Highland High Rams 2008 Football Schedule

HIGHLAND FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sat 08/23/08 Highland at Mountain Crest (at Utah State University) 12:00 PM
Fri 08/29/08 Highland at American Fork 07:00 PM
Fri 09/05/08 Skyline at Highland 07:00 PM
Fri 09/12/08 Highland at East 06:30 PM
Fri 09/19/08 Granger at Highland 07:00 PM
Fri 09/26/08 Highland at Olympus 07:00 PM
Fri 10/03/08 Cottonwood at Highland 07:00 PM
Fri 10/10/08 Highland at Cyprus 07:00 PM
Wed 10/15/08 West at Highland 07:00 PM
Thu 10/23/08 Murray at Highland 07:00 PM



This is Highland Football's 2008 schedule. Highland plays two tough opening games, and they're both on the road. Plus, they face, what is projected to be, a very solid Skyline team, at home.
Their Region 6 opener will also be a test, as they face East, at East's field. East has some solid players, and are led by Steve Tuikolovatu, among others. East's question mark is their coaching, with the departure of Whitehead, how will East respond?
Highland should not overlook Granger! Generally, once you start overlooking an opponent, you are in for a very big letdown.
Olympus, is the team that East's ex-coach, Whitehead, told the Salt Lake Tribune, he expects to be the dark horse, in Region 6. I wouldn't be surprised, as Olympus, is a traditional football power, and I don't think that they are too far gone, from returning to their glory days.
Cottonwood is solid! They have a veteran quarterback, and running back. In fact, Sofele (RB), is one of the best in the state, garnering 1st Team All-State honors. Cottonwood's question mark, is its, traditionally solid defense. They do have a solid defensive back, in Hosea, and others, so, defensively, they should be good.
Cyprus lost loads of talent, but they should be competitive.
West is in the same boat, as Cyprus, they had some key departures, but I do expect West will compete in Region.
Murray is another team that should not be overlooked. They're traditionally in the bottom echelon of Region 6 teams, but they are attempting to turn things around, and they do have David Archuleta, as a good luck charm.
That said, Highland does have the talent to run this table, and if they do, that's a HUGE if, they will be sitting "pretty", when the state playoffs roll around.

2006 Highlights - Part I

I finally got around to it. I have put together Tevita's, first, sophomore season, which was 2006, varsity highlight reel.
Check it out!
There will be another sophomore highlight vid coming soon, so look for Part II.
Tevita played effectively, as a starter, on the defensive line, and gave teams fits, with his blend of speed, and aggressiveness.
Offensively, he proved to be a reliable and effective backup, at running back.

Deseret News Region & Team Previews Schedule

The Deseret News has released it's schedule for Utah High School football Region and individual team previews. Region 6, Tevita Kinikini and Highland High's Region, preview will be published August 13th.
Tevita Kinikini & the Highland Ram's preview, will come before, on August 8th.
Anyhow, feel free to read the Deseret News Region & Team previews schedule here.

Football is Punish or Be Punished

This is a clip from Tevita Kinikini's 9th grade season, and although it is old, it is still HIGHLY representative of the way he plays the game of football.
Happy viewing!

Deseret News Pre-Season Predictions

The Deseret News has come out with its pre-season polls. They have Tevita Kinikini & the Highland High Rams ranked at #5, in the Utah high school football 4A rankings. They've also, in a related article, come out with some pre-season predictions, they are basically the same article, under different titles. Happy reading!

Salt Lake Tribune Blurb

In their, Journey To The Top Blog, the Salt Lake Tribune, crack high school reporting team, offers a little blurb on Tevita, and his team.
In the article, they still refer to Tevita as a defensive end, a situation that, before the season starts, will be remedied.
Read about it here: Highland High Rams Football.

Welcome!

This blog is dedicated to all things #3, of the Highland High School Rams, Salt Lake City, Utah. His name is Tevita Kinikini, and he plays running back, and linebacker (hopefully). At the time of this writing, Tevita may be playing defensive end, and, although he has proven effective on the defensive line, he should be playing linebacker or defensive back, which are more natural positions for his size and skillset.
We will cover the progress of his football season this year (2008), which is his senior season, and in the process we will be talking alot about his upcoming games, opponents, opposing players, the Highland Ram football team, and some of Tevita's teammates.
In the meantime, sit back and enjoy some of the highlights from his junior season: