Punahou withstood a powerful attack by Kahuku for a 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 25-21 win in the opening round of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships at Hemmeter Fieldhouse on Monday. Punahou seniors Chloe Kaahanui and outside hitter Kaia Dunford chatted after the match.
The quarterfinal round of USA Today America’s Best High School Football Stadiums public poll is underway. Waianae’s Raymond Torii Field advanced out of the round of 16 last week with a lopsided win over Diamond Ranch Academy (Utah). Torii Field, the No. 3 seed, is paired with No. 6 Jelsma Stadium (Okla.). In early voting, Jelsma Stadium leads Torii Field 303-217 (59 percent to 41 percent). >> VOTE FOR RAYMOND TORII FIELD BY CLICKING HERE. Many of the sites in […]
2019 RECORD >> 6-3 overall, 6-3 ILH Division II HEAD COACH >> Kip Botelho is 50-102-1 in 16 seasons with the Wolfpack KEY UNDERCLASSMEN IN 2019 >> WR Angelo Coluccio, 6-1, 165, Jr.; QB Chase Hedani, 5-11, 165, Jr.; LB Dane Ishibashi, 5-7, 170, Jr.; WR Kaala Tam, 6-0, 175, Jr.; RB Micah Kong, 5-9, 170, Jr. PAC-FIVE THROUGH THE YEARS: 1973-2019 HISTORICAL EQUIVALENT: 1981 Kalaheo After being told before the season started that they would not be playing for […]
One team had a long 10 days off. The other was getting its groove back after losing playoff matches last Monday and Wednesday. Third-ranked Punahou made those 10 days pay off, coming through in the fourth set to overcome No. 7 Kahuku 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 25-21 on Monday night in the opening round of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Volleyball State Championships. Punahou will meet BIIF champion Kamehameha-Hawaii on Thursday in the quarterfinal round at McKinley Student Council Gymnasium. Kaia […]
UPDATE: This story is no longer accurate. For our correction on the BIIF single-season record, click here. ——— For much of Hilo’s storied history in BIIF football, titles have been drenched in rain, mud and the longest cleats available in athletic stores. This year’s unbeaten Vikings squad has been part of a divergence from the norm. Hilo quarterback Kyan Miyasato broke the league record for touchdown passes in a single season over the weekend. Miyasato’s 33 TDs surpasses the previous […]
After wrapping up its 13th consecutive MIL Division II championship over the weekend, Lahainaluna is back in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Top 10. The Lunas move into a tie for 10th place in this week’s Top 10 with ‘Iolani. They were listed on just three ballots but two of them had the Lunas seventh and the third had them at No. 9. ‘Iolani (8-2) was listed ninth on two ballots and 10th on six ballots. Lahainaluna (8-1) has not been ranked […]
Another time, another place, almost another lifetime. It has only been five months, if that, since St. Francis ceased to exist as a high school. The football program, once proud and sturdy, had risen through the ranks as the biggest, possibly most athletic Division II program in the state and was unbeaten. A tiny school in Manoa Valley, ranked in the statewide Top 10, without even a home field to call its own. The final season of Saints football came […]
Utah senior defensive end Bradlee Anae, a 2016 Kahuku alumnus, was named both the Pac-12 defensive lineman and defensive player of the week on Monday. Anae, who is 6-foot-3 and 265 pounds and was named to the All-Pac-12 first team as a junior, won his first defensive player of the week award after carving up Arizona State’s offensive line with three sacks and a pass breakup in a 21-3 victory on Saturday night. Anae currently ranks second in the Pac-12 […]