Hawaii Sports

Now that the 2017-18 high school athletic calendar has wrapped up, it’s time to take an updated stock of who’s going streaking … when it comes to team championships. Punahou, not surprisingly, owns seven of the 10 longest streaks spanning all sports and divisions (team titles only). Its 16 straight in girls tennis remains the gold standard in the time since its 26 consecutive boys tennis titles ended at the hands of ‘Iolani in 2017. The longest streaks to come […]

Not surprisingly, Punahou won the most team state championships out of the 46 koa trophies awarded during the 2017-18 sports season. Moanalua came in second among the state’s high schools with four. After that Baldwin, ‘Iolani and St. Francis tied with three each. By league, the ILH took home 25 state titles, followed by the OIA with nine, the BIIF with six, the MIL with six, and the KIF with none. The top schools in boys sports are: Punahou with […]

The Honolulu Sharks, with players from various schools, defeated Konawaena High 3-2 in the Founders Cup high school club lacrosse championship Sunday at Kapiolani Park. It’s the fourth title in a row for coach Thomas Syverson and his Sharks squad. In tournament pool play, the Sharks tied Punahou 2-2 and Konawaena 2-2. Then, they beat Saint Louis 4-1 to lock up a berth against the Wildcats in the title game. Beau Hitomi, Ethan Buck and Zack Tiefel scored the Honolulu […]

Club lacrosse still has life in Hawaii high schools. There are five teams in the state, including three on Oahu — Saint Louis, Punahou and the Sharks (a team of students from many schools). The other two teams are on the Big Island — Konawaena and Hawaii Prep. This is the first year the sport is being offered at Saint Louis. The coach is John Keogh, who was hired there as a teacher recently. Keogh used to be part of […]

It has become a thankless job over the years and some of Hawaii’s finest student-athletes are trying to change that. The ILH Student Advisory Committee — a group of 36 student-athletes representing all 19 ILH schools who meet multiple times a year to discuss issues statewide and nationally, volunteer for community service projects and learn sportsmanship and leadership skills to take back to their athletic teams within the ILH — has put together Officials Appreciation Week that started Monday and ends on […]