The loss of power occurred at around 7 a.m., when a vehicle struck a pole in the area. Students at Lahainaluna HS were released at 10 a.m. because of the outage.

All three Maui Interscholastic League teams came up short Thursday at the Hawaii High School Boys Soccer Championships on Oahu.

Maui Interscholastic League champion Baldwin will play a familiar foe in Kapolei today at 1 p.m. in the first of four quarterfinals matches.

Maui Interscholastic League champion Lahainaluna High School advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 Hawaii High School Athletic Association State Girls Basketball Tournament with a lopsided 46-28 win over Waiakea on Wednesday.

Baldwin got a pair of goals from Mattias Thompson en route to a 4-0 dismantling of the Lunas before an estimated crowd of 800 Tuesday night at Keopuolani Park.

Baldwin High School’s Mattias Thompson returned to the boys soccer starting lineup Friday and made an immediate impact by scoring both his team’s goals in the Bears’ 2-0 win over King Kekaulike at Keopuolani Park.

Both Baldwin and Lahainaluna are decided underdogs going into today’s semifinal round of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA state football tournaments.

Lahainaluna’s defense put on a dazzling performance, forcing eight turnovers, in a 23-6 win over Konawaena in a state tournament game at War Memorial Stadium.

Baldwin and Lahainaluna will be hosting opening-round state football tournaments this week at War Memorial Stadium.

The MIL football championships have long been decided, but that’s hardly the case around the rest of Hawaii.