Comments on: The ILH House of Blues

By: RR4Life

RR4Life — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 22:27:47 +0000

You can put to rest the notion that the ILH reigns supreme with elite defenses as this article mentions above that Kamehameha had one. Give me a break. Kahuku’s defense is far superior to any ILH defense. St. Louis routinely put up 30+ points and 450+ yards against Kamehameha and Punahou.. Against St. Louis in the state championship game, Kahuku shut them down. I rest my case. The Iolani QB broke the school record against Kamehameha. Let’s just hope the DC at Kamehameha doesn’t slap his assistant in the future let alone stop offenses lol

By: ilh

ilh — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:39:29 +0000

This should be a Division, KAHUKU, WAIANAE, MILILANI, LEILEHUA, KAPOLEI, FARRINGTON, KAILUA, ST. LOUIS, PUNAHOU, KAMEHAMEHA, 10 teams 9 games, now let’s see who can finish 9-0 with these match-ups every week, these games would make the League MONEY, isn’t what it’s all about today, Money, but you know this ain’t gone to happen because the O.I.A. will still be crying about the I.L.H. recruiting players, so if that’s so maybe the OIA should just play with the O.I.A. and have their own Championship, and the I.L.H. do the same, as far as the State Championship goes, go see what you can come up with.

By: sum1

sum1 — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 01:46:24 +0000

Please. The truth about recruiting is that if you have the resources why wouldnt you. To offer a kid a better education why wouldnt you take it. Also, not all students who play in the ILH are recruited. Actually, far from it. The amount of students who go to school out of district in the OIA for sports is waaaaay higher than “recruited” kids. Youre talking about a very select, small group of individuals in the school who play on scholarship. Its not the individuals or kids or whatever other excuse people make. Its the attitude of excellence that makes a schools program strong. While few teams in the OIA like kahuku have always had that mindset (recently mililani), you cant even begin to understand the extreme attitude that all kids who go into any of the 4 big ILH schools have (punahou, st louis, kamehameha, iolani). You breathe excellence. You eat perfection. You sleep on championships. To be frank, ILH athletics are on a whole different mental level than the majority of any other Hawaii athletics conference. I guess the ratio of teams in the state is even. You gotta put in 5 teams with a 10% chance to maybe beat one team with an 80.

By: scholarships

scholarships — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:26:21 +0000

On the topic of ILH schools and their sports-related scholarship opportunities offered, unlike the rest Kamehameha does not specifically single out students for their athletic abilities. All students that attend the school are on scholarship, technically.

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:26:39 +0000

If a family is approached with an opportunity to send their son to Private School, why shouldn’t they? If the finances and logistics are aligned why not?
Because you are creating an unfair advantage against your home school athletic teams. Yeesh.

By: phILHarmonic

phILHarmonic — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:06:20 +0000

I can’t wait for the second round. Favorite time of the year! ! Good luck to all the players.

By: Imua54

Imua54 — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:10:03 +0000

Honestly the ILH schools do recruit a bunch of guys and if they were allowed more berths then the ILH championship would become the State championship some years. Its unfortunate that some mediocre OIA teams get into the playoffs while top tier ILH teams sit on the sideline but ultimately I believe the final game usually has the true #1 vs the true #2 going head to head especially with the OIA putting out very strong programs in Mililani and Kahuku this year for instance. I am a Kamehameha grad and though it sucks, I believe the system works fairly well (although putting an extra ILH berth would make things exciting). I honestly think there should be stronger preseason games between OIA and ILH powerhouses to make state rankings more accurate.

By: 88

88 — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 06:48:57 +0000

Amen.

By: FUKI

FUKI — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 05:06:38 +0000

The Kahuku running back grew up in Laie…I know cuz I coached him before he left. Dont talk about kids unless u know facts about them. Punahous running back, quarterback, fullback are all from Laie. Kamehameha didn’t get it done, dont cry about it. Das on dem. U can’t beg to be in a championship game when u dont win when it counts. Kahuku would stomp all over everyone every year if their kids stayed home n ILH didn’t touch them. So ILH has no room to cry…they recruit, they spend money, they offer sponsorships. Yea they compete. They better compete!!! With all they have and offer, thats the least they should do.

By: Manley

Manley — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 23:00:04 +0000

Oh, so that rb from Samoa goes back to Samoa after school? Really, you think Kahuku do not have studs ready to run the rock? Oh and who paid for the plane tickets for the ciach,player etc?