Welcome to the Moanalua ‘resort’

Plush! Moanalua fans and visitors will get a chance to enjoy the fresh, newly renovated restrooms at the school’s gym this winter. See photos below. Athletic Director Joel Kawachi said a grant made the fix-up possible. Walking into a restroom at Moanalua’s gym in the past was always decent enough — clean, no fancy trimmings [...]

Letter-of-intent signing day (extended version)

(Here’s the letter-of-intent story in its entirety. We had a little bit of a space limitation in the print edition today.) Trusty purple pen in hand, Ali‘itasi Docktor was a jumble of nerves when the early signing period began on Nov. 9. Docktor, an all-state, power-hitting third baseman at Mid-Pacific, never got this tense at [...]

Extra: More on Punahou, St. Francis

(Today’s print edition carried a follow-up story on Punahou’s girls volleyball championship. Here’s more, the stuff that didn’t make it to print due to space limitations.) Is this the end of a dynasty at Kamehameha? “I don’t think so,” Punahou coach Peter Balding said. “I think our society looks at a dynasty in terms of [...]

Kamehameha/KS-Hawaii: extended version

(Didn’t have enough space in the print edition this morning, so here goes.) Kamehameha 3, Kamehameha-Hawaii 0 The Kapalama campus Warriors were in total control from start to finish against their sister campus from the Big Island for a 25-15, 25-13, 25-13 win in quarterfinal play of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships [...]

HIADA voting results

Here are the voting results from yesterday’s athletic directors conference. See the accompanying story here. 51st annual HIADA Conference Ala Moana Hotel June 1-3, 2011 Roll call 10 a.m. Voting commences 10:15 a.m. GROUP I (Chair: Wade Okamura, Recorder: Deems Utsumi) Air Riflery 1. (as amended) Put the BIIF back in the rotation for air [...]

HHSAA boys volleyball seedings, brackets

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Volleyball State Championships Attached are the official brackets of the 2011 New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Volleyball State Championships.  The Division I tournament begins Wednesday, May 11 at Keaau and Waiakea High Schools on the Big Island.  The tournament concludes with the championship match on Saturday, May 14, 7:00 [...]

PIAA letter-of-intent signing day

Pacific Islands Athletic Alliance held a letter-of-intent signing ceremony yesterday for local student-athletes. See the story here. Here are some photos from yesterday’s ceremony at the HMSA building.

Four local teams nationally ranked

Baseball and softball are in the swing of things, so to speak. Boys volleyball hasn’t started regular-season play yet, but local teams are already making a big impression on the national front. Kamehameha, Punahou, ‘Iolani and Hawaii Baptist are in the ESPN Rise Fab 50 rankings. Kamehameha is ranked No. 6 nationally. Punahou, last year’s [...]

Video: PIAA letter-of-intent signing day

OK, part 1 is pau, but there are three more parts and this will take time. Part 2 is loading up right now and the final two parts aren’t edited yet. Added Nov. 11, VIDEO: PIAA Letter-of-Intent Signing Day (Part 1 of 4) Added Nov. 11, VIDEO: PIAA Letter-of-Intent Signing Day (Part 2 of 4) [...]

Photos: PIAA early letter-of-intent signing day

From yesterday morning’s event at the Honolulu Design Center. A bright morning, indeed! The story in today’s print/online is here. Paul Honda, Star-Advertiser

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