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 [...]

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.

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

Complete Honor Roll (Nov. 2)

Here’s the complete Honor Roll, which was cut significantly for the print edition on Tuesday. Athlete of the Week Boys Margarito Martinez, Leilehua cross country: The senior claimed his second state boys crown in a row with a time of 15 minutes, 56 seconds in the Honolulu Marathon/HHSAA Girls Cross Country State Championship at Patsy [...]

Video: Kamehameha-Punahou VB links

This page will allow you to keep up with new links for the Kamehameha-Punahou girls volleyball state final played on Saturday at King Kekaulike High School, Pukalani, Maui. As I wrote yesterday, there’s a lot of footage, so this will take time. VIDEO: Kamehameha-Punahou post-match (part 1 of 3) VIDEO: Kamehameha-Punahou post-match (part 2 of [...]

Video: Kamehameha-Punahou state final

As I mentioned in a post last night, editing video takes time, but uploading video online is excruciatingly slow. It would be faster with lower quality footage, but I’m sticking to high definition. It’s not the ultimate HD (1080). My little camera allows for 720. But it’s decent. So please bear with me over the [...]

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