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Kalaheo is the right fit for new head football coach Nelson Maeda

By Nick Abramo on March 7, 2020

Nelson Maeda got three years worth of more relaxed football seasons. Those days are over. Maeda, the former Castle and Kailua head coach, is the new Kalaheo head man. He believes he found the right fit. “I had to give this situation a lot of hard thought,” he said. “One really big thing that had to fall in place for me to return to be a head coach was I did not want to be put in a situation where […]

Pac-Five in no-man’s land as far as state football is concerned

By Nick Abramo on March 6, 2020

Pac-Five is a team without a football state tournament to try and qualify for. The squad is in the same predicament for 2020 that it was in last year, when ILH Division II had only one team for the first time. Under Hawaii High School Athletic Association rules, a league with only one team can’t qualify for a football state berth. The same rule does not apply to baseball. This spring, the Damien baseball team is the only ILH D-II […]

Jayden de Laura returns to stomping grounds for Crusaders clinic at Ali’iolani

By Paul Honda on March 6, 2020

Their last day together wearing the navy blue and red was filled with the laughter and excitement of children. This was the kind of day Jayden de Laura won’t forget. He and his Saint Louis football teammates put on the home jerseys for a clinic at nearby Ali’iolani Elementary School, which de Laura attended, on a sunny, rainy and windy Friday morning. Among the keiki who ran routes and caught passes from the Washington State signee was younger brother Jayxen, […]

Damien to play gym sports without spectators in response to coronavirus

By Hawaii Prep World on March 6, 2020

Damien Memorial School sent out an email to parents of students today that athletic contests, specifically boys volleyball, scheduled for the school gym this semester will be played without spectators for the “forseeable future” in response to the coronavirus. Attendance at games will be limited to players, coaches and others associated with managing the teams according to a press release. Brother Brian Walsh, president of Damien Memorial School, also announced the postponement of the following school events involving a large […]

Konawaena’s Caiyle Kaupu is Gatorade Hawaii girls basketball Player of Year

By Nick Abramo on March 6, 2020

Konawaena’s Caiyle Kaupu was chosen as the Gatorade Hawaii girls basketball player of the year, the Gatorade Company announced Friday. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character on and off the field. The 5-foot-10 senior low-post was a force for the Wildcats, who went 21-4 record and made it to the Division I final. Kaupu averaged 17.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.3 steals, 1.0 assist and 1.0 block per game. A three-time Big Island […]

Kalaheo hires Nelson Maeda as football head coach

By Nick Abramo on March 5, 2020

Nelson Maeda is the new head coach of the Kalaheo Mustangs football team, the school announced Thursday night. Maeda is a former head coach at Castle and Kailua. “We are excited as coach Maeda brings a love for the game and 20 years of head coaching experience,” Mark Brilhante, the Mustangs athletic director, said in a statement. “As an educator, we look forward to his ability to instill core values into our student athletes. With his love for the game […]

OIA-ILH interleague football to continue with Leilehua, Roosevelt moving up divisions

By Nick Abramo on March 5, 2020

OIA and ILH interleague football will continue with a full slate of games to be scheduled for the 2020 season, according to OIA football coordinator Harold Tanaka. And two schools — Leilehua and Roosevelt — are moving up a division. “It’s a go,” Tanaka said Thursday morning. The renewal of the highly popular, fan-friendly two-year pilot program was not a given, and multiple sources over the past few months told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that it was possible OIA principals would […]

Keila Kamoku powers Kamehameha over Punahou

By Paul Honda on March 4, 2020

The last time Keila Kamoku hit a ball this far, she was a seventh grader playing Little League baseball. She was a shortstop for the Kapolei All-Stars back then. “I remember one time, I was at a baseball state tournament in Hilo and I just had that same feeling as I have right now. We were losing by one or two runs. There’s two runners on base and I just swung, and it cleared the fence all the way on […]

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