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Boys Basketball All-State Fab 15, All-Defense

By Paul Honda on March 22, 2020

Christmas Togiai leads the 2019-20 Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball All-State selections published in Sunday’s edition. Voted by coaches and media as player of the year, Togiai outpointed Niko Robben of Maryknoll. Kelly Grant, who guided Maryknoll to a second consecutive state championship, was voted coach of the year by the panel of coaches and media. Below are coaches’ comments on the Fab 15, as well as the list of All-Defensive team selections. 1. Christmas Togiai, Kamehameha 6-2, Sr. Near-unanimous selection as […]

One by one, prep golfers see favorite courses close shop

By Paul Honda on March 22, 2020

It was too good to last for Kolbe Irei and other high school golfers. When schools suspended classes and spring sports due to the COVID-19 virus, student-athletes in most sports were left hanging without any way, any place to keep working out. The exception was golf, which is off campus. Then the municipal courses shut down. For Irei, a Roosevelt senior who won the OIA’s first three tournaments, there was a sanctuary at his nearby golf course, Oahu Country Club. […]

ON THIS DATE: Pikake Nutter-Gaudet’s comeback falls short

By Jerry Campany on March 21, 2020

On this date turns to a more recent year, the day in 2003 that Leilehua’s Pikake Nutter-Gaudet almost single-handedly saved the Mules against rival Mililani. Nutter-Gaudet scored 19 of her 28 points in the fourth quarter — only one of her made shots was a 3-pointer — but Mililani beat Leilehua 49-46 early in the girls basketball season. Thanks to Nutter-Gaudet, the visiting Mules outscored the Trojans 25-7 in the final stanza, but the comeback fell just short. Christy Duvachelle […]

The last sanctuary: Kolbe Irei still gets his swings in

By Paul Honda on March 20, 2020

A little normalcy is what many athletes are craving during this COVID-19 crisis. Kolbe Irei is counting his blessings. The Roosevelt senior won his first three OIA tournaments this spring before schools were closed. He also got in the Hawaii State Amateur tourney, finishing second. But the day to day remains mostly the same. Irei took a four-day break before hitting the links at his home course, Oahu Country Club, on Thursday. Trades 5-15 mph. Overcast. Even if weather had […]

Brothers Titus, Tama Mokiao-Atimalala staying busy during shutdown

By Paul Honda on March 20, 2020

Long break, no problem, because brothers Titus and Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala have goals. “We have lots of chores,” said Titus, a junior who collected his 14th and 15th football scholarship offers in the past week. Oregon, then USC, contacted the 6-foot-1, 175-pound two-way athlete. “I was kind of waiting on this. We talked for awhile now and I’m happy that they pulled the trigger. I know the USC coach was telling me that he was going to come down in the […]

ON THIS DATE: Farrington wins boys basketball semifinal

By Jerry Campany on March 20, 2020

With the world at war following the Pearl Harbor attack, Saint Louis and Farrington’s boys teams had their own battles on the basketball court. On this day in 1943, the Crusaders stole an 18-17 thriller from McKinley and The Governors beat Kamehameha 35-14. That set up a winner-take-all matchup three days later. McKinley led Saint Louis 10-8 at halftime before the Cardinals leaned on Henry Van Giesen to make the difference. Van Giesen hit a free throw with two minutes […]

New Moanalua OC Bryant Moniz ‘anxious’ to get started

By Paul Honda on March 19, 2020

Bryant Moniz has been through all kinds of adversity, but nothing stopped his will. Now he gets back to football at the high school level as the new offensive coordinator at Moanalua. New head coach Vince Nihipali confirmed the hiring on Wednesday. Moniz knows the underdog path well. Growing up in Wahiawa, playing through the Mililani Pop Warner system, becoming an All-State quarterback for Leilehua under then-coach Nolan Tokuda, overcoming injuries to start at Hawaii, then playing four seasons in […]

ON THIS DATE: Saint Louis shocks field at Cornell Relays

By Jerry Campany on March 19, 2020

Lane assignments for the Cornell Relays at Kamehameha were drawn at the YMCA on March 19, 1931, with Bill Wise‘s Kamehameha crew the heavy favorite but Saint Louis expected to threaten them. Other schools entered included Punahou, McKinley and Saint Louis. The meet, which had been held every year since 1913, was much hyped in the newspaper, with stories advancing it every day until the action began with sports writers picking Kamehameha to beat Saint Louis by three points. When […]

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