Soccer

Two Hawaii high school soccer programs will get a taste of international competition this month. The Punahou boys and girls teams are going to Spain. The ‘Iolani boys team is headed to England. “While in Madrid at the end of November, the (Punahou) teams will compete against a local school, train at the world-renowned Real Madrid facility, and experience the local culture and landmarks of Madrid,” said Buffanblu boys coach David Trifonovitch, whose team is the defending Division I state […]

The 10th Annual Soccer Showcase at Kapolei — a boys tournament — runs Wednesday through Saturday. The Hurricanes are hosting, with visiting teams Pac-Five, Kamehameha, Mililani, Campbell, Baldwin, Kalani and King Kekaulike also in the field. All teams will play three games over the four days and all are working to get ready for the regular season. Six of the teams — all except Kamehameha and Pac-Five — made it to the Division I state tournament last year. Kapolei and […]

Pearl City’s Sunshine Fontes is the Hawaii Gatorade girls soccer player of the year, the Gatorade Company announced Thursday. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character on and off the field. Fontes also won the award when she was a freshman in 2015-16. While playing forward, midfielder and defender, she scored 24 goals to lead the Chargers to the state Division I quarterfinals. Fontes suffered a knee injury while scoring the winning goal […]

Saint Louis’ Skyler Goo was chosen as the Gatorade Hawaii Boys Soccer Player of the Year, the Gatorade Company announced Thursday. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character on and off the field The 5-foot-7, 135-pound senior forward scored 23 goals, leading the Crusaders (10-3-2) to the Division II state championship game this spring. Goo scored in 12 of 15 games with six multi-goal games. Goo is also a member of the U.S. […]

Head referees in Hawaii high school soccer have always had a major say in when a match ends. Similar to soccer at the world level, the head referee in Hawaii uses a watch to determine the timing of the match. He or she stops it when necessary for various reasons, such as goals scored, injuries and when a team is stalling. Under a proposal to be discussed next week at the Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association meeting on Kauai, the […]

‘Iolani senior Lincoln Oishi narrowly edged Punahou’s Max Moonier as the Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State player of the year in boys soccer. The complete team was released in Sunday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser, which you can read here. Oishi is the first defender named Star-Advertiser boys soccer player of the year since Punahou’s Chris Walker shared the award in 2007. ‘Iolani’s Chris Lee was named coach of the year. Here are some tidbits on the All-State team this year: >> Moonier, Dominic Gusman […]