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By: No Fefe

No Fefe — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 22:38:42 +0000

Call Iolani and other schools whatever names you want but those kids don’t deserve the name calling. They’re kids and us as adults should act as such. So what if Iolani get smash by Mililani, Iolani will still play with class and as respectful young men. 98% of Iolani kids will never play college but 100% will definitely attend college.

By: ???

??? — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:41:56 +0000

Mililani will destroy FreeOlani for the D1 championship & a 7th place finish in the State…AUWE

By: DaKineStuff

DaKineStuff — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 09:00:46 +0000

7WNH

By: Bumbuchas

Bumbuchas — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 23:57:57 +0000

D1 Classfication is a great thing, hope it continues, I don’t see how it would not. Open Division teams are at a much higher different level of talent. But….. Keep it at a state tournament level, keep the ILH and the OIA separate during their regular season. Their champions get to meet up at the end of the season. D1 & D2 Champions have nothing to be ashamed of.

By: Coach_B

Coach_B — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 20:20:17 +0000

I think the new Open/D1/D2 format worked out well. The kids get more games and a chance to win something that might have been out of reach these last few years with just a handful of schools dominating the old D1.
Who cares if some might consider it being a consolation tournament or a 7th place game? If it benefits the kids, and if they think the new system works better in terms of opportunities and game time, then its a success in my book.

Its all about the kids

By: Chloropicrin

Chloropicrin — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 19:30:26 +0000

Triple headers at the stadium, no OC16 which kills revenue at the gate.

By: Chloropicrin

Chloropicrin — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 19:29:30 +0000

Don’t know how to feel about the D1 bracket..good for the kids and families, but this is really for a 7th place finish, cause we all know the champs comes from the Open. They should just match the remainder teams up and make “bowl” games, keep the D1 like how it’s always been and then match the teams up, at the teams descretion. If teams wanna participate or not.

Imagine Iolani vs mililani (which will happen) or Mililani vs Kamehameha? Campbell vs Kamehameha? Moanaloa vs Kamehameha? Baldwin vs Campbell? The host schools would keep the proceeds or split it with the traveling school. This would be like preseason

By: LohuiLani

LohuiLani — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 16:59:05 +0000

Is this the new D1 consolation tournament going on here?

By: hossana

hossana — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 12:27:24 +0000

Still can’t believe that Iolani was more physical than the Campbell Sabers who really outweighed Iolani on the front lines, offensively and defensively.
Campbell was a heavy fav to beat Iolani but Iolani showed what a good technical and well-coached team can do playing against Div. 1 open teams. Iolani really don’t have the manpower to stand up against teams like Kam, St. Louis, or Punahou but I give those players tremendous credit playing and voting to stay in the Div. 1 tier playing against those powerhouses.
Really have to take my hat off to Iolani and they certainly earned a hearty congrats for their performance. Once again, Iolani will be the underdogs when they play Mililani for the regular Div. 1 tier championship but you never know until you play the game……….