Tia Furuta scored the winning goal in the 76th minute as Mililani beat Punahou 3-2 in the girls state soccer quarterfinals. Mililani will face Konawaena in Friday’s semifinals while Campbell will play ‘Iolani at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium.
In the big picture, it was more than a victory for House Awa in this roundball game of thrones. It was a celebration for all the sisters and nieces, uncles and aunties, grandmas and grandpas who made Konawaena’s latest state championship happen. It just occurs to be 2015, and in a span of 12 seasons, Bobbie Awa and her staff have firmly and persistently guided their players to a half-dozen crowns. As expected, it was a close battle for more […]
It is bittersweet, this end to another girls basketball season. I still lament the change of seasons, when the girls went from having gyms to themselves in the spring time, moving into a crowded mess of facilities that the winter is. But it is the way of the times. And now, the girls season is about to close. WITH A BANG. When Konawaena and Lahainaluna square off tonight, it won’t look like the finals matchup of 2010, will it? Maybe. […]
And then there were two: House Awa and House Rickard. The big dance enters its final night and the two finalists, top-seeded Konawaena and second-seeded Lahainaluna, are among the most unique sports programs in the islands. Unlike the fictional ‘Game of Thrones’, these houses are real, rooted in decades of sacrifice, blood, sweat and tears. They are, without question, the first of their kind in their respective regions. But they also were built on the universal staples of time-honored success: […]
The Kapolei boys wrestling team went through the OIA West unbeaten through the regular season, now it has to step it up from the best of the East. The Hurricanes face Kahuku in the first round of the dual meet championships on Saturday at Campbell while Moanalua takes on host Campbell. The winners of each dual face off in the championship. Action begins at 10 a.m. The Hurricanes are led by junior Shandon Ilaban Totten, who cruised through the regular […]
The Final 4 is here. The New City Nissan/HHSAA Division I Girls Basketball State Championships have boiled down to a fine quartet of teams. But let’s examine tonight’s matchups with the afterglow of what went down in the quarterfinals. Konawaena (28-1, 12-0 BIIF) vs. Roosevelt (21-2, 13-0 OIA) Semifinal round, McKinley Student Council Gymnasium, 7 p.m. Results: Konawaena defeated Punahou 51-37 in the quarterfinals. Roosevelt defeated Baldwin 56-33. Rankings: Konawaena, the five-time state champion, is ranked and seeded No. 1. […]
After two days of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships, here’s a look at what could’ve been (a.k.a. The Roundball Lamentation Blues). >> Blue Bears For a good stretch, the Baldwin Bears had Roosevelt frozen in time. Roosevelt couldn’t seem to make a layup or 3, and though they were behind 13-0 at the start, Baldwin was just a bucket or two from turning this into a real battle. It was 15-6 when Roosevelt’s shooting went down the […]
TThe only thing holding the Punahou swimming and diving program from a national record is that there is no official national record for what it has accomplished. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been noticed. John Gillis of the National Federation of State High School Associations wrote a lengthy piece on the school’s 92 state championships. The girls have 48 state titles, 19 more than any other school in the country. The boys claim 44, second only to Louisville (Kent.) […]