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Rivals will make a run at each other

By Jerry Campany on July 22, 2014

When the OIA’s new divisions and schedule were announced over the summer, there was one glaring omission — No Mililani-Leilehua rivalry game unless the teams happen to meet in the playoffs. Problem solved, sort of. Coaches for both schools got together and decided to honor the rivalry and schedule a scrimmage Thursday, July 31 at Leilehua. There will be no admission charged, but there will be certainly be a full house. Mules coach Nolan Tokuda says it will be run […]

Mililani all-state football, state championship era

By Jerry Campany on July 7, 2014

Kahuku was shut out of the first team on last year’s Star-Advertiser All-State football first team, the first time the school didn’t have someone mentioned on a newspaper’s first team since 1997. That leaves Mililani with the longest current OIA streak, getting a player on the first team every year since 2002. Saint Louis has been represented every year since 1982. Here is a list of all of the first-team all state players from Mililani in the state championship era. […]

PIAA Combine (updated results list)

By Jerry Campany on June 2, 2014

PIAA executive director Doris Sullivan had a full house for the annual PIAA/Under Armour Football Combine on Saturday. The list of participants maxed out at 260 going into the annual event, but Doris noted that 280 wound up participating. Click on the link below to see the results. 2014-PIAA-COMBINE-RESULTS (Note: This version of results is complete. The previous list had missing names and results.) One of the first stats I look at is the 40-yard dash. In this case, it’s […]


Defense rules Kahuku spring game

By Jerry Campany on May 30, 2014

New Kahuku head football coach Lee Leslie will be the first to admit that he is still learning about the culture of the community around Kahuku. His boys gave him one of his first lessons during Friday’s Red and White game to wrap up spring practice. Defense rules. “I thought the kids showed a lot of courage today,” Leslie said. “There is a lot of offense I have yet to put in and I know it is Kahuku and we […]

Medeiros will attend MLB draft

By Billy Hull on May 23, 2014

Waiakea’s Kodi Medeiros confirmed Friday that he will be attending the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Thursday, June 5, in Secaucus, N.J. The left-hander is projected as a first-round draft pick and would become the third player drafted in the first round straight out of high school from Hawaii, joining Waipahu’s Jerome Williams (No. 39 overall) in 1999 and Kamehameha’s Bronson Sardinha (No. 34 overall) in 2001. Punahou graduate Justin Wayne is the highest draft pick ever […]

LIVE Blog: State baseball championships

By Jerry Campany on May 16, 2014

Division I final: Mililani vs. Saint Louis Mililani (12-6) vs. Saint Louis (17-6) Pono Anderson gets the start for Saint Louis as the Crusaders seek the program’s first state championship since 1974. Mililani will go after its first title with Cole Nakachi on the mound. Both started first-round games on Tuesday. Anderson closed out Saint Louis’ win over Campbell with an inning of relief on Thursday. Here we go … Inning 1 MIL: Kaimana Souza-Paaluhi has been a tough out […]

Long ball lacking at the Les

By Jerry Campany on May 16, 2014

When the power went out on the UH campus during Thursday’s Divsion II semifinal between Waianae and Kamehameha-Hawaii, the only real inconvenience was keeping track of how many runs the Warriors were piling on the wounded Seariders. But fans who had taken in the show the previous two days probably didn’t mind. The Division II schools showed off some offense that was lacking in the first two days on the UH Manoa campus. Both Division II finalists, Kamehameha-Hawaii and Maryknoll, […]

Souza-Paaluhi sparks Mililani

By Jason Kaneshiro on May 15, 2014

Kaimana Souza-Paaluhi had a pretty good view of Mid-Pacific’s comeback win over Mililani in last year’s Division I final of the state baseball championship. “I was sitting right there watching,” he said, pointing over to the seats above Les Murakami Stadium’s first-base dugout. Then a Mililani freshman who’d played on the junior varsity, Souza-Paaluhi couldn’t do much other than cheer on the varsity from the stands while MPI rallied to the 3-1 win to deny Mililani its first state title. […]