Athletes like Sarah Lau don’t come around every year. Kamehameha’s Lau completed a career as a standout in volleyball, soccer and track and field and will be honored for it with an induction into the Enterprise / HHSAA Hall of Honor on June 7 at Dole Cannery Square’s Pomaikai Ballroom. To find the last girl to pull that unique trifecta of sports and do them well enough to reach the hall, you have to go way back to 2002 when […]
Pearl City football coach Robin Kami announced his staff for the upcoming 2015 football season. The Chargers’ staff is listed below. >> Head coach: Robin Kami >> Offensive coordinator: Andrew Blue >> Defensive coordinator: Cajo Cabato Jr. >> Quarterbacks: Russell Cabato >> Running backs: Darryl Anguay >> Wide receivers: Samson Anguay >> Offensive line: Chase Yamada >> Offensive line: Chad Kahale >> Linebackers: Jonah Anguay >> Linebackers: Paul Baptista >> Defensive backs: Steve Segi >> Defensive line: Kel Kusano >> […]
EIGHTH IN A SERIES ON SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICES ON OAHU Two seasons ago, in Robin Kami’s first game as the Pearl City football head coach, the Chargers got rolled 42-7 by Kapolei. It was a bleak beginning, but things worked out and Pearl City eventually finished second in the OIA Division II tournament. Beginner’s luck? No. Kami proved his positive impact on the Chargers’ program again in 2014, when his team nearly won the league D-II crown but lost a […]
It seems like Punahou never loses in tennis, mostly because of athletes like Kawika Lam. Lam won three singles titles and a doubles crown in his four years of prep tennis and for that will be inducted into the Enterprise / HHSAA Hall of Honor on June 7 at Dole Cannery Square’s Pomaikai Ballroom. The Punahou boys tennis team won its 25th straight state title this season, with 12 individual champions and 16 doubles champions during the span. That’s a […]
The 400 plus players here at UH endured temperatures near 90 degrees this morning on the second day of the GPA Maximum Exposure Camp. Lunch break lasted until 2 p.m., wisely so. 2:35 p.m. The last 30 minutes were all about special teams, particularly gunners and punt return blocking. No linemen. Guest speaker from Towson State now up. Last night’s speakers included former UH player Keith Bhonapha, who is now a coach at Washington State. Spoke eloquently about the special […]
This might be the golden age of high school swimming. Kanoa Kaleoaloha will be the fifth swimmer in the last three years inducted into the Enterprise / HHSAA Hall of Honor at Dole Cannery Square’s Pomaikai Ballroom on June 7. He will be inducted with Mid-Pacific’s Lena Hayakawa, the second straight year multiple swimmers have been inducted. Last year, Kamehameha teammate Ryan Stack and Punahou’s Jasmine Mau joined the elite club. Kaleoaloha was Stack’s running mate the last three years, […]
Nanakuli football head coach Keala Watson has his staff in order for the upcoming 2015 season. The Golden Hawks’ staff is listed below. >> Head coach and defensive coordinator: Keala Watson >> Offensive coordinator: Kili Watson >> Quarterbacks: Trevis Kapua >> Offensive line: Keahi Watson >> Receivers: Leo Shimizu >> Running backs: Edmound Ybarra >> Linebackers: Nick Griffin >> Defensive backs: Jimmy Afamasaga
SEVENTH IN A SERIES ON SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICES ON OAHU Nanakuli’s memorable 2014 football season ended too quickly for the ever-faithful Golden Hawks fans. The team is out to make the upcoming fall 2015 season last longer. With many players back from the Golden Hawks’ first championship season since 1983 (they won the 2014 OIA Division II regular-season and playoff titles), they are out to accomplish more in 2015. “We achieved our goal of winning the OIA last year,” returning […]