The goal is to put Big Island high school football players in the spotlight, and Las Vegas is a pretty good start.
Panaewa Athletics Combined Hawaii leaves Wednesday for Sin City to compete in the Pylon Elite 7v7 Football tournament and an opportunity to gain a pipeline to recruiters at the next level.
“There are usually several hundred scouts and recruiters there, and this is the first time a Big Island team is going,” team director Derek Kalai said. “All kinds of media organizations: Scout, Rivals, ESPN. Every sort of sports apparel company.
“It’s the Olympics of high school football.