Maui Sports

Despite being the newest member of the Big West Conference, the University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball team enters the league as the 2012 preseason favorite, according to a poll of Big West coaches.

Due to academic casualties, Roosevelt High School has cancelled its scheduled preseason opener at King Kekaulike next Saturday, Aug. 11.

According to the Associated Press, former Baldwin High School standout and Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki has been dealt to the Washington Nationals in exchange for minor-league catcher David Freitas on Friday.

The University of Hawai’i Warrior football team opened fall camp Thursday, officially kicking off new head coach Norm Chow’s first training camp in Manoa.

Former record-breaking University of Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan’s blood-alcohol content of 0.17% was more than twice the legal limit when police arrested him in Kailua on July 25.

Maui’s Shane Victorino was traded today to the team that drafted him out of high school in 1999 — the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Maui’s Ilima Maiava evened his professional record to 2-2 Saturday by stopping Wesley Golden of Lakewood, Wash., in the second round via strikes.

The defending champion US men’s volleyball team opened Olympic play Sunday by sweeping Serbia behind Matt Anderson’s 18 points. Hawaii’s Clay Stanley added 13 points in the 25-17, 25-22, 25-21 victory at Earls Court.

Tonight’s UIC 8 Fight Card, Keeping it Real.

Thanks to a $5 million donation the University of Hawaii at Manoa is planning to build the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, a three-story building that will provide grandstand seating for approximately 2,500 fans when completed in winter 2013.

Double-Take won the 2012 Victoria-Maui Yacht Race between Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and Lahaina Harbor last night at approximately 9 p.m.

The Maui Marathon is not just a run, but a “cultural experience” said race director Rudy Huber.

The County of Maui has agreed to extend its partnership with the EA Sports Maui Invitational Basketball Tournament for another eight years.

On the mound, Molokai pitcher Kairos Torres-Umi scattered five hits and struck out eight. At the plate, the right-hander cranked a first-pitch home run to right-center field in the first inning.

The bungling of a benefit concert that was promoted as featuring Stevie Wonder may cost University of Hawaii athletic director Jim Donovan his job.

The University of Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors and University of Arizona have announced a home-and-home football series for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Na Koa Ikaika Maui, the Valley Isle’s professional baseball team, will host the Ishikawa Million Stars of Japan for an exhibition series, beginning on Tuesday, July 10, at Maehara Stadium.

The 57th Annual Makawao Rodeo got underway Thursday and runs through Sunday at Oskie Rice Arena. The event is run by the Maui Roping Club & Auxiliary.

University of Hawai’i head football coach Norm Chow announced the addition of Football Bowl Subdivision transfers Kapua Sai (Utah) and Sean Schroeder (Duke). Both graduated from their respective schools in three years and are immediately eligible to play for the Warriors due to NCAA graduate transfer rules.

Maui’s Renny Richmond was eliminated from the men’s 100-meter butterfly at the US Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., finishing 9th out of 10 swimmers in heat 11.