Iolani was the elite program of the 1970s with three state titles, but there was plenty of parity with Aiea winning twice and no other school doubling up. There were still no all-state teams, so this list of pages compiles league all-stars from the decade. The list of big stars has to begin in the OIA with Aiea, which featured both Gerald Ako and Derek Tatsuno on the hill. But Punahou’s Glenn Goya was no slouch in the year between […]
The state baseball tournament has come full circle, with Baldwin atop the mountain. With the Star-Advertiser’s All-State baseball team coming out Sunday, here is a look at the All-State teams from 1959-69. The first HHSAA tournament began in 1959 and Tamotsu Omoto‘s Bears won the first two behind the heroic performance of Glenn Oura. Oura went 3-0 and pitched 21 of 24 innings for the Bears in 1959 and repeated it in his senior season by pitching 29 1/3 of […]
The longest football game in Hawaii high school history has led to a proposal by athletic directors to ensure that there won’t be a repeat performance. Last November at Aloha Stadium, Lahainaluna outlasted Konawaena 75-69 in seven overtime periods to win the state’s Division II championship. It was the main reason why Nov. 18’s Aloha Stadium tripleheader lasted almost 12 hours — from 2 p.m. on a Saturday until 1:04 a.m. Sunday. High school administrators typically want to get their […]
Larry Park and Alexis Straight are the new Kamehameha boys and girls basketball coaches, the school announced Tuesday. Park is a former Warriors player. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Hawaii. Park has been on the Kamehameha staff as a math teacher since 1987 and has more than 20 years of basketball coaching experience at various levels. “Larry has proven his coaching and teaching ability,” a Kamehameha athletics news release stated. “He has demonstrated his ability […]
A busy offseason of learning and applying knowledge helped junior outfielder Alyssa Asuncion of Leilehua become an All-State first-team outfielder. Asuncion hit .488 with an OBP of .560 and a slugging percentage of .814.
Gianna Araki talks about a sophomore season that ended with a state championship for the Leilehua Mules. Araki batted .467 with seven HRs, 23 RBIs and an OPS of 1.641. She was voted to the All-State first team as a utility selection.
Kaiser’s Tiare Ikei won a gold medal at the Pan-American Championships cadet wrestling tournament on Saturday in Guatemala City. In the 49-kilogram (approximately 108 pounds) final, Ikei stopped Venzuela’s Maria Jose Mosquera Rojas at the 1:07 mark of the first period. “Getting to compete against other countries and getting the feel at how they wrestle was a lot of fun,” Ikei sent in a text to Hawaii Prep World on Tuesday morning. “I learned a lot and enjoyed meeting new […]
Kailua senior Stone Parker was chosen as the Gatorade Hawaii baseball player of the year, the Gatorade Company announced today. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound right-handed pitcher and first baseman posted a 6-1 record with a 0.69 earned run average on the mound. Parker struck out 66 batters while allowing just 24 hits and 12 walks in 51 innings pitched in leading […]