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Moanalua alum Keene a Wooden Award finalist

By Christian Shimabuku on February 8, 2017

Marcus Keene, a junior point guard at Central Michigan who attended Moanalua his freshman year of high school, was named a top-20 finalist for the John. R Wooden award on Wednesday. The award recognizes the top college men’s basketball player annually. Standing just 5-foot-9, Keene leads the nation averaging 30.7 points per game. He is on pace to become the first player to average more than 30 points a game in 20 years. Keene is just one of two players […]

Waianae’s Lutu-Clarke at ease with decision

By Christian Shimabuku on February 1, 2017

Waianae’s Onesimus Lutu-Clarke is setting out to make the very most of his collegiate experience. The first step toward that was signing with Oregon State on Wednesday morning to make his commitment official. He chose the Beavers because of the environment within and beyond the locker room. “It had to be the family-oriented atmosphere that they had there,” Lutu-Clarke said. “I realized how strong of a bond they had with each other and how coach (Gary) Andersen plans to use […]

Kailua’s Mejia took laid-back approach to WSU

By Christian Shimabuku on February 1, 2017

Social media has been an integral part of an athlete’s college recruitment for some time now, but Kailua senior and Washington State commit Christian Mejia took a more old-fashioned approach by avoiding it altogether. “I’m quiet about that. I’m not a social media guy, I’m just laid back,” he said after making his commitment to WSU official. “Just me and my family kind.” After offers from Vanderbilt, Hawaii and Washington State, Mejia was down to the Rainbow Warriors and Cougars. […]

Punahou’s Suguturaga woke up still undecided

By Christian Shimabuku on February 1, 2017

For a brief moment, it seemed that Punahou’s Miki Suguturaga was about to pull a shocker. Before the National Letter of Intent Signing Day festivities at the Sheraton Waikiki, each athlete who was present had a name card with their respective college choices. Suguturaga’s card had a University of Hawaii logo in the center of it, but it proved too good to be true for fans of the Rainbow Warriors. The senior defensive lineman instead opted for the more probable […]

Faith, Te’o lead Tagovailoa-Amosa to South Bend

By Christian Shimabuku on February 1, 2017

Hundreds filed out of the Sheraton Waikiki ballroom in a frenzy as athletes, family members and coaches readied to celebrate new beginnings. Kapolei senior Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa was one of the few to stay. The newly-minted Notre Dame signee relished his surroundings. After numerous leis and photo requests, he met with uncle and former Campbell coach Amosa Amosa for a tearful embrace. “It really is emotional. I’m definitely grateful and extremely blessed to have this opportunity presented to me,” Tagovailoa-Amosa said. […]

Tagovailoa ends up in top 20 of national ranking

By Christian Shimabuku on January 31, 2017

Much was made of Tua Tagovailoa’s recruitment, and even though the Saint Louis product has settled in at the University of Alabama, his prospect rankings have hit a new high. Bleacher Report recently ranked the dual-threat quarterback as the nation’s No. 20 overall prospect. Only Georgia’s Davis Mills (No. 15), a Stanford commit, was ranked ahead of Tagovailoa, Hawaii’s all-time career passing leader, among quarterbacks. In comparison, Tagovailoa checks in at No. 32 on 247Sports and 38 on Scout. Additionally, […]

Watson’s commitment to OSU was tough decision

By Christian Shimabuku on January 22, 2017

As one of six preordained participants of the Polynesian Bowl to make his college commitment during the game, the pressure was on Leilehua’s Charles Moku Watson to make a decision. After 10 scholarship offers and a decommitment to Washington State last fall, Watson narrowed his options down to Oregon State and BYU before Saturday night. Regardless, Watson didn’t decide until that morning, ultimately choosing the Beavers. “I kind of slept on it. It was a really hard decision. It took […]

Slade-Matautia followed his heart to Eugene

By Christian Shimabuku on January 22, 2017

All of the stars aligned at the end for Saint Louis senior Isaac Slade-Matautia. The four-star linebacker announced his commitment to Oregon during the fourth quarter of the first annual Polynesian Bowl on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. A combination of past program success, Hawaii ties and future promise played a large role in his decision. Two of the last top-10 picks in the NFL Draft hailing from Hawaii are UO products. There’s Ducks legend and 2014 Heisman Trophy winner […]

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