Familiar name among Fujimoto Scholarship winners
The Fujimoto Four includes a four-peat of sorts.
Gallagher, Yamauchi land on All-PacWest teams
UH-Hilo’s Joseph Gallagher landed on the All-PacWest baseball first team at designated hitter. He had a .348 batting average, six home runs and 39 RBIs, slugged .549.
HHSAA softball: Kamehameha clobbers Kaimuki to reach quarters
Kamehameha hammered Kaimuki 17-2 in the Division II state softball first round on Wednesday on Maui.
Slick as a whistle: Referee Shelley Nakasone’s next call is at her camp on home court
Shelley Nakasone, a Waiakea graduate and a WNBA and college basketball official, is returning home to hold the inaugural Hawaii Officials Camp from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Panaewa Gym.
Tennis: Vulcans’ season ends with loss to HPU at regional
The No. 41 UH-Hilo men’s tennis team fell to No. 4 Hawaii Pacific 4-1 on Monday at the NCAA Division II West Regionals at Oahu’s Kailua Racquet Club.
HHSAA: Errors doom Kamehameha at D-II baseball tourney at Wong
Kamehameha had its ugliest performance on Saturday in its past nine appearances at the Division II state baseball championships, a bitter pill to swallow for the seven seniors.
UHH softball: Waiakea alum Thomas sees ‘bittersweet’ end to career
Skylar Thomas always could hit the curveball, especially when life throws something unexpected her way.
Baseball: UHH swept in doubleheader finale; Yamauchi hits .400
The UH-Hilo baseball team closed its season with a doubleheader loss to No. 21 Azusa Pacific on the road on Thursday.
BIIF boys volleyball: Hilo outlasts Waiakea, will host Warriors in semifinal
Hilo withstood Claymon Morante’s match-high 29 kills and defeated Waiakea 33-31, 25-13, 20-25, 25-22 in a BIIF volleyball showdown on Tuesday night at the Vikings gym.
Ka’u towers above Christian Liberty in four-set win
KEAAU — Ka’u twin towers Tyson Junior Kuahuia-Faafia and Kealiikoa Reyes Nalu hammered a combined 49 kills to spark a 26-24, 18-25, 25-14, 25-13 win over Christian Liberty on Thursday night at the Canefire’s Old Mill Fieldhouse.
Hot-hitting Yamauchi, Vulcans welcome Hawaii Pacific for 5-game series
The UH-Hilo and Hawaii Pacific baseball teams know each other so well, which happens when you play 22 times like the two did last season.
Young master: ‘Good experience’ for Hilo’s Saito at Augusta
Hilo’s Leo Saito captured third place at the 8th annual Drive, Chip, Putt National Finals on Sunday in the boys 10-11 year-old division at the Augusta National Golf Club, where the Masters kicks off today.
UHH golf/tennis: Uchida fires 72 for Vulcans women
UH-Hilo golfer Kaelyn Uchida fired a par 72 to tie for second place after the first round of the West Texas A&M Desert Invite on Monday at Arizona.
Tennis: The ball will be in the Vuls’ new court this weekend against Hawaii Pacific
It’ll be worth the wait for the UH-Hilo men’s tennis team, which debuts it new courts against No. 4 Hawaii Pacific on Saturday.
BIIF volleyball: Pana-led Hilo sweeps Kealakehe
Peyton Pana knocked down 10 kills, and Kawai Wilbur-Gabriel and Maluhia Tandal each served four aces to lead Hilo to a sweep over Kealakehe in a BIIF volleyball match on Saturday at the Vikings gym.
Peyton’s place: On top; paving way for Hilo’s title run, Pana peerless in Division I
Peyton Pana and the Hilo basketball team’s goal was always the BIIF championship, last captured in 2010, and during that decade-long stretch rivals Kamehameha, Konawaena, and Waiakea took turns and grabbed the title.
Wahine run a ‘fairy tale’ for Imai: Waiakea graduate primed to play in March Madness
Kelsie Imai will be waiting with anticipation in Waco, Texas, on Friday when the No. 15 seed UH Rainbow Wahine take on No. 2 seed Baylor in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
BIIF softball: Kealakehe outslugs Waiakea 15-10
Kealakehe senior Mia Joaquin had a big day at the plate and survived a softball slugfest in the circle against Waiakea on Monday.
Softball: Vuls freshman Lacy fires another gem in sweep of Dominican
Alexis Lacy continued her brilliant pitching in Game 1, and the UH-Hilo softball team’s bats came alive in Game 2 against Dominican.
HPA grad takes a punt at Rice: All-league at Georgetown, Hunt moves to ‘bigger platform’
Conor Hunt, a 2020 Hawaii Prep graduate, is transferring from Georgetown to Rice, going from Washington, D.C. to Houston, where he’ll be reunited with a few friends on the football team.