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Young at heart: Reggie Torres serving students, keeping up with grandchildren

By Paul Honda on March 27, 2021

Growing up in Punaluu, Reginald Torres was a busy, active boy. “Reggie” knew everybody. Everybody knew Reggie. Above all, he grew up playing multiple sports with a love for learning that was matched by his love for competition. These days, he and wife Lita have a new love: 10 grandchildren. “I like to stay young at heart, to stay busy. I’m lucky enough that I can still move with my grandchildren, so I want to keep moving with them as […]

MBC back to grind after mainland battles with WCA, PTP/San Bernadino Elite

By Paul Honda on March 17, 2021

Quietly, they have toiled and sweat on the grassy knolls and fields of Kapolei and Ma‘ili. When Coach Mose Tuia came home with his MBC Athletics football team, they already notched a first. The club played two games in a three-game span, falling to California club powerhouse Winner Circle Athletics, 14-0, and defeating a combined team of PTP Sports and San Bernardino Elite players, 21-14, in double overtime. “The trip was very fun. I slept most of the time. I […]

Spring is in the air — and so are football scrimmages for private schools

By Paul Honda on March 16, 2021

There’s nothing quite like the smell of synthetic turf, rubber granules and Baden footballs in the air. When practice resumed at Alexander Field on Monday, seniors Kilinahe Mendiola-Jensen and Kahanu Kia had all their prayers answered. “It’s just good to be back, be on the field, smell it again. It was nice. I was a beautiful day just playing football, seeing my teammates,” said Kia, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker. At Kalaepohaku, Saint Louis is in new-normal mode. In other words, […]

Trench Dawgz back to the grind after WCA’s forfeiture

By Paul Honda on March 9, 2021

There will be no showcase battle between the Trench Dawgz of Hawaii and Winner Circle Athletics of Southern California. According to TD Coach Whitley Fehoko, WCA cited a lack of available players on Saturday as the reason for the cancellation of the highly-anticipated matchup, which had been set for Mar. 16. California opened high school football for the spring season, resulting in a flood of talent returning to school teams. Playing in an club exhibition during school season is not […]

Grind and Grit: Trench Dawgz go from obscurity to possible NFL Films docu-series

By Paul Honda on March 5, 2021

The trip to the Golden State is becoming an adventure for the training group known as the Trench Dawgz. The football showcase set for Mar. 16 against Winner Circle Athletics was already much-needed good news for TD’s small tribe of trench men. Their numbers grew with tryouts to fill out the squad to 35 or 40 players. The daily workouts never stopped, and as scholarship offers to players old and new have risen, so has the Dawgz’ cache. One of […]

Players react to ILH board’s cancellation of spring football

By Paul Honda on February 26, 2021

News of the ILH board’s decision to cancel spring football spread quickly on Friday night. “We were waiting on it, and once school ended (on Friday), we got the text that there isn’t going to be a season,” Punahou senior defensive back Kilinahe Mendiola-Jensen said. The ILH board made the decision to cancel football, judo, water polo and kayaking. Football had been postponed since fall of 2020. COVID-19 numbers have dwindled in recent weeks, and Oahu is now in Tier […]

Move to Tier 3 could have impact on ILH decisions for spring and postponed sports

By Paul Honda on February 25, 2021

There are possibilities under Tier 3 that didn’t exactly exist in Tier 2 for Oahu’s youth and high school athletes. The executive order was officially approved by Gov. David Ige on Thursday morning, 12:01 a.m. The move into a more lenient and flexible tier — for the first time since the pandemic forced closure of schools last March — means organized youth and high school sports have a stronger chance of returning for spring season. That includes football and girls […]

Good news for prep sports: Mayor Rick Blangiardi announces Oahu’s move to Tier 3

By Paul Honda on February 23, 2021

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi has announced a move from Tier 2 to Tier 3, effective Thursday, which could have a significant impact on high school and youth organized sports on Oahu. His live press conference on Facebook Live referred to sports several times. Blangiardi: “Today, I want to announce effective Thursday morning, 12:01 a.m., we officially move to Tier 3, and with that comes a relaxation of the rules. We got there ahead of schedule thanks to all of you. […]

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