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Swanson has his night with the team

By Curtis Murayama on February 11, 2015

One by one they waited. Friends, classmates, even former teammates all lined up — long after the senior night festivities had ended at Mid-Pacific gym on Tuesday — to present a lei and share a special embrace with a friend who’s enduring a trying time. Mid-Pacific senior basketball player Ben Swanson returned from Minnesota to be on the bench one last time and share the experience of senior night with his Owls teammates. His father, Brad, who is fighting an […]

Quarterfinal underdogs: Punahou, Hilo

By Paul Honda on February 11, 2015

Day 2 of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships is here. Questions abound. First, how good is Baldwin? The Bears ousted a good Leilehua squad 44-30 on Tuesday in the McKinley bracket. It was 18-15 at halftime, Baldwin ahead, and they simply pulled away. They kept wraps around high-scoring guard Jerri Maluyo (five points) and post scorer Tywanna Abbott (no points). I don’t know if Abbott got hurt or was in foul trouble or both, but the Bears […]

Kahuku girls don’t know where they’re staying

By Nick Abramo on February 10, 2015

As of Tuesday at 9 p.m., the Kahuku girls soccer team did not know where it will be lodging for its trip to the early rounds of the state tournament at Konawaena High. “We booked our trip for Hilo because that is where we were told the tournament would be,” Red Raiders coach Jay Hix said Tuesday night. “We found out on Sunday that the tournament is in Kona.” Hix said the Red Raiders did not find hotels that have […]

No. 1 Kona gets toughest road

By Paul Honda on February 10, 2015

Opening-round matchups and pupule prognostications of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Girls Basketball Division I State Championships. The first round begins tonight. Seeded teams have opening-round byes and won’t play until Wednesday. First, a look at the seeded teams/league champions, followed by tonight’s matchups. 1. Konawaena (27-1, 12-0 BIIF) Deep, deep, deep. Most years, coach Bobbie Awa can count her lineup on two hands, and some of those players might be more suited for JV play, being young and green. She […]

Nike Football Combine results and video

By Hawaii Prep World on February 10, 2015

The nest wave of high school football talent hit the field at Aloha Stadium last Sunday for the 2015 Nike Football Combine. We’ve got the unofficial results plus some great videos from the event. Here are the top 25 participants from Hawaii high schools based on their SPARQ rating, which is calculated using results from a series of tests including the 40-yard dash, a kneeling power ball toss, a shuttle drill and a vertical jump. 1. Drew Kobayashi (2016), WR, […]

Kailua’s Graham focused on playing D-I

By Nick Abramo on February 9, 2015

Naia Graham is a scoring machine and if you are a doubter, you can see for yourself in the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Boys Soccer State Championships, Feb. 18-21 at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park. Graham and his Kailua teammates will be going for the Division II title after winning the OIA D-II crown last week. The buzz around the Castle High field during the Surfriders’ 6-0 victory over Waipahu on Saturday, a game in which Graham scored four goals, […]

Girls hoops: Pupule’s Fab 40

By Paul Honda on February 9, 2015

Pupule’s Fab 50: Girls Basketball With the state tournament right around the corner, Jerry asked me for a list of 15 for office/photo purposes. So I made a list of nearly 50. Am I missing anybody? Let me know. Note: This is not a final all-state list or anything like that. It’s just my opinion, and there are a few players on this list I haven’t seen. But most of them have been watched by these Pupule eyes. Pupule’s Fab […]

Kamehameha cheerleaders win in Orlando

By Nick Abramo on February 9, 2015

The Kamehameha cheerleaders defended their title last weekend. The Warriors’ 14-member squad won the medium division of the “Game Day Championships” portion of the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships last weekend in Orlando, Fla., and will return to Oahu on Tuesday. Kamehameha defeated nine other teams in that division, which is a relatively new category. It requires teams to do three routines, a fight song, a sideline cheer and a halftime or timeout cheer. “Cheerleading is so competitive now, […]

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Swanson has his night with the team

Quarterfinal underdogs: Punahou, Hilo

Kahuku girls don’t know where they’re staying

No. 1 Kona gets toughest road

Nike Football Combine results and video

Kailua’s Graham focused on playing D-I

Girls hoops: Pupule’s Fab 40

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