#Maui Interscholastic League

it was the competition that brought on the success that Baldwin High School enjoyed in both the boys and girls divisions at the finals of the Victorino Ohana Invitational.

Dedicated, impartial and by the book. That’s how two of the Maui Interscholastic League’s most senior track and field coaches described Allan Fernandez, the sport’s top official with 36 years of experience and Hawaii’s authority on the rules and regulations governing prep track in the 50th state.

In the last four years the Baldwin High School boys and the Seabury Hall girls have combined for three state championships and four runner-up finishes.

There is talented, and then there is La’akea Kahoohanohano-Davis — the Baldwin High School jump specialist who enjoyed a breakout performance of epic proportions Saturday.

Seabury Hall’s Ava Shipman scored a team-high 32.5 points to help the Seabury girls win its their sixth straight Yamamoto championship, which began with the school’s first ever team title in the sport in 2011. The Spartans outscored runner-up Baldwin, 142 to 117, with seven underclassmen.

Nothing prepares you for the cold of Upcountry Maui, certainly not the warmth of downtown in early March.

Surf teams on Maui completed in the first MIL competition of the season at DT Fleming Beach Park in West Maui on Saturday, March 12, 2016.

For the third time in as many weeks, track and field participants from the Maui Interscholastic League took advantage of optimum conditions Friday en route to producing 11 No. 1 marks in the state, including seven in the boys division.

Seabury Hall’s Ava Shipman was the Maui Interscholastic League’s top individual performer in the girls division at track and field Meet #2 Friday at the Yamamoto Track & Field Facility.

Baldwin High School’s Laakea Kahoohanohano-Davis, the state’s defending champion in the boys long jump, appears to be healthy and ready for the start of the 2016 track and field season.

Seabury Hall enjoyed the Maui Interscholastic League’s best team finish at the state canoe paddling championships Saturday on Oahu.

If it was a golf shot, it would have been a hole-in-one. That’s how pretty Skylar Littlefield’s game-winning, 40-yard free-kick goal turned out to be Friday at War Memorial Stadium.

For the second time in three years the Kamehameha Maui boys soccer team escaped the curse of a two-goal lead against Baldwin, only this time it was the Warriors who managed the last-minute equalizer.

Seabury Hall girls and boys soccer teams claimed Maui Interscholastic League Division II soccer championships Wednesday at War Memorial Stadium with a pair of wins over St. Anthony.

Baldwin secured a 3-2 victory over King Kekaulike, by preserving a one-goal lead from the first half and surviving a fierce comeback attempt by the Upcountry girls in the second half.

By all accounts, the Baldwin High School boys soccer team is still finding itself. Last night at King Kekaulike Stadium, the Bears found out there is little or no consolation in having 15 shots on goal if none go in the net.

Kyle Sanches notified the media by text Monday that he is stepping down as head football coach at King Kekaulike High School.

At Lahainaluna High School, defense wins championships. Saturday night the school’s football team rode the coattails of its defensive unit to claim yet another Maui Interscholastic League Division II championship, sneaking by a stubborn Kamehameha Maui team 14-10 at War Memorial Stadium.

As if hosting the state cross country championships at your school is not tough enough, the Seabury Hall girls suffered a rude awakening Saturday, and vowed to be stronger in the future.

The outcome of Friday’s Maui Interscholastic League Division I playoff championship was so lopsided, fans of prep football here thought Halloween came a day early.