Kahuku flag football players allege they were forced change out of uniforms on the field

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The first games of the inaugural girls flag football season made history in Hawaii.

“It was really exciting. I was like wow,” said parent Penny Toilolo.

But the groundbreaking season is now tarnished by what parents call negligence after Kakuku High and Intermediate School’s varsity flag football team lost to Castle High School in Kaneohe on March 25.

Girls flag football players and a parent group, Kahuku Movement for Change, say during the post-game chaos, Kahuku’s athletic director Gillian Yamagata allegedly ordered the girls to hastily change and hand over their uniforms or the team would fined for not leaving in 15 minutes.

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