Here is the schedule for the 2017 OIA boys soccer playoffs beginning a week from Monday. Kalani, which is the No. 2 seed out of the East this year, is the defending champion in Division I while Roosevelt won the OIA Division II title last season before jumping up to Division I this year.
If, or when, one day the great sport of football is permanently banished from the face of planet earth, it is probable that future humans will find a way to legalize the game on Mars. Or some other galaxy. The passion for football is, well, almost impossible to completely describe. It is magnificent. It is all-consuming. It is, as we saw tonight at Aloha Stadium, sometimes the lowest possible common denominator between friends, frenemies and, in the bleachers behind the […]
Justice Young (Kamehameha) and Mark Lehrner (Kalaheo) passed for two touchdowns each as Hawaii West overwhelmed American Samoa 43-6 in the JPS Paradise Bowl third-place game on Saturday at Aloha Stadium. The Hawaii West defense was almost impenetrable, coming up with six interceptions, including three by Iosefo Ah Ching-Noga (Farrington). Stokes Nihipali-Botelho (Kahuku), who also handled all kicking duties, had one pick, as did Leonard Lee (Kapolei) and Jonah Soakai (Radford). Young hurled a 32-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Ramones […]
The championship game of the JPS Paradise Bowl is underway at Aloha Stadium. NorCal All-Stars against Hawaii East All-Stars. Fourth Quarter The game ends with 2:59 left due to fighting in the bleachers after Hawaii East scores a touchdown. The tension had been brewing all game long, and with fans of both teams forced to sit on the same sideline bleachers, and multiple late hits, conduct calls and generally rotten plays occurring all game long — by a small number […]
Punahou senior Lia Foster had a hand in three wins at Friday’s ILH swim meet at her home pool. Foster began her day leading the Buffanblu to first place in the 200 medley relay, an event she has helped Punahou win at states the last three years. She has eight gold medals at states in all. She joined with fellow senior Madison Meister, freshman Tori Gacutan and sophomore Daralyn Wen to cover the distance in 1:52.63 to beat Kamehameha by […]
Here are your updated boys wrestling pound-for-pound rankings as of January 13. Saint Louis’ Corey Cabanban moves past ‘Iolani’s KJ Pascua for the No. 1 spot. 1. Corey Cabanban, Saint Louis 2016 state champion (113), 2015 state champion (106) 2016 ILH champion (113), 2015 ILH champion (108) 2016 Officials champion (120), 2015 Officials champion (113) It’s time for Cabanban to reach the top as a two-time state champion and undefeated wrestler this season at 10-0. He doesn’t destroy everyone, but […]
They are who they thought they were. The rest of the OIA, and the state, knows the Kaimuki Bulldogs now. A few months ago, nobody outside of longtime girls basketball coach Mona Fa‘asoa, her staff, players and the most tightly-knit insiders knew what this season’s Bulldogs were capable of. Oh, there was hope. Victoria Kintz, the senior returnee with eye-popping handles, scoring ability and a basketball IQ among the elite. (And a scholarship to Holy Names University.) A few more […]
To the unsuspecting spectator entering Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium at Maryknoll School on Thursday evening, a showdown of immense magnitude was in the making. In reality, not really. Fourth-ranked ‘Iolani had nothing to gain or lose in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls basketball standings. Top-ranked Maryknoll had plenty of incentive: win and clinch at least a tie for the regular-season title — which brings an automatic state-tourney berth. The end result: Maryknoll turned a two-point game in the third […]