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Lakalaka, Sai make it official

By Paul Honda on February 1, 2012

The University of Hawaii scored nicely this morning with two signees at the HUB/Pacific Islands Athletic Alliance letter of intent signing ceremony at the Sheraton Waikiki. Punahou running back Steven Lakalaka and Kamehameha offensive lineman Kiha Sai made their commitments official by signing with the Warriors and new head coach Norm Chow. However, another potential signee, Kamehameha safety Taylor Taliulu, reversed field for the second time in three days. Taliulu showed up dressed in a maroon Washington State polo shirt […]

Letter-of-intent signing day (extended version)

By Jerry Campany on November 17, 2011

(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 the plate. “I was shaking,” Docktor admitted. Yesterday, Docktor, teammate Keiki Carlos and dozens of other student-athletes were in the spotlight at the letter-of-intent signing […]

HIADA voting results

By Paul Honda on June 4, 2011

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 riflery with the ILH hosting in 2011-12, the BIIF hosting in 2012-13 and the OIA hosting in 2013-14. Committee: 33-0 General Assembly: 89-0. Motion carries. […]


Sugar Mill Classic

By Paul Honda on May 31, 2011

Some photos from yesterday’s Sugar Mill Classic. It’s always fun to see good baseball — high school ball in this case — at historic Hans L’Orange Field.

HHSAA state baseball brackets

By Paul Honda on April 27, 2011

Here are the brackets for the Wally Yonamine Foundation/HHSAA State Baseball Championships. Team-by-team win-loss records are below. DIVISION I: OIA 1.       Moanalua (13-1-1) 2.       Pearl City (10-5) 3.       Kailua (13-1-1) 4.       Mililani (10-5) 5.       Leilehua (10-6) 6.       Roosevelt (9-7) ILH 1.       Saint Louis (16-2) 2.       Mid-Pacific (14-4) BIIF 1.       Waiakea (10-1-1) 2.       Hilo (9-3) MIL 1.       Baldwin (14-0) 2.       Kamehameha-Maui (7-7) DIVISION II: OIA 1.       Radford (10-3) 2.       Waipahu (11-1) 3.       Kalaheo (9-3) ILH 1.       Pac-Five (9-5) BIIF 1.       Konawaena (10-0) 2.       Hawaii Prep (8-3) MIL 1.       Molokai (7-1) KIF 1.       Kauai (9-4-1)

MPI-Kamehameha (extended)

By Paul Honda on April 12, 2011

“We put in the guys who can do the job. They’re tough kids,” Owls coach Dunn Muramaru said. “All I can ask for is great effort.”

Saints stick together (extended version)

By Paul Honda on April 5, 2011

“You just have to chase your dreams. Nothing is impossible. You work hard and you can accomplish anything you want to be no matter how big or small you are.” —Kalei Contrades