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Mililani girls soccer coach Darren Smith looks calm most of the time. It appears that’s his natural state. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a competitive fire burning in his soul. Talk to anybody who watched him play for the Mililani boys team in the early 2000s and they know. He’s a leader and he’s strategic. He’s smiling. But … he’s out to win. In his first year as the girls’ head coach, Smith’s got the Trojans (11-1) into […]

Tichalynn Barroga scored on a penalty kick in the 63rd minute to give Moanalua a 2-1 victory over Campbell in the late semifinal between two unbeaten teams in the OIA girls soccer semifinals on Thursday at Kapolei. Moanalua (9-0-2) moves on to play Mililani in Saturday’s championship game at Kapolei. Na Menehune will be trying for their fourth OIA title and first since 2012, which was also the last time a team from the East won the league crown. “It […]

The Kaiser boys soccer team, which hasn’t won an OIA championship since 2014, locked up the No. 1 seed out of the East in the upcoming league playoffs with a 2-0 win over Kalaheo in the regular-season finale on Saturday. Sebastian Horn and Lucas Shearer scored goals for the Cougars, who finished 9-0-1 in the regular season. The Mustangs were 9-0 entering the match before giving up just the fourth and fifth goals they have allowed all season. Defending champion […]

Liam McGehee‘s progression as an athlete will continue next fall when he attends Whitworth University (Spokane, Wash.) to play soccer. For all we know, McGehee’s “American” football career is done. The senior center midfielder for the Mililani Trojans (7-1-1) in soccer spent his falls as a sophomore and junior playing for the school’s football team as a place-kicker. This school year, McGehee decided to concentrate on soccer by opting off of the football team in the fall (even though he […]