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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. […]

Notre Dame offers Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa

By Paul Honda on January 5, 2017

Kapolei defensive end Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa- has received a football scholarship offer from Notre Dame. Notre Dame Digest reported the offer on Wednesday via its Twitter page. Irish Sports Daily later reported that Tagovailoa-Amosa may make an official visit to the South Bend, Ind. campus. The most recent football island recruits to play for the Fighting Irish were former Punahou standouts Manti Te’o and Robby Toma (2009-12). The all-state first teamer now has 14 offers: Air Force, Arizona, Army, Georgia Tech, […]

Quack Attack: Oregon offers Taulia

By Paul Honda on December 12, 2016

It was a formality since the visit of new Oregon head football coach Willie Taggart to the home of brothers Tua and Taulia Tagovailoa over the weekend. Today, the Ducks offered Taulia Tagovailoa a scholarship while Florida threw an offer Tua’s way according to Kapolei coach Darren Hernandez. Oregon is where one of Tua’s mentors, former All-State quarterback Marcus Mariota of Saint Louis became a Heisman Trophy winner before being drafted by the Tennessee Titans. Tua just completed his senior […]

Coach Speak: Feedback on new football format

By Paul Honda on November 26, 2016

The timing was right. The state tournament, officially branded the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships, came to a close last weekend. Coaches, all of them, were done for the year. What did they think of the new format, adding one division of eight teams, expanding to a 20-team format? Most of the coaches who responded by phone, text or e-mail had plenty to say, and yet they agreed that the new three-tiered look is, well, awesome. They also had […]

GAME NIGHT 11/11: Kahuku/Kapolei

By Hawaii Prep World on November 11, 2016

Kapolei has next. The Hurricanes (10-2) will get their crack at stopping Kahuku’s 23-game winning streak against Hawaii teams in the semifinals of the Open Division in the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA State Football Championships at Aloha Stadium. HISTORY: Kahuku leads the all-time series 6-1 with four wins coming in the previous two seasons. Kahuku 54, Kapolei 7 It will be Kahuku/Saint Louis in a rematch of last year’s D-I state final in the inaugural Open Division state championship. at Aloha […]

Nerdpod: Quarterbacks v3.0

By Paul Honda on November 11, 2016

NERDPOD: Quarterbacks v3.0 The Star-Advertiser and Hawaii Prep World’s Paul Honda breaks down some of the best quarterbacks in the state. This is more of a run-through than a breakdown of QB statistics for the first time since almost two months. Numbers don’t tell the whole story, of course. That’s why this is Nerdpod, not fanpod. Some amazing, eye-popping numbers this season. QBs listed below in random order for the most part. QUARTERBACKS Tua Tagovailoa, Saint Louis Measurables: 6-1, 210, […]

VIDEO: Kapolei vs. Punahou highlights

By Paul Honda on November 8, 2016

Kapolei. Punahou. It was a marquee matchup in the quarterfinal round of the newly-created Open Division of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships. It wasn’t a new being, of course. The six-team format of Open Division mirrored the previous top-tiered division at the state tourney, Division I. In that division, there had rarely ever been such a tough matchup for both teams, but this was the first time an Interscholastic League of Honolulu runner-up was permitted to play for […]

Magical flights of Jones Airborne ’07 and ’16

By Paul Honda on November 7, 2016

Time has passed, much time. And we have learned so much. Exactly what have we learned? This fancy, newfangled Run & Shoot thing actually works. Dec. 8, 1906 “Football leaders gathered in New York and voted to legalize the forward pass. The decision was in response to an uprising led by none other than President Roosevelt himself, who believed that the brutally violent game needed to change or be abolished all togther.” —Big Game USA / 1906 Football Newsreel Note: […]

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