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Two weeks after Pearl City won the Division I girls state soccer championship, head coach Frank Baumholtz III kept saying, “I’m still smiling.” And why not? It was the team’s first state title in 19 years. Baumholtz is usually quick to point out the difficulty of trying to get his messages across to teenagers, and on this particluar day, he was no different. It would not be incorrect to say that for Baumholtz, who is a Pearl City dentist, coaching […]

Frank Baumholtz knows how to grow ’em. Baumholtz, the veteran Pearl City coach and the Star-Advertiser’s coach of the year, led the Chargers to the state title this year with a largely young group. How young? His best player, freshman Sunshine Fontes, is the Star-Advertiser all-state player of the year and fellow freshman Bree Fuller joined her on the first team. Sophomore Daelenn Tokunaga is also listed among the state’s elite. Fontes of Pearl City is the first freshman to […]

It seems to be the age of the goalkeeper. Punahou’s Tyler Ohata was judged the Star-Advertiser’s player of the year on Sunday, the third straight year a keeper was so honored. He follows Kalani’s Michael Stafford last year and Josh Adachi of Iolani the year before. You have to go all the way back to 2004 to find another keeper being named the Player of the Year, when Mililani’s Darren Smith was the choice. Ohata’s Buffanblu gave up only four […]