Game highlights by quarter below. The Punahou Buffanblu receive their medals after defeating Kahuku 64-37 on Friday night in the final of the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships. Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Stan Sheriff Center. Video: Paul Honda.
The newspapers agreed on the top awards for the ILH all-star team with Roosevelt quarterback Mike Lum the back of the year and Farrington guard Deroy Lavatai the lineman of the year. Punahou running back Charlie Wedemeyer was the only sophomore named to the team. On the rural all-star teams, Kailua tackle Robert Richardson was the lineman of the year and Surfriders fullback Tim Berry was the back of the year according to the Honolulu Advertiser. The Star-Bulletin went with […]
Enemies one minute. Brothers the next. A dramatic, back-and-forth Division I state boys soccer final between Baldwin and Hawaii Prep on Saturday night was in overtime, tied 0-0 and about to reach its conclusion at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. Little did anyone know that a lightning delay would eventually lead to the cancellation of the rest of the contest and instead of having the first state D-I champion from the Neighbor Islands, we have two. Soon after, the Bears and […]
It is fitting and a shame at the same time. Baldwin and Hawaii Prep tried so desperately to become the first team from the Neighbor Islands to win a Division I state soccer championship. Instead, both of them get that title. That’s where the “fitting” part comes in. They both deserve it and they are both co-champs — the Bears from Maui and Ka Makani from the Big Island. It’s a shame that they didn’t get to finish what they […]
Coach Darren Matsuda and senior guards Zayne Chong and Cole Arceneaux chat after Punahou’s 64-37 title-game win over Kahuku in the final of the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships on Friday night at Stan Sheriff Center. Chong was named tournament most outstanding player, and Arceneaux was selected to the all-tournament team.
Brothers Kameron Ng and Kordel Ng chat after St. Francis defeated Damien 76-52 in the final of the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball Division II State Championships. Kameron Ng, a junior, was named the tournament’s most outstanding player. Kordel Ng was named to the All-Tournament team.
The Division I championship game of the Queen’s Medical Center/HHSAA Boys Soccer State Championships was postponed late Saturday night due to weather. Baldwin and Hawaii Prep played to a scoreless tie through regulation and were in overtime when lightning in the area forced the game to be stopped. The weather did not let up and it was decided to postpone the game. The teams have decided not to restart the game in the morning. Co-champions will be crowned in boys […]
Kaiser’s Tiare Ikei scored a 4-1 victory over Kamehameha’s Ashley Gooman in the 112-pound final at the state wrestling championships Thursday at Blaisdell Arena was one of the most anticipated matches of the night. You can watch it below on video, along with these three other matches from Thursday: >> Boys 170 final: Kaysen Takenaka (‘Iolani) def. Keanu Punley (Leilehua), 5-0 >> Girls 97 final: Xiaolin Mai (Roosevelt) def. Allicia Mahoe (Kapolei), 3-1 >> Girls 107 final: Sami Saribay (Lahainaluna) […]