The OIA boys basketball playoffs begin Thursday with undefeated Kahuku leading the way out of the East and undefeated Kapolei the top seed out of the West. Kalaheo, the defending OIA Division I champion, is the East’s No. 2 seed after winning the tiebreaker with Kailua and McKinley by virtue of beating both teams. OIA Boys Basketball Playoffs
MJ Mao led an impressive record haul at the ILH Swimming and Diving championships at Punahou on Saturday, writing his name on the all time list four times to give him a total of five. Mao took part in the 200 medley relay, and 400 free relay on Saturday, both of them league records. He also broke individual records in the 100 breast, and 200 IM to go with the record he set in the 100 fly last year. Here […]
Kalani’s DongJin Hwang finished his remarkable swimming career with two more gold medals at the Oahu Interscholastic Association championships Saturday at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Complex. All told, Hwang has 10 total gold medals in his collection. Hwang also topped his 500-yard freestyle record twice over the weekend. In Friday’s trials, he covered the distance in 4 minutes, 36.58 seconds to break the mark of 4:37.17 he set last year. Then, on Saturday, Hwang, who says he goes by DJ, blazed […]
The seniors on the Roosevelt boys swim team went out with a bang. Of the 18 gold medals up for grabs at the OIA Swimming and Diving championships on Saturday, the Rough Riders won 16 of them to run away from the team title. Joseph Ahia led the way with three gold medals and league records in each. He was joined by fellow seniors Jun Yueb Yoon (four golds), Jonathan Oba (four), Alex Croll (two), Shawn Saffery (one) and Jacob […]
The Kaiser swimming dynasty rolls on. The Cougars girls team won its eighth straight OIA championship on Saturday, getting what their coach called a total team effort. Mari Yasumi and Jill Chaffee were the only Kaiser girls to win individual golds, the same number they had in last year’s victory. This edition of Cougars don’t have a dominator like Corrine Shigeta or Kira Fox, just a group of girls who squeeze every point out of their bodies. Here is a […]
Maui High three-star linebacker Feleti Afemui made his commitment to Vanderbilt official on Saturday. Afemui, who tweeted the news, chose the Commodores over Army, Hawaii, Utah and Washington State. He will join offensive lineman Sean Auwae-McMoore, who redshirted for Vanderbilt this past season as a freshman after graduating from Kapolei. Committed to Vanderbilt! #VandyNation #AnchorDown⚓️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/xhF5C5cvBx — Feleti Afemui (@feleti_17) January 29, 2017 HAWAII HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RECRUITING TRACKER
Oregon’s late recruiting season surge under new head coach Willie Taggart has definitely been felt in the islands. The Ducks made a late push to sway Saint Louis linebacker Isaac Slade-Matautia to commit to Oregon after he was considered to be leaning to Nebraska. Now Oregon has apparently set its sights on Kapaa offensive lineman Morris Unutoa in the final days leading to National Letter of Intent Signing Day on Wednesday. Unutoa picked up his 12th Division I offer from […]
Hhere are the matchups in both Division I and Division II for the HHSAA/Queen’s Medical Center Girls Soccer State Championships. Mililani and Hawaii Prep are the No. 1 seeds. HPA is the three-time defending champion in Division II while Pearl City is the reigning D-I champ. Division I Division II