High-fives will be prohibited and the pitch won’t be as crowded as the usual, but plans are in the works to have American Youth Soccer Organization play come back to area fields in a couple of months.

If you’ve been to a basketball or volleyball game in Hilo town in the past 10-plus years, you might have seen Rick Ogata. He’s either standing rigidly, kneeling on one knee or sitting on a movable stool with cameras in hand.

At a Drive Chip & Putt Championship age-group qualifier at Hilo Municipal Golf Course in the spring of 2014, one parent had a matter-of-fact reminder for the Tribune-Herald.

Even when you’re as good at collecting gold as Chenoa Frederick is, some moments shine brighter than others.

Jenna Perry and Malia Brost have known each other as soccer players since middle school, but their true connection came in high school. Now when they meet, it’s usually in the middle.

Jadyn Hanks and Kyanah Blas were soccer buddies growing up, playing together since age 12 on through to Konawaena High School.

Being a high-end private school on a hill and all, Hawaii Prep is talked about a little differently than other schools.

Waiakea’s BIIF boys soccer championship celebration, the program’s first since 2006, was all of 10 minutes old when coach David Urakami emerged from the hugging, high-fives and hand shakes.

The usual caveats are at play and one big asterisk could pop up, but Hawaii high school administrators have begun to lay the foundation for the 2020-21 school year, setting a tentative Aug. 17 start date for football. The remaining five fall sports would begin two weeks later.

As sports administrators from high schools, colleges, the pro ranks, youth leagues and everything in between chart a path forward, all we can continue to do is that which some preach never to do: look back.

In certain NCAA Division II circles, Tuesday’s news that the California Collegiate Athletic Association was canceling sports in the fall caused a ripple. Don’t expect it to reach Hawaii shores, according to UH-Hilo athletic director Pat Guillen.

Laveitiga Suiaunoa played football and basketball in high school in American Samoa before joining the military and eventually settling on the Big Island.

It was a blow to our sports coverage in 2012 when former owner Stephens Media decided to abandon the press in the basement of our building on Kinoole Street.

Hawaii High School Athletic Association executive director Chris Chun opened a videoconference with representatives of the state’s five leagues earlier this week by sharing his goal for the 2020-21 school year: maintaining all of our sports, with a state championship for each of them.

Little League called its shot Thursday in canceling its World Series for the first time, but it left it up to state and local administrators to decide their own fates this summer.

There is no cheering in a BIIF press box. No favorites.

 The appreciable momentum that was built up and being drawn upon by the Kealakehe and Kohala softball teams hasn’t been shut down completely.

Those big shoes that have been empty at Hilo High for two-plus months will be filled by Laveitiga Suiaunoa.