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Always a gamer, Leilehua’s Wendell Au embraces tough challenge

By Paul Honda on March 18, 2021

The world changed a year ago, but the hope in Wendell Au never wavered. The Leilehua softball coach saw a season disappear, and his travel team’s annual summer plans were no more. This spring, as the Oahu Interscholastic Association softball season gears up, Au is taking full measures to provide a safe environment for a program that is a perennial state-championship contender. The spring season of 2021 was no guarantee, he noted, but there was a determination by decision makers […]

MBC back to grind after mainland battles with WCA, PTP/San Bernadino Elite

By Paul Honda on March 17, 2021

Quietly, they have toiled and sweat on the grassy knolls and fields of Kapolei and Ma‘ili. When Coach Mose Tuia came home with his MBC Athletics football team, they already notched a first. The club played two games in a three-game span, falling to California club powerhouse Winner Circle Athletics, 14-0, and defeating a combined team of PTP Sports and San Bernardino Elite players, 21-14, in double overtime. “The trip was very fun. I slept most of the time. I […]

ILH champion William Ho’s secret to conquering the hill

By Paul Honda on March 17, 2021

A good day of school for William Ho would be mentally unpleasant for a lot of other students. The Kamehameha senior doesn’t like math. He loves math. Ho, who has a 4.26 grade-point average, ranks his favorite math classes. 1. Algebra II 2. Vector Calculus 3. Linear Algebra 4. Calculus AB/BC Calculus. Algebra. The latter is especially compelling. “I would say just how applicable it is and, yes, the logic behind it is really interesting,” the new Interscholastic League of […]

Spring is in the air — and so are football scrimmages for private schools

By Paul Honda on March 16, 2021

There’s nothing quite like the smell of synthetic turf, rubber granules and Baden footballs in the air. When practice resumed at Alexander Field on Monday, seniors Kilinahe Mendiola-Jensen and Kahanu Kia had all their prayers answered. “It’s just good to be back, be on the field, smell it again. It was nice. I was a beautiful day just playing football, seeing my teammates,” said Kia, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker. At Kalaepohaku, Saint Louis is in new-normal mode. In other words, […]

Listen closely, run freely: Freshman Jolie Nguyen brings title to ‘Iolani

By Paul Honda on March 15, 2021

Tennis is the apple of her eye, but Jolie Nguyen says there’s love for everything, including cross country. The ‘Iolani freshman made the most of dry weather, listened to her coaches and captured the Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls individual championship on Saturday with a time of 13 minutes, 14.5 seconds at Mid- Pacific Institute. Nguyen is a tennis player first. During the cross country season, which had been postponed from fall to winter, she prioritized training for tennis, a […]

Blending in: Mililani baseball set to return to diamond soon

By Paul Honda on March 15, 2021

Depending on whether your public high school is in blended model mode or not, spring sports are closer to returning in the Oahu Interscholastic Association. One of the largest schools in the state, Mililani, is not in the blended learning category, which means conditioning is more than one week away, according to Trojans Baseball Coach Mark Hirayama. “Our school’s blended model begins on the 29th. I think we’re going to be able to start on the 22nd with our conditioning […]

Nanakuli softball to return after spring break

By Paul Honda on March 15, 2021

At Nanakuli, softball will return on Mar. 22, according to Athletic Director Andrew Moody. “Based on the late start, we want to get in as many games as we can, but taking into consideration the time frame we need to get back into condition,” said Moody, who is also the OIA softball coordinator. “With those parameters, we’ll be lucky to get in a full regular season.” Scrimmages and preseason games will vary, if there are any. “That would probably fall […]

‘Golden Girlz’ of Sacred Hearts Academy capture 4th straight ILH title

By Paul Honda on March 14, 2021

Coach Cadey Vakauta gave every drop of energy she had. So much so, that the morning after her Sacred Hearts Academy Lancers won their fourth consecutive league title, she was speechless. “I woke up this morning to a phone call and realized once I said, ‘Hello,’ that I lost my voice,” Vakauta wrote via text on Saturday. Her voice was intact on Friday night, when the Lancers captured another Interscholastic League of Honolulu competitive cheer title at Kekuhaupio Gym. Co-captain […]

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