If 2020 were playing by the rules, Kaula Martin might have already contributed to another Kamehameha BIIF softball championship. Right about now, the senior would be starting the process of defending her BIIF bowling championship.

Big Island state and county beach parks are closed for two weeks due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, but they still may be used for direct access to the ocean. It’s gatherings that are prohibited.

Though Jimmy Yagi went up against a lot of basketball coaches bigger in stature while he roamed the sidelines for 12 seasons at UH-Hilo, his 11 winning campaigns were proof he didn’t allow many to domineer over him.

Jonathan Walsh probably never thought his duties as a soccer referee and administrator would have put him on parent patrol, at least not like this. But there he was Aug. 23 at Parker Ranch’s field with a pandemic-era reminder for families: stay off the lawn.

It’s conceivable there are a few college coaches around the country who don’t consider their lost seasons much of a loss at all.

Isi Holani scooped up a blocked punt and scored as a senior for Hilo High, running into the end zone with all the dexterity and grace to be hoped for from a player his size.

Hilo High’s Gianna Yokoe put a season’s worth of middling finishes behind her as a junior at the Hawaii High School Athletic Association air riflery championships, riding a brotherly piece of advice to a surprise state conquest.

To the victors of Saturday’s East Hawaii Challenge won’t go any spoils.

Usually when you inherit a program coming off a winless season, the words “big shoes” and “fill” aren’t part of the deal.

Those thoughts, however small and fleeting, that UH-Hilo men’s soccer coach Paul Regrutto used to keep in the back of his mind can now come to the front.

How much does Kaeo Drummondo love Hilo High?

The 2019 BIIF football season was marked by blowouts. The 2020 fall campaign will be one big blackout.

We all can’t grow up in paradise. I spent a portion of my teenage years living just outside Cleveland. Not only is it a fine town, but being there gave me a front-court seat to a torturous yet memorable period in the city’s sports history.

For the UH-Hilo volleyball team, fall is the new spring.

“We in here talking about practice. I mean, listen, we’re talking about practice, not a game. … we talking about practice. … Not the game, but we’re talking about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that?”

Academy Swim Club’s Mark Noetzel has an idea to resume coronavirus-era competition in the pool – from a distance – and count Jon Hayashida as one fellow coach who would love to see the county take notice.

Hawaii County’s reopening calender says it’s game time, and that’s truer in some sports than others.