On a typical sizzling hot Las Vegas Sunday, Hevani Haunga had one of those once in a career moments for the UNLV soccer team against UC San Diego, for an overtime victory at home.

Mohala Kalauli always had a passion for soccer and fashion, but the 2021 Ke Kula ‘O Nawahiokalani’opu’u graduate, who played ball at Hilo High, never thought she would find a college to pursue both until Lynn University contacted her.

Caiya Hanks already has her future job waiting, but there’s a catch: the Konawaena senior soccer standout is still in school and intends to head off to college first.

It’s no surprise that Azusa Pacific was voted No. 1 and UH-Hilo at No. 2 in the PacWest volleyball preseason coaches poll. After all, the Cougars are the two-time defending league champion, and the Vulcans finished as the conference runner-up in 2019 and reached the preseason.

Hilo’s Dysen Park ventured into the back yard of his competitors and beat three of them on their home course at the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association match play championships on Sunday at the Kaanapali-Kai Course on Maui.

There’s a comfortable vibe for Masila Siua, who’s playing football for Valley City State University, an NAIA school in North Dakota.

Cassidy Denault won the gold, Kacie Tagawa the silver, and John Marrack the bronze for the Sunrise Athletics Senior Scholarship, based on their academic, character, community service, leadership, and athletic achievements.

The UH-Hilo volleyball team opened practice this week with a bunch of old faces and a couple of transfer weapons looking to conquer the PacWest competition, which seems to keep improving.

The last time a talented local girl returned home to play for the UH-Hilo women’s soccer team, Megan Pachecano brought a friend, Adele Letro, and together they changed the program for one brilliant season.

The latest edition of the UH-Hilo basketball team will be in second-year coach Kaniela Aiona’s image with new recruits who will add much-needed depth, significant skill-level upgrades, and, maybe most importantly, youth.

Sasa Vuksanovic doesn’t know any Portuguese, but he’s sure to hear “bom trabalho” when he scores for the S.C. Lusitania Expert professional basketball team in Angra, Portugal.

Noelani Vargas remembers when she first starting competing at the Richardson Roughwater Swim as an 8-year-old when her late father, Roger, would drive her from Waimea to Hilo.

The BIIF will hit the pause button and get everybody on board before making any decisions regarding the Department of Education’s mandated COVID-19 vaccinations, particularly whether the private schools will be allowed to remain practicing when the public schools can’t while six fall sports seasons are delayed.

It’s a critical and pivotal fight for Brad Tavares and his opponent Omari Akhmedov at UFC 264, scheduled for Saturday at T-Mobile Area in Las Vegas, serving as the appetizer for the main event trilogy between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.

Konawaena football players Hezekiah “Kiah” Anahu-Ambrosio and younger brother Zedekiah Anahu-Ambrosio were recently offered scholarships by Brigham Young, the Division I FBS school that has former Wildcat defensive end Alex Muti on its roster.

On a historic Monday, all NCAA athletes were ruled eligible to make money from business ventures with their names, images, and likenesses (NIL) without losing their eligibility. The

Kaili Pila worked for everything she got on the volleyball court, whether it was playing time or her scholarship to Columbia Basin.

As an eighth grader, Keegan Scanlan had a front-row seat to the greatest BIIF basketball championship comeback victory, for either boys or girls, in the league’s history in 2016.

Kaupena Yasso is packing his considerable basketball skills, a cooler of food, and the aloha spirit to Vermont, where he’ll play ball for Castleton University.