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HHSAA state champions: Girls discus

By Jerry Campany on April 24, 2014

With the help of Doug Kilpatrick, Jonathan Lyau, Rodney Yap and the rest of the track and field community in Hawaii, the Star-Advertiser has tried to compile lists of each event winner in the history of the HHSAA track and field championships. We will be releasing them one at a time over the next few days, when we finish we will put them all on one page with links to individual pages. Inevitably, some information is incomplete, especially concerning individuals […]

PIAA Letter of Intent signing day

By Paul Honda on April 16, 2014

Beautiful morning at the Elks Lodge in Waikiki on signing day for dozens of student-athletes from the islands. Among them were a handful of football players, including Punahou’s all-state offensive lineman, Davis Miyashiro-Saipa‘ia. The senior signed with Oregon as a preferred walk-on, turning down several opportunities at smaller schools. Isaac Hurd, Campbell’s big-play quarterback, signed with Southern Oregon. Among the other notable signees are Sarah Liva, Mililani’s all-state basketball player, who signed with Portland State. Punahou’s three-sport standout, Keau Fey, […]

Honor Roll 3/26

By Paul Honda on March 26, 2013

This is the extended list. It also includes two omissions that were missed for the print edition of Mar. 26. They are Punahou’s Jacie Young (softball) and ‘Iolani’s Spencer Oda (baseball). Athletes of the Week Girls Sanoe Nakoa, Baldwin softball: She fired a three-hitter and batted 3-for-4 against KS-Maui, then hurled a three-hit shutout against then-unbeaten, third-ranked Lahainaluna in a 1-0 Bears’ win. Nakoa struck out five and walked none against the Lunas and outdueled Hope Morikawa, who also tossed […]


Video: Kagawa, Rhoden, Villegas sign with West Point

By Paul Honda on March 25, 2013

Shaun Kagawa (Kamehameha-Hawaii), Paul-Andrew Rhoden (Campbell) and Jaryn Villegas (Leilehua) signed with Army on Friday, March 22, 2013 in a ceremony at Fort Shafter. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Executive decision: HHSAA voting results

By Paul Honda on June 13, 2012

Here are the recommendations from the athletic directors’ conference on Kauai. The conference began on Thursday, ended Saturday and resulted in the following approved proposals. The proposals went up for HHSAA executive board voting on Tuesday morning at the OIA office, located at Radford High School. HHSAA executive board vote on HIADA recommendations June 12, 2012 OIA office, Radford High School Group 1 Chair: Greg van Cantfort (OIA), Recorder: Karen Iha (OIA) CHEERLEADING 1. To unify the safety training for […]

HIADA, more from day one

By Jerry Campany on June 8, 2012

(More from the first day of the Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association conference. Story is in this morning’s edition, just adding some extra info.) HHSAA wrestling official Keith Matsumoto points to Hawaii teams in 1999 and ’02 as sterling examples. “Between those two teams, those girls, we literally could’ve had an opportunity to have four out of four girls in the Olympics from Hawaii. That was my dream. The girls we had were good enough to represent the women’s team […]

Hall of Honor

By Paul Honda on June 3, 2012

The class of 2012 was inducted into the HHSAA Hall of Honor tonight, hosted by the Hawaii High School Athletic Association. The banquet was at the Sheraton Waikiki, a full house with 12 magnificent student-athletes. More photos below. Some were video captures. Fun night for 12 outstanding individuals!

Kapolei honors signees

By Paul Honda on May 8, 2012

It was a special time for a special class, which is why they made a morning of it at Kapolei. The Hurricanes gathered, 17 strong, for a ceremony to honor the college-bound student athletes. Among the 17, who were with family at the breakfast event in the school gym, was pitcher Trey Kamachi-Allen. The senior is on his way to Arizona State, his school of choice. For four other schools, Kamachi-Allen was their choice long before ASU turned up at […]