Hawaii Grown

It had been over a month since Stanford had scored more than 17 points in a game heading into Saturday’s Pac-12 contest at Arizona. The Cardinal, in the midst of a disappointing 1-3 record in their last four games, were hit by the injury bug on the offensive line. It opened the door for Saint Louis graduate Nate Herbig to make his first collegiate start as a true freshman at right guard. Herbig, who is 6-foot-4 and 350 pounds, made […]

Two ACL surgeries in high school hasn’t stopped Kamehameha alum Kaulana Apelu. Apelu, who walked on at Oregon in 2015, had his junior and senior seasons cut short at Kamehameha with knee injuries. A running back in high school, Apelu tried out at linebacker for the Ducks. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound sophomore made enough of an impression in camp that he earned time on special teams as a true freshman and played a total of 184 snaps. This season, Apelu sat […]

Five months ago, McKenzie Milton was still in school at Mililani finishing up his senior year. In that short span of time, he’s gone from record-setting Trojans quarterback to the No. 1 starting quarterback option at Central Florida. UPDATE: UCF head coach Scott Frost said Monday that Milton is UCF’s starting quarterback “moving forward.” Milton started his third game of the season Saturday in a 26-25 loss to Temple. He finished 13-for-22 for 210 yards and two touchdowns with one […]