Comments on: Hilo cements Big Isle’s first state football crown

By: kelly

kelly — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 20:22:51 +0000

All praise and glory to Hilo High School Vikings Football
You are the best!!!!
God bless you all
Thank you Hilo for bringing PRIDE AND RESPECT
To the Big Island
You will be remembered forever
You are in a class all by yourself
History has been made

By: Bolosan

Bolosan — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 02:49:49 +0000

@mike kahale no they were not. Saint Francis trounced on konawaena this year? Look at the schedules again please. Konawaena wins muddy game vs Hilo. Your theory is wrong.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:54:24 +0000

Everyone should realize that the disrespectful comments about outer island teams are probably some teenager that is just messing around and their idea of fun.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:50:19 +0000

@88- Please show some respect and stop embarrassing the real Kahuku fans. Im a Kahuku alum and all my friends and family would never be so disrespectful. All the neighbor island teams made their family and community proud.

By: Mike Kahale

Mike Kahale — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 05:00:05 +0000

@TheRim – whoa buddy slow your roll!!! I gave credit to Hilo in my first sentence earlier. My point was that the D1 playoffs did not represent all that is should have with the OIA abstaining from participating. This is of course at no fault to Hilo. And again, both teams in the D2 Championship were better than the D1 finalists. No arguing that, just look at their schedule and ranking across the state.

By: Kanaka Maoli

Kanaka Maoli — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:51:22 +0000

AND Hilo did beat the best in the state in their classification which was Damien which defeated two tough opponents from their division, St. Francis and Iolani. All 3 teams would easily compete with the big boys in WA and OR…and now that also includes Hilo.

By: The Rim

The Rim — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 23:29:42 +0000

@ KealaKoji – another hater? You can have your “what if” all you want, Hilo is the DI champ. What if waianae beat Kahuku or St. Francis beat Damien, or Kamehameha Hawaii beat Kona…what if St. Francis beat Leilehua like they should have, all what ifs that mean absolutely NOTHING!

By: KealaKoji

KealaKoji — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:53:33 +0000

Big ups to Hilo and winning a state championship. I agree with Kanaka Maoli’s comments above regarding different classifications and giving credit to the team who wins out at their division. The only problem I have this year is the OIA playing politics and not allowing a team to enter in the Div 1 playoffs. A team like Leilehua would have competed well and maybe even won it. Keep in mind HIlo lost in the regular season to Konawaena. I bet Konawaena wishes they moved up and compete in D1, they might have been going home with the trophy. The two teams that played for the DII title were better than both teams in the DI matchup.

By: The Rim

The Rim — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 19:53:38 +0000

@Kanaka Maoli thank you for saying that! It gets old hearing it over and over, especially when the kids play their hearts out and make history for a program, public school program!

By: Kanaka Maoli

Kanaka Maoli — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:34:30 +0000

You folks need to realize that in every other state their are classifications for a reason and it’s accepted. Long Beach Poly plays in the elite tier in CA for a reason. They would not be playing Waialua or PAC-5 if those schools were up there. If you can understand and accept it that then you wouldn’t minimalize the DI or DII champions cuz they didn’t beat St Louis or Kahuku.

It also doesn’t help when the writer of this article says “…didn’t beat the best” reinforcing this poor perception in the islands.

Give the kids their due respect and stop comparing classifications (because St Louis WILL beat everyone due to their recruiting which is no different then catholic schools on the mainland). Classifications ensure teams play competitive ball and encourages kids to keep playing ball in an environment where participation is going down.

I coach in the mainland and we have seen participstion trending lower over the last few years. Without classification, our team of 30 kids would be much less and we are in the 2nd largest classification in the state.

It would help if Hawaii Prep World would stop making these comparisons next season which only fuels the fire with your readers. Accept it Gang and appreciate the game. This ain’t fantasy football.

BTW I’m not a Hilo alumni and respect what they did last night.