Football

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s announcement on Wednesday means football, girls volleyball and competitive cheer will have to wait. Taking precautions to postpone the higher- and moderate-risk fall sports — football, girls volleyball, cross country and competitive cheer — to winter, possibly as early as January, is a big change for coaches across the state. ‘Iolani football coach and co-athletic director Wendell Look cautioned that January is not a lock as a start date because of the nature of […]

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association has announced the postponement of “higher and moderate” risk fall sports season to January of 2021. Football, girls volleyball and competitive cheer are the sports that will shift to January. Air riflery and bowling will remain in the fall season. The HHSAA board and Start Date Committee met on Wednesday afternoon. The recent daily spike in COVID-10 cases at record numbers — there were 173 more today — has caused concern at the state […]

The scenario in California, even Nevada, is different than it is in Hawaii. Earlier in the week, Nevada became the fifth state to postpone the high school football season. California, New Mexico, Virginia and Washington have made similar decisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevada took a different approach, moving fall sports to February. Fall sports will follow the winter season and be completed before the spring season. In Hawaii, three consecutive days of increasing single-day record case totals […]

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s update on Monday about no-contact rules extended to Aug. 18, but Executive Director Chris Chun expounded on the announcement. On Tuesday morning, Chun noted that workouts for student-athletes away from campus with independent groups are technically not banned by the HHSAA. The issue surfaces when team coaches are in contact with players from the same school. Groups of student-athletes from various sports and schools are free to work out with non-school coaches, Chun added. […]

The California Interscholastic Federation announced on Monday morning that football season has been postponed until the winter. New Mexico and Virginia had also announced postponement of football season, rescheduled to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Other states will follow now,” promised Saint Louis football coach Ron Lee. The San Jose Mercury News posted the announcement, noting that football state finals will be played in April and that basketball state finals will follow in June. Also, championships in most […]