For a second time in three days, the No. 3-ranked ‘Iolani Raiders took control in the second half en route to a key ILH girls basketball victory. The Raiders rallied from an 11-point deficit to defeat No. 5 Punahou 51-42. First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
With all-everything Teshya Alo and Lalelei Mataafa off to greener pastures, there is finally room for someone else at the top of Hawaii Prep World’s first Pound-for-Pound list of the season. Radford’s Angela Peralta is that wrestler going into today’s Officials Tournament, one of many reigning state champs. Peralta finished last year third on this list behind the Hall of Honor recipients, with Iverly Navarro fifth and three other returners including Waianae’s Tehani Carlson, who might be injured. Kamehameha’s Donavyn […]
With the MIT in the books and Officials starting up Friday, here is Hawaii Prep World’s first boys pound-for-pound rankings for the new season. Iolani’s KJ Pascua trails Corey Cabanban of Saint Louis in state titles, but comes in at No. 1 in the initial list with Campbell’s Micah Tynanes right behind them. Pascua finished last season No. 4 despite losing in the state final to No. 1 Liam Corbett and Cabanban was seventh. They were the only two ranked […]
The Hawaii Wrestling Officials Association scholarship tournament begins on Friday at Leilehua, and the boys 120 bracket is stacked. That bracket is topped by two-time state champion Corey Cabanban of Saint Louis, who will be going for his second straight Officials title. he will be opposed by No. 2 seed Logan Garcia of Moanalua, No. 3 Triston Santos of Campbell and No. 6 Jayson Pagurayan of Kapolei. Cabanban, Garcia and Santos have all won state titles but Pagurayan will be […]
Height is might in basketball — most of the time. Then there’s ‘Iolani. Not the boys, who have plenty of height, starting with 6-foot-9 Hugh Hogland. The girls? Their only losses so far have been to nationally ranked powerhouses and the No. 1 team in the islands: Archbishop Mitty (Calif.) (No. 2 by USA Today), Long Beach Poly (Calif.) (No. 14) and Maryknoll, the top-ranked team in the Star-Advertiser Top 10. The rest of the time, they keep making clutch […]
The second annual Paradise Football Classic will be held Jan. 12 and 14 at Aloha Stadium and will be televised by OC-16. Put on by Junior Prep Sports, the four-team tournament will again feature two teams from Hawaii, a team from Northern California and one from Samoa. The high school teams will feature both seniors and underclassmen to ensure the best student-athletes are given an opportunity to gain exposure and represent their community. The two Hawaii teams will revealed at […]
You’ve heard about the late offers from Florida and LSU and seen the emergence of freshman Jalen Hurts at quarterback for Alabama. Rest easy, ‘Bama fans. Tua Tagovailoa is signed, sealed and delivered. Any lingering doubts were put to bed Thursday when Tagovailoa, the Gatorade Hawaii state player of the year and all-time career passing record holder, tweeted that he’s eligible to enroll this January at Alabama. Signed, sealed, delivered.. This will wrap up my recruiting process. Thank you to […]
It took almost no time at all for Amosa Amosa to go from former head coach at Campbell to offensive coordinator at another OIA powerhouse. Kapolei head coach Darren Hernandez announced on Thursday morning the hiring of Amosa as the Hurricanes’ new offensive coordinator. Amosa will fill the void left by former OC June Jones, who departed after one season to become Director of Athletics Programs and Development at Saint Louis. “We talk all the time,” Hernandez texted. In fact, […]