BIIF soccer: Waiakea breaks out for 3-1 win at Kamehameha
Waiakea boys soccer coach David Urakami thinks the gentlemanly approach might work, after all.
BIIF D-II girls basketball: HPA, Kamehameha ease way to final
Hawaii Prep would have liked to have shot better, while Kamehameha couldn’t stop turning the ball over.
BIIF boys basketball: Kamehameha survives Konawaena after disputed final play
If Saturday night’s Kamehameha-Konawaena game is any indication, the BIIF Division I basketball playoffs will be hotly contested. Right down to the last whistle.
BIIF soccer: Kamehameha does Hilo, Waiakea a solid
KEAAU – Before Hilo High and Waiakea take the field in their respective home BIIF Division I girls soccer semifinals, they might want to consider getting Kaylia Galindo a gift.
BIIF basketball: Ka’u beats Christian Liberty 43-34 in OT, advances in playoffs
One redemption game down and at least one more to go for Ka’u’s girls basketball team.
UHH baseball preview: With balance, depth, Vulcans hope to have an arm for every role
Wong Stadium hasn’t looked this good in years, UH-Hilo baseball coach Kallen Miyataki said, and just in time for him to wear out a path between the dugout and the mound.
UHH baseball preview: Waiakea graduate Hirayama collects degrees as a Vulcan while carving out his own role
Jamieson Hirayama doesn’t waste his time on the mound. He comes in, he throws a few pitches, he departs.
Big Tech needs a check on its power
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. For most of us, not a day goes by without interacting with one of their products or services. In 2022, whether we want to or not, Big Tech is a part of our lives.
US Navy appeals Hawaii order to drain military fuel tanks
HONOLULU — Attorneys for the U.S. Navy on Wednesday appealed Hawaii’s order that it drain massive tanks that store fuel in the hills above Pearl Harbor, saying the state wrongly concluded the tanks posed an imminent threat that requires immediate action.
Danes halt restrictions with virus no longer ‘a socially critical disease”
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark took the European Union lead Tuesday by scrapping most pandemic restrictions as the Scandinavian country no longer considers COVID-19 “a socially critical disease.” European nations elsewhere had a patchwork of different approaches, with some relaxing virus measures while others tightened them.
BIIF glance, Feb. 2
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BIIF soccer: Hilo boys blanket Kamehameha 3-0
KEAAU – For any BIIF followers looking to see what they’d missed while they were away, Hilo High packed a condensed version of its 2022 self into 80 minutes of crisp soccer.
BIIF swimming and diving results
Saturday at HPA
All-BIIF D-I football: Hilo’s Akui, Kaniaupio claim top honors; Konawaena dominates first team
Koa Akui was given a parting shot to encapsulate his journey, and he spoke from experience.
Basketball: Biola burns UHH men; women salvage win on trip
The flight home for UH-Hilo women’s basketball team will feel just a tad shorter, but not so for the men.
Basketball: Vulcans reeling after losses at Point Loma
This is turning into the road trip from hell for UH-Hilo’s basketball teams, and its not over yet.
HPA girls beat Konawaena 2-0 for first win
It usually doesn’t take Hawaii Prep’s girls soccer team deep into January to earn its first win. Of course, this is no ordinary BIIF season.
Vaccine mandate set to kick in for 1st wave of health workers
Health care workers in about half the states – including Hawaii – face a deadline today to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under a Biden administration mandate that will be rolled out across the rest of the country in the coming weeks.
China’s Olympics COVID measures test residents’ patience
BEIJING — Repeated COVID-19 testing of millions of Beijing residents is starting to test the patience of some as the city clamps down on the virus ahead of the coming Winter Olympics.
Bolstering NATO is the prudent move
Russia has created a crisis by deploying more than 100,000 troops on Ukraine’s eastern, northern and southern borders.
