Comments on: Kahuku, Saint Louis alone on the big stage

By: Cheyne Todani

Cheyne Todani — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:19:26 +0000

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By: 88

88 — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 07:36:23 +0000

Kahuku is one of the best in the Nation. Bishop Gorman is THEE best in the nation. See the difference?

By: Hillary Trump

Hillary Trump — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 03:56:15 +0000

Regardless of what happens tomorrow, this will be the year that Kahuku thought they were one of the best in the nation. Oooops! What happened with Gorman? Red Raider Nation!!!!

By: AUWE

AUWE — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 03:51:01 +0000

This whole thing is too funny, just play ball and let the best team win!!

Why would you throw gas on da fiyah??

Good luck to both teams…

Go Big Red! Wish I could have stayed long enough to see this one live lol! Hope some of the red raider fans can stream this one??

By: Tutu Kane Ale

Tutu Kane Ale — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 23:32:06 +0000

@ Devil Dog; thanks for sharing yet I wonder which is more intimidating whereas the player doing the HAKA as normally done or the fans facing about and doing the HAKA in the bleachers like I can see the MOONEY HAKA being done for some imaginative fans; just saying like when the air is filled with championship trauma the fans do the over kill and go crazy.

RR4LE,…..just about 24hrs and counting down; GO BIG RED

By: USMC

USMC — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 23:12:12 +0000

Paper Crane November 18, 2016 at 12:53 pm

@ Paper Crane
No, Jerry is much more skilled at the keyboard than I could ever be. I am just a fan of Hawaii High School sports. But, Kahuku fans could blow up YouTube if that were indeed to come to fruition….the entire stadium would be shuddering. Again, best of luck to all teams this weekend, especially the seniors, as it will be the last time they ever represent their school (as a football team).

By: Paper Crane

Paper Crane — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:53:28 +0000

@ USMC (aka Jerry?), mahalo for sharing like 10,000 fans doing the HAKA surely warrants the need to bring on the Guinness World Book Certifiers; gotta call them ASAP1?!?

By: USMC

USMC — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:37:49 +0000

On the drive home last night I heard on ESPN’s “Sports Animals” broadcast that they could do a pre-game Haka, with the following exceptions:

-It could not be directed at the opponents (must face the home crowd)
-If flagged for facing the opponents, the players would receive an unsportsmanlike penalty and the head coach would be ejected.

Feel free to call the radio station to confirm/not confirm. I just know that was exactly what I heard Hart and Dickman being told by the broadcaster who did the play-by-play last year and is supposedly doing it again this year. I’m not talking about Felipe (OC16), but the radio play-by-play guy (I can’t remember his name, I’m too old to remember everything). However, he did drop a hint that though the PLAYERS couldn’t do the Haka facing the opponents, there was no rule that the FANS couldn’t. Can you imagine? 10,000+ Kahuka fans doing the Haka? (Better have cameras rolling)

I don’t have any skin in the game for either team, but it should be a memorable first (and probable last) “Open” Championship. I think they will go back to the “D” format, but realign D-I, D-II, and make a D-III, but that is a completely different topic. Best of luck to the remaining six teams. It should be very exciting for all players, coaches, and fans.

By: Unko Alvin

Unko Alvin — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:22:26 +0000

Auwe, I dreamt a nightmare like I had no voice and my feet hurt from stumping the floor yet it ended up with loud cheering and yelling on the school bus homeward and when I woke up it was final whereas:

Kahuku Red Raiders 52,………St Louis Crusaders 19

Uncanny that my RIP folks were on the bus too; no rumor but only some strong message on the bus? RR4L

By: KRRNS

KRRNS — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:24:39 +0000

No haka is not a rumor-
After what happened at last year’s championship coin toss, HHSAA has said that any player that participates in any ‘pre-game celebration event’ on the field (so it doesn’t look like they are singling out the haka) they will be disqualified from the game.
Call it the Kahuku rule
I think any coach that doesn’t accept a trophy to celebrate the efforts of his team at the end of the year and leaves players behind at AlohaStadium should not be able to coach in the playoffs the following year
Call it the Call Lee rule