re: Class of 2019 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: That's a Wrap Edition

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HONOLULU – The 2019 Polynesian Bowl kicks off Saturday, Jan. 19, at 12 a.m. ET/7 p.m. HST on CBS Sports Network and players on both sides appear ready to take the field.

In its third rendition, the game will pit several of the best high school recruits in the country against each other — Team Mauka vs. Team Makai — inside Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium.

Forty-one players in the 247Sports Composite rankings are on the roster, including 15 of the top 100 prospects.

Composite five-stars Trey Sanders, a running back who signed with Alabama, and Ishmael Sopsher, a defensive lineman from Louisiana who has yet to come off the board, are among the expected participants.

Mike Bellotti, the winningest football coach in Oregon history and a College Football Hall of Fame inductee, will serve as head coach for Team Makai. Team Mauka will be coached by Jim Zorn, whose résumé includes 12 years as an NFL quarterback and 16 years as an NFL coach.

Haloti Ngata (Philadelphia Eagles) and Juju Smith-Schuster (Pittsburgh Steelers) will serve as the game's honorary captains.

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