Comments on: Kalaheo forfeits varsity football game

By: Ridge485

Ridge485 — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 17:06:15 +0000

8 man football. Why are the higher ups so embarrassed to even consider the idea. Outer island schools are embracing the concept. 8 man has even allowed some schools to participate in football for the first time.

To subject today’s kids to foolish outdated traditions and standards is absolutely ridiculous and dangerous.

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 01:13:32 +0000

Because of da ILH, recruiting and wanting 2 teams in the open division.

By: Grabum.by.da.puppy

Grabum.by.da.puppy — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 23:05:58 +0000

so why dey junk svhool get new field no mo team, waine n kahku n camble no mo nice field

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:47:24 +0000

is having a terrible coach as the head coach factor into this? or I should “perceived”?

By: Education First

Education First — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 22:04:02 +0000

Not a surprise. With so much focus on potential long term brain injury, many families do not want their kids playing football anymore. ESPN Outside the Lines did a special right around the time the movie Concussion came out. Numbers are drastically low at the youth level for middle and upper class across the US. Inevitably it will or has already hit parts of our island.

I am not following this very closely, but 2 schools I read about were Kaiser and Kalaheo. Look at the demographics, it’s upper and middle class. But areas that is higher in poverty such as Campbell, Kahuku, and Waianae do not seem to be impacted the same.

In 5-10 years I wouldn’t be surprised if many schools do not even offer football anymore. We might be down to 24 schools across the state.

By: isleboy

isleboy — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:15:25 +0000

Hawaii High School football is in trouble. Imagine Leilehua has a 3.0 GPA
requirement(70 players on roster) to play…yet Kalaheo, Kaiser don’t have enough players to
play a game. Something is wrong here……

By: bumbuchas

bumbuchas — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:14:03 +0000

Wow! What a letdown! Need to get some of them basketball players out for FB! Cannot have BBall Coaches telling their players “no play FB!”

BTW, what’s with their only 1/2 of the Bleachers being built? I understand that it will be as it looks like now with only 1 side of the GL to the fifty YL. How come the other half is not being built? Who wants only 1/2 of the field? How will 2 teams of spectators fit on such a small bleacher? This half the field bleachers is just as bad as McKinley HS having a brand new field turf field but no more bleachers! The most expensive practice field in HS FB! Must be the same State Planner overseeing both Kalaheo & McKinley projects.