Wright On: 11-year-old Stickley doing her part 1 mile at a time
A young girl in Papaikou has been using her heart and legs to attract others, providing vital help for oppressed children around the world. In a few paragraphs youll read about her efforts and her successes, which may inspire you to help in her causes.
Wright On: UH-Hilo’s basketball glory days produced memories to behold
Those were the days my friend
Wright On: The new boss at Kohala is much like the old one
WAIMEA Fact and fallacy are supposed to live in different neighborhoods, but up here in the North Country, they exist and grow together at Kohala High School where, Kihei Kapeliela begins a new season Monday as coach of the boys basketball team.
Wright On: Throwing a flag on the disgraceful football parents among us
They are irritable and irrational, you can see it in their body tension when they scream out insults publicly, surrounded as they are, on all sides by other adults and parents of school children.
The Scene: Surf’s up for Diesel Butts, but in a pool?
As far as he can tell, local taro farmer Quinton Butts had never heard of a 9-year-old who received professional sponsorship from surf wear sponsors.
Wright On: Civic namesake Afook won like no other in basketball
A recent deep dive into the background of Richard Chinen, one of Hilos legendary leaders in community-wide athletics, unavoidably crossed paths along the way with one of the most decorated coaches Hawaii has ever known.
Wright On: Harvey Tajiri the godfather of UHH basketball
It was officially a college, with its own buildings and land, a staff of administrators, instructors and students, finding their way from classroom to classroom.
Wright On: A hero from our past, Richard Chinen more than worthy of civic honor
A town should know its heroes.
Golf: Steady and disaster-free, Oahu’s Akana claims Big Island Amateur
PUUANAHULU Tried and true got it done, again.
Wright On: Joe Kalima was a man of aloha to his core
They always talk about a celebration of life when another good person passes away and if that phrase sometimes make you wonder if it has a core strength or if it just sounds good, this would be a good time to consider the life of Joe Kalima.
BIIF football is a work-in-progress hitting suspected bumps in road
Among the commonly understood facts of life we all grow to understand at one point or another is the simple truth that things are not always as they seem.
Wright On: Manliguis brothers created basketball legacy worth remembering
Theirs will be a legacy that lives whenever high school basketball on the Big Island is discussed. It is the sort of thing you cannot imagine being replicated by a succession of coaches that will send their teams out to compete in decades ahead in the new gym at Hilo High.
Wright On: Alika Smith at Waiakea is a fit to watch
It was, for the insular world of high school basketball in Hawaii, an announcement greeted with wonderment and no lack of head scratching this summer when Waiakea High School announced who it had hired to fill its girls basketball coaching vacancy.
The Scene: For horse enthusiasts, your carriages await
Some of us were born and raised here, some of us were flown in, but eventually, Big Island residents, one and all, come to realize e komo mai is more than just a pleasant greeting, we actually welcome diversity as an advantage of living here.
Wright On: 100 miles of hurt? All in your head, runner says
Ten years ago, he would not have imagined that anything like this could be happening, it was inconceivable, a ludicrous thought.
Wright On: As times change, Vikings’ coach a mountain of stability
This may not be true in every high school or college in every state in the country, but from a career of observance, one can make the defensible statement that football coaches, of all coaches, deal with unintended consequences more than coaches in other sports.
Wright On: Francis Wong ‘a guy who cared’ and so much more
There was a time history will recall before him, and there was everything that happened after that.
Wright On: Center court beckons for Waiakea tennis trio
All around the world we can find optimal locations for young tennis players to grow and learn the game, but the Big Island is not, by anyones definition, one of those places.
Barnett a “first-time” winner at Volcano half-marathon
VOLCANO – It went off without an untoward incident of any kind, but there will never be another Ohia Lehua Half Marathon and 5K run quite like Saturdays event in Volcano.
Wright On: Remembering Hilo’s original magic man
In some places, they would erect a statue of the man, for everyone to see, young and old.
