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Complete Honor Roll

By Paul Honda on April 17, 2012

(Lack of space in the print edition today. Here’s the complete list.) Athletes of the Week Girls Keiki Carlos, Mid-Pacific softball: The senior right-hander fired a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts and no walks in an 8-0 win over Maryknoll. She also batted 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Boys Lawrence Paas, Leilehua baseball: He fired a no-hitter against Campbell, striking out four and walking three in a 2-0 victory. He also went 2-for-3 with a triple and […]

Honor Roll

By Paul Honda on April 10, 2012

(Here’s the full list. The print version was cut due to limited space.) Athletes of the Week Girls Raion Black, Christian Academy track and field: The junior placed first in the 100- (12.56), 200- (25.64) and 400-meter (58.91) events in ILH competition at Punahou’s Alexander Track and Field. Boys Lorens Chan, ‘Iolani golf: The two-time state champion won last week’s ILH boys regular-season tournament with a 67 at Coral Creek Golf Course. Baseball >> Jarinn Afaga-Abreu, Waipahu: 4-for-5 and pitched a 2-hitter […]

Sacred Hearts rising with upset of No. 1 MPI

By Paul Honda on March 29, 2012

Just when the Sacred Hearts momentum train seemed to be slowing, Jaime Toler and Jordyn Waracka got it back on track. At full speed. Toler’s two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning gave Waracka all the support she needed in the Lancers’ stunning 2-1 win over No. 1 Mid-Pacific on Wednesday.  They did it at the Owls’ field, ending MPI’s unbeaten run in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu.  Toler is just a freshman, a 5-foot-9 power-hitting third baseman.  […]


MPI-Punahou softball (extended)

By Paul Honda on March 18, 2012

  (Here’s the long version of this morning’s report on Mid-Pacific’s 3-2 win over Punahou yesterday in high school softball. The original was cut due to limited space in this morning’s edition of the Star-Advertiser.) It took an extended effort and a moment of Joy for the defending state champions to stay unbeaten yesterday. Jordan Joy’s hustle play for an infield single sparked a rally for No. 2 Mid-Pacific, which came from behind to edge No. 1 Punahou 3-2 in […]

Letter-of-intent signing day (extended version)

By Jerry Campany on November 17, 2011

(Here’s the letter-of-intent story in its entirety. We had a little bit of a space limitation in the print edition today.) Trusty purple pen in hand, Ali‘itasi Docktor was a jumble of nerves when the early signing period began on Nov. 9. Docktor, an all-state, power-hitting third baseman at Mid-Pacific, never got this tense at the plate. “I was shaking,” Docktor admitted. Yesterday, Docktor, teammate Keiki Carlos and dozens of other student-athletes were in the spotlight at the letter-of-intent signing […]

HIADA voting results

By Paul Honda on June 4, 2011

Here are the voting results from yesterday’s athletic directors conference. See the accompanying story here. 51st annual HIADA Conference Ala Moana Hotel June 1-3, 2011 Roll call 10 a.m. Voting commences 10:15 a.m. GROUP I (Chair: Wade Okamura, Recorder: Deems Utsumi) Air Riflery 1. (as amended) Put the BIIF back in the rotation for air riflery with the ILH hosting in 2011-12, the BIIF hosting in 2012-13 and the OIA hosting in 2013-14. Committee: 33-0 General Assembly: 89-0. Motion carries. […]

HIADA to honor Awa, Victor

By Jerry Campany on June 1, 2011

A momentus night as the Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association conference begins. Former Kailua softball coach Bernard Victor and current Konawaena girls basketball coach Bobbie Awa will be honored tonight for their service and dedication. I’m sticking around to enjoy the festivities. There are a lot of super people who happen to be great coaches. Coach Bernard and Coach Bobbie are definitely among them. As for the conference, it’s a light year in terms of heavy topics, but there was […]

HHSAA state softball bracket (D-1)

By Paul Honda on April 29, 2011

Here is the bracket for the DataHouse/HHSAA State Softball Championships, which begin on Wednesday. Note that the D-II bracket is not available yet. It will be released after an ILH-KIF play-in game (Saturday). Team-by-team win-loss records below. NOTE (Friday, 12:25 p.m.): The bracket has been updated by the HHSAA. OIA 1.       Campbell (12-3) 2.       Kailua (11-4) 3.       Mililani (8-8) 4.       Castle (12-3) 5.       Kapolei (12-3) 6.       Leilehua (7-9) ILH 1.       Mid-Pacific (14-4) 2.       Punahou (15-3) BIIF 1.       Waiakea (12-0) 2.       Kealakehe (9-5) MIL 1.       Lahainaluna (13-1) 2.       Baldwin (10-4)