Soccer

Girls soccer season on Oahu is quickly becoming a tale of the haves and have-nots. Annual contender Moanalua beat Farrington 18-0 on Wednesday, getting hat tricks from Kelci Sumida and Sakari Bell to improve to 2-0 early in the season. Na Menehune won their opener 2-0 over Kailua and play McKinley on Saturday. It has been the biggest blowout of the season thus far, but it is certainly not the only one. There have been five matches in the OIA […]

The Pearl City boys soccer team stamped itself as a contender on Saturday. The Chargers, who lost in a penalty shootout in the first round of the OIA tournament last year, beat Kamehameha 2-1 to win the 808 Prep Soccer Showcase hosted by Kapolei on Saturday. Pearl City went 3-0 in the tournament, beating Iolani and Mililani in shootouts before taking out the Warriors in regulation. Kamehameha has not been to the state tournament since 2011 and Pearl City’s drought […]

The 33rd annual Castle-Leilehua girls soccer tournament filled out its field recently, and it’s a good one. The event begins Nov. 17 and ends with the championship two days later. The early rounds are split between Castle and Leilehua with the championship held on the Mules’ field. Defending state champion Pearl City headlines the field. Last year the Chargers shut out Roosevelt 7-0 to win the tournament and begin its journey to a state championship. In addition to the Chargers, […]

The preseason boys soccer tournament held by Kapolei every year has gone through many different names and forms but it remains the elite preseason test on Oahu. This year’s 808 Prep Soccer Showcase will kick off Wednesday, Nov. 23 and run through Saturday with a day off for Thanksgiving. It will be a double-elimination format this year with each team guaranteed three matches. Kapolei and Mililani will split hosting the first round with the rest of the tournament on the […]

Wednesday’s Hawaii Grown section in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser profiles Saint Louis women’s soccer player Shaney Sakamoto, a 2013 graduate of Kamehameha. You can read the feature here. Sakamoto scored the first goal of the season for the Billikens, who at 7-2 matched their third-best mark in nonconference play heading into the start of Atlantic-10 play on Thursday against Dayton. Sakamoto is a full-time starter this season and has already matched her career highs with two goals and four assists in […]