH Kamehameha, McKinley, Punahou, St Louis opponents. Fr. Bray changed the school’s name to the popular comic strip characters in Terry and the Pirates, where the Dragon Queen and her Chinese Bandits, aka Red Raiders dominated the Saturday night Star Bulletin. There are many big football players today who would love to attend Iolani if given the opportunity. Honestly!

By: Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:17:17 +0000

Lets not play Div 1 teams because of safety, size, numbers, etc. because we might get rolled over, so lets play JV teams instead so we can roll them over, and add another banner in our gym. That’s smart LOL

By: Falcon Future

Falcon Future — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:51:22 +0000

And so back to @Honesty … yes, Iolani varsity went undefeated against a couple of JV teams and two undermanned varsity teams (Pac5 and Damien). I’ve said it before and it’s worth repeating … Iolani can and should set up a exhibition game with Punahou.

Iolani wants to be rivals with Punahou for everything else but willing to bow down for football? That’s some serious bragging rights for life for this generation of Buff & Blue!

By: Falcon Future

Falcon Future — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:10:16 +0000

Actually, 11th graders are allowed to play JV in the ILH. In general, any 11th grader in any sport still playing JV is usually still learning and obviously not ready for varsity, so it’s not exactly a big deal.

Also, you would be surprised how many kids at different schools are repeating a school year just to stay competitive in sports. It’s not just St. Louis, although they probably have the most. I would bet that every ILH school has some. Most of these kids do the repeat year in 6th or 7th grade, so you don’t really hear about it. But yeah, it’s happening all over the place.

By: ???

??? — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:50:33 +0000

@Honesty
Yes we know they are JV teams;
but since you call yourself hones, do you know that you’re not technically a JV team if you have an 11th grader on your team & a few kids that should be 11th grade but were intentionally held back?
Just being HONEST

By: Honesty

Honesty — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:04:38 +0000

Does everybody know that Iolani football varsity is winning against Kamehameha and St. Louis Junior Varsity. Lets be honest.