The No. 13th-ranked University of Hawai`i softball team dropped its NCAA Tucson Regional opener, 7-3, to Notre Dame in nine innings.

The first Kahakuloa Coast Half-Marathon and Relay is slated for Saturday, June 2, beginning at 6:30 a.m.

The Western Athletic Conference regular season champion University of Hawai`i softball team (44-7, 17-3 WAC) will face Notre Dame (38-14) today in the opening game of the NCAA Tucson Regional.

The University of Hawai’i football team was well-represented on Phil Steele’s preseason All-Mountain West teams which will appear in the magazine’s 2012 College Football Preview which hits newsstands June 5.

The Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association is adding a pair of senior races, for men and women 65-years-old and older.

Hawaii versus BYU game will be televised nationally on ESPN.

The Cleveland Browns now have two linebackers from Wailuku, signing free agent Jojo Dickson today.

Seabury Hall sophomore distance runner Dakota Grossman earned gold medals in the girls 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs at the state track and field championships Saturday on the Big Island.

Baldwin High School clinched its first state track and field championship Saturday at Kea’au High School on he Big Island and King Kekaulike finished second.

The Maui Interscholastic league has never won the girls state track and field championships, although Seabury Hall finished three points shy of that accomplishment a year ago and Baldwin enjoyed three consecutive runner-up finishes between 2005-2007.