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Moanalua’s Max Slaughter paces boys volleyball All-State Fab 15

By Paul Honda on May 19, 2019

He kept grinding away, day by day, and now, Max Slaughter is at the top of his game. The Moanalua senior is also atop the Star-Advertiser Boys Volleyball All-State Fab 15. Coaches and media voted the 6-foot-2 outside hitter the player of the year after Slaughter sparked Na Menehune to an OIA championship. Moanalua reached the semifinal round of the state tournament, falling to eventual champion Punahou in five gripping sets. Punahou junior Jack Deuchar was second in the balloting, […]

Hall of Honor 3-sport athletes have been in decline

By Nick Abramo on May 18, 2019

Three-sport athletes making the Hawaii High School Athletic Association Hall of Honor used to be a common thing. Not so much these days. The Hall of Honor started in 1983 and four times between then and 1999 there were eight or more three-sport athletes inducted. The discrepancy between three-sport athletes and one-sport athletes was wide in the following years: 1985 (8-1), 1987 (7-0), 1989 (6-0), 1991 (9-0), 1993 (9-0), 1994 (7-0), 1995 (7-1) and 1999 (9-0). In 2015, there were […]

Ratio of girls to boys in Hall of Honor has increased through the years

By Nick Abramo on May 18, 2019

It used to be that the Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s Hall of Honor inducted more boys athletes than girls. It’s trending the other way now. A graph put together by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s and Hawaii Prep World’s Jerry Campany illustrates the change. In 1983, the first year of the Hall, there were nine boys athletes and three girls picked in the 12-member class. That’s a long way from from 2018, when the numbers were exactly reversed, with nine girls […]

UPDATE: In face of lawsuit, Hawaii Dept. of Education brings in gender equity experts

By Nick Abramo on May 17, 2019

The Hawaii Department of Education has been taking steps to address gender equity in light of a lawsuit filed in December by the ACLU against Campbell High that alleges gender-based bias and unequal treatment of female athletes. Aside from funding of about $38 million in the Legislature for some girls athletic locker rooms and softball fields across the state, the DOE is bringing in 15 gender equity specialists and has established two working committees to address Title IX concerns. “Public […]

2 Big Isle softball players invited to MLB/USA breakthrough camp

By Nick Abramo on May 16, 2019

Kamehameha-Hawaii sophomore shortstop Kawehi Ili and Konawaena sophomore catcher Jayla Medeiros have been selected as two of the 60 players from across the nation and Canada to participate in the MLB/USA Softball Breakthrough Series. According to a news release from MLB.com, the event is a special amateur development camp designed for high school softball players and will be held during Memorial Day weekend in Kansas City, Mo. Ili and Medeiros will receive: >> Instruction from former Team USA stars, including […]

40 years after Radford’s baseball state title, Coach Donald Kimura dies

By Paul Honda on May 16, 2019

Baseball was in Donald Kimura’s blood. The longtime Radford coach taught and coached at Radford for 32 years. Later, he helped with the intermediate program at Punahou while Eric Kadooka guided the varsity during a seven-year reign of state championships in the 2000s. Kimura died on Wednesday morning. Forty seasons ago, in 1979, Radford went unbeaten through the regular season and state tournament, only the second program to do so in state history. The Rams defeated ‘Iolani 7-4 in the […]

Longest-running state streaks through 2018-19

By Brian McInnis on May 15, 2019

Eleven team title streaks in state competition came to an end in the 2018-19 athletic calendar, but many endured and others more were created. After the dust was settled in the final competition this month, Punahou still owns the four longest active championship streaks in all HHSAA sports — girls tennis (17 straight years), girls water polo (12), boys volleyball (eight) and girls cross country (seven). However, the Buffanblu had a lengthy one, girls golf, snapped at six years at […]

Pac-12 school showing interest in ‘Iolani WR Carter Kamana

By Paul Honda on May 15, 2019

There is nothing concrete yet in Carter Kamana’s future. But it’s beginning to crystallize bit by bit. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound junior has been contacted by a number of Mountain West Conference football programs. On Tuesday, a Pac-12 Conference recruiter came calling on the ‘Iolani campus. Kamana, who had 85 receptions for 959 yards and eight TDs last season, was busy in class and didn’t meet with the coach. There are plans to connect later, however. “I don’t have any offers. […]

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Moanalua’s Max Slaughter paces boys volleyball All-State Fab 15

Hall of Honor 3-sport athletes have been in decline

Ratio of girls to boys in Hall of Honor has increased through the years

UPDATE: In face of lawsuit, Hawaii Dept. of Education brings in gender equity experts

2 Big Isle softball players invited to MLB/USA breakthrough camp

40 years after Radford’s baseball state title, Coach Donald Kimura dies

Longest-running state streaks through 2018-19

Pac-12 school showing interest in ‘Iolani WR Carter Kamana

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