Teams still finding success going old-school

By Paul Honda

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 05, 2012

~~<p>The age of technology has not, surprisingly, stifled the old-school age of smashmouth football.</p>
<p>This season, as much or perhaps more than any in the past several years, running backs have sprinted and spun their way to remarkable numbers. Despite a proliferation of pass-first, quick-trigger offenses, there are busy running backs such as Abraham Silva (940 rushing yards, 11 touchdowns, 8.3 yards per carry) and Tyler Taumua (617, eight, 6.2) of Farrington, Kainalu Kaleo of Anuenue (1,248, 13, 12.4), Aofaga Wily of Kahuku (738, 13, 6.7) and Kai Gonda of Kaiser (657, seven, 7.2).</p>
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The age of technology has not, surprisingly, stifled the old-school age of smashmouth football.

This season, as much or perhaps more than any in the past several years, running backs have sprinted and spun their way to remarkable numbers. Despite a proliferation of pass-first, quick-trigger offenses, there are busy running backs such as Abraham Silva (940 rushing yards, 11 touchdowns, 8.3 yards per carry) and Tyler Taumua (617, eight, 6.2) of Farrington, Kainalu Kaleo of Anuenue (1,248, 13, 12.4), Aofaga Wily of Kahuku (738, 13, 6.7) and Kai Gonda of Kaiser (657, seven, 7.2). Login for more...