Kapolei football

West Oahu has become quite the destination for visitors in recent years. It’s also a hotspot for football transfers. The latest is Lonenoa Faoa, a quarterback who played for Bishop Gorman last season. He is a 6-foot-2, 210-pound sophomore, and he is athletic. “Noa moved back to Hawaii this week,” Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez said on Friday morning. “He’s a smart kid with a great skill set. He was present at practice yesterday (Thursday), but he hasn’t practiced (on the […]

The first of 26 players from Hawaii to receive invites to the 2018 Polynesian Bowl over the next 13 weeks is Kapolei senior defensive end Kukea Emmsley. Emmsley, who is 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, committed to Boise State just before the start of the season. He recovered a fumble in a 7-0 win over Waianae two weeks ago and had a sack in last week’s game against Castle that was eventually forfeited by the fifth-ranked Hurricanes for using an ineligible […]

Kapolei High School released a statement Tuesday night acknowledging that the Hurricanes will forfeit last Saturday’s 41-7 win over Castle. “A miscommunication occurred regarding the dates and amount of football games ARS student-athletes were prohibited to participate in, per league rules. “The ARS student-athletes were disallowed from competing in the first two games (Campbell and Waianae), then we grade checked for the first two weeks of school as we do every year, and everyone on ARS passed their grade check […]