In the late 1970s, Cindy Luis was a pioneer, a woman in what was considered the man’s world of sportswriting. She was one of the first writers (and maybe the first) — man or woman — to have anything resembling a “volleyball beat” in the country. Hawaii loves its volleyball and she was there to […]Read More
In another century, there was a cartoon character named Scrappy Doo — a playful pup and a fighter. And I’m not trying to make light of Saint Louis third baseman Hunter Hirayama and the grit and hustle he shows, but I just can’t resist calling him Scrappy Doo. Actually, the real story is I was […]Read More
Aiva Arquette’s two powerful extra-base hits proved to be the dagger Saint Louis used to edge Punahou 2-1 on Saturday night in the ILH baseball championship game at Hans L’Orange Park. The junior Crusader’s mighty bat was pretty much the only difference as the two teams put on a great show for the TV audience […]Read More
Punahou junior Hannah Miura ran to two individual and two relay victories at the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Track and Field Championships at Punahou on Friday. On the boys side, Punahou senior Christopher Paige took home the gold three times. Miura sprinted to victories in the 100 (12.48) and 200 (26.18), ran a leg on […]Read More
Punahou started the 2021 baseball season slow, but picked up the pace and is riding the momentum all the way into Saturday’s Interscholastic League of Honolulu championship game. Game time is 6:30 p.m. at Hans L’Orange Park in Waipahu. The opponent: the Saint Louis Crusaders (7-2), a team the Buffanblu beat 6-4 in the regular […]Read More
Rivals Waikiki Baseball Game Of The Week Punahou avoided a mid-game collapse to hold off Kamehameha 6-4 on Thursday night at Central Oahu Regional Park in the semifinals of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu baseball championship tournament. The Buffanblu (6-2-1) righted the ship just in time and will now meet Saint Louis (7-2) for the […]Read More
Sherreigh Nakoa-Chung had herself quite a performance on Wednesday night in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu softball championship game. The Maryknoll junior pitcher went the full five innings in there mercy-rule, 11-1 victory over ‘Iolani, giving up just three hits. She also pounded two of her team’s 12 hits, including the game-winning single to left […]Read More
Typically, University of Hawaii football teams don’t go 12-0 in a regular season and make it to the Sugar Bowl. Statewide, the mania was surreal when that happened in 2007. A special kid named Colt Brennan was the right trigger man for the job under the pass-happy June Jones run-and-shoot system. Defense? Who needs defense […]Read More
Maryknoll got as far as it could possibly go Wednesday night, dropping ‘Iolani 11-1 in five innings by the 10-run mercy rule in the ILH softball championship game. Too bad for the Spartans (10-2), though, who were robbed of a chance to compete for the state championship due to that tournament’s COVID-19 cancellation. The convincing […]Read More
When I was a reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and sister website Hawaii Prep World, one of my duties was to keep track of court cases involving high school athletics. When I was furloughed in March 2020 and then took a voluntary layoff in June 2020, there were a handful of cases in the state […]Read More
