VIDEO: Kahuku at Roosevelt, overtime thriller
By Paul Honda on December 15, 2017Highlights, Kahuku visits Roosevelt in an OIA East battle that goes into overtime. Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Score: Lady Raiders 42, Rough Riders 37, OT.
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Lack of support led Ajifu to resign at Mid-Pacific
By Paul Honda on December 14, 2017Sherice Ajifu says there was no choice. The Mid-Pacific girls basketball coach, who led the Owls to the Division II state championship last season, resigned on Sunday after several days of crisis within the program. It came down, she said, to “core values.” “I don’t want to put anybody on a hot seat, but I’ll say this: we decided to resign due to a lack of administrative support,” Ajifu said Thursday night. “It has nothing to do with a kid. […]
Tagovailoa wins player of the year award in Alabama
By Billy Hull on December 14, 2017Former Kapolei quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, who threw for 6,703 yards and 64 touchdowns in two seasons with the Hurricanes before transferring to a school in Alabama, was named the 2017 Shelby County Reporter Player of the Year on Thursday. Tagovailoa, who went 12-1 as the starter for Thompson Academy in Alabaster, Ala., threw for 3,823 yards and 35 touchdowns to become the easy choice for the award by the local newspaper. Here’s their full story. His yardage total is the […]
1981 prep football all-star teams
By Jerry Campany on December 14, 2017As the 2017 Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s football All-State team release draws near, periodically we are going to ask a spreadsheet to generate a random number between 1947 and 2016. Whichever year pops up, we will post that season’s all-star pages here. In this edition we get one of the most magical seasons in high school football. Radford miraculously won the Prep Bowl under interim coach Waldemar Doane, who took over when longtime coach John Velasco died the day before the Rams […]
Kahuku, Roosevelt hoopsters growing up quickly
By Paul Honda on December 13, 2017Kahuku and Roosevelt had appeal for basketball fans long before there was anything resembling the unusual. Kahuku’s 42-37 overtime win in Roosevelt’s gym was every bit as tantalizing as imaginable for two fairly young teams in the hunt for an Oahu Interscholastic Association championship. It has been three games since coach Chad Kaihe resigned after an incident with a parent in the parking lot at Sacred Hearts Academy following a tournament game. That situation remains in the no-comment zone for […]
2012 prep football all-star teams
By Jerry Campany on December 13, 2017As the 2017 Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s football All-State team release draws near, periodically we are going to ask a spreadsheet to generate a random number between 1947 and 2016. Whichever year pops up, we will post that season’s all-star pages here. This selection is the first of recent vintage, with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser making collectible cards for each first-team selection for the first time. Kahuku is all over the selections, with Aofaga Wily, Kawe Johnson and Reggie Torres sweeping the player […]
Miller’s case against OIA pushed back to January
By Jerry Campany on December 13, 2017Kapolei basketball player Jalen Miller had his temporary restraining order pushed back to January, putting the Hurricanes coaching staff in a dilemma. If Kapolei plays Miller, whose parents sued the OIA and Department of Education to allow him to transfer from Mililani to his home district of Kapolei, and the family loses the suit, the Hurricanes would have to forfeit the games he played in. The OIA boys basketball regular season starts Dec. 23. Miller’s family recently sued schools superintendent […]
VIDEO: No. 2 Kamehameha edges past No. 5 ‘Iolani
By Paul Honda on December 13, 2017Highlights, No. 2 Kamehameha visits No. 5 ‘Iolani in an ILH girls basketball matchup. Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Score: Warriors 44, Raiders 32.