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CLOSING THE BOOK: 2019 Leilehua Mules

By Jerry Campany on December 28, 2019

TEAM RECORD >> 10-3 overall, 5-1 OIA Division I HEAD COACH >> Mark Kurisu is 24-9 in his current stint as head coach and 34-11-1 overall in four total seasons as Mules coach. KEY UNDERCLASSMEN IN 2019 >> CB Selau Aiava, 5-10, 158, Jr.; QB/WR Kalei Akagi, 5-10, 175, Jr.; DE Kiaka Pio, 6-1, 235, Jr.; RB Jemell Vereen, 5-11, 180, So.; LB Ashton Raquino, 5-10, 185, Jr. LEILEHUA THROUGH THE YEARS: 1973-2019 HISTORICAL EQUIVALENT: 2000 Waianae Mark Kurisu‘s fourth […]

Maryknoll girl hoopsters advance to Glendora tourney semifinals

By Paul Honda on December 28, 2019

Two games in, the Lady Spartans of Maryknoll are still alive in the title hunt. Serenity Moananu scored 12 of her team-high 18 points in the third quarter as Maryknoll rallied past Yucaipa (Calif.) 64-57 on Friday at the Glendora tournament. Mahalo Akaka tallied 13 points and Aloha Akaka added 12 for the Spartans, now 8-4 overall. They left the islands ranked No. 6 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10. They got clutch play while Aloha Akaka sat with […]

CLOSING THE BOOK: 2019 Moanalua Na Menehune

By Jerry Campany on December 27, 2019

TEAM RECORD >> 10-2 overall, 6-0 OIA Division I HEAD COACH >> Savai’i Eselu is 27-16 in four seasons with Na Menehune KEY UNDERCLASSMEN IN 2019 >> OL MJ Javar, 5-8, 215, Jr.; OL/DL Maugaoutufao Tauiliili, 6-0, 240, So.; LB/DL Rodley Nelson Jr., 5-8, 190, Jr.; DB Gabriel Suka, 5-10, 145, Jr. MOANALUA THROUGH THE YEARS: 1973-2019 HISTORICAL EQUIVALENT: 2001 Aiea Siavii Eselu‘s Moanalua crew doesn’t lose much, but when it does it is a heartbreaker. The 2019 OIA champion […]

Govs box Moanalua in, but Na Menehune race to 72-36 win

By Paul Honda on December 27, 2019

The Farrington Governors got one part of the mission done. They just didn’t have a way to fill in the rest of the blanks. Farrington limited Moanalua’s high-scoring junior, Geremy Robinson, to just 13 points, but Na Menehune still coasted to a 72-36 win on Thursday night to open OIA regular-season play. Farrington used a box-and-one defense to limit Robinson’s touches, but Elijah McGruder came through with 10 points and nine rebounds, and Kyle Hughley added 11 points. Jibraun Emerson […]

HAWAII GROWN: UCF’s Dillon Gabriel ends freshman season with bowl win

By Billy Hull on December 23, 2019

UCF’s Dillon Gabriel wasn’t sure he would play in his first season with the Knights. By the second game of the season, the 2019 Mililani graduate and 2018 Honolulu Star-Advertiser offensive player of the year was UCF’s starting quarterback. Gabriel completed his freshman season in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl and was named the game’s most valuable player after finishing 14-for-24 for 260 yards and two touchdowns. He also had a rushing TD in a 48-25 win over Marshall […]

Saint Louis finishes season in top 15 in the country

By Billy Hull on December 23, 2019

Despite suffering its first loss in more than three years, the Saint Louis Crusaders added another top-15 finish in the nation to its resume. The four-time defending Open Division state champions finished No. 14 in the final MaxPreps Xcellent 25, dropping seven spots after losing 35-19 to St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) in the GEICO State Champions Bowl Series on Saturday in Las Vegas. In the final USA Today Super 25, the Crusaders dropped just two spots to No. 8. St. […]

ALL-STATE FOOTBALL: Saint Louis’ Jayden de Laura and Nick Herbig stand out on top

By Paul Honda on December 22, 2019

The 2019 Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State football team features Saint Louis quarterback Jayden de Laura as offensive player of the year and linebacker Nick Herbig as defensive player of the year. Kaimuki’s David Tautofi is the coach of the year. To read the Star-Advertiser’s feature on the team plus cards of each individual player selected to the first team, click here. For the complete All-State teams and honorable mention selections, Click here. Capsules of the 2019 Star-Advertiser Football All-State first-team selections […]

No. 1 pound-for-pound Kysen Terukina of Kamehameha doubles up on the wrestling mat and soccer field

By Kyle Sakamoto on December 22, 2019

Kamehameha’s Kysen Terukina got it done on the wrestling mat and the soccer field the last two days. Terukina, a senior, won the two-day Hawaii Officials Tournament on Saturday with a 5-3 victory over Saint Louis’ Elijah Kaawa in the 132-pound final at Leilehua. A three-time state champion, Terukina is No. 1 in Hawaii Prep World’s Pound-For-Pound Rankings. His state titles are at 113, 120 and 126. “It’s nothing different like the rest of them,” he said of going for […]

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