Maui Sports

Lahainaluna High School’s defense pitched its second straight shutout Friday night, blanking Kamehameha Schools Maui, 36-0, before a crowd of about 3,200 fans at War Memorial Stadium.

The University of Hawai’i Warrior football team begins the Norm Chow era by opening the 2012 season against No. 1 Southern California, today, Sept. 1 in Los Angeles, Calif. Kick-off for the nationally-televised game is 4:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. Hawaii time) at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Jade Vorster and Emily Hartong packed a solid one-two punch tonight, guiding the No. 6 University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team to a sweep of San Francisco (25-14, 27-25, 25-19) on Friday night in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center.

The University of Hawaii women’s soccer team played Drexel to a 3-3 draw in a roller coast of a match Friday night at the Waipi’o Peninsula Soccer Stadium.

Lahainaluna High School quarterback Kiko Fonohema scored touchdown runs of 1 and 8 yards, respectively, to lead the Lunas to a 29-0 rout of King Kekaulike at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Saint Louis School quarterback Kawai Mook-Garcia made an impressive 2012 debut Saturday, throwing for four touchdowns and running for another as the sixth-ranked Crusaders routed 10th-ranked Baldwin, 46-0.

Maui High School set the stage for its dramatic come-from-behind victory over Kamehameha Schools Maui Friday night by switching to its no-huddle offense with 3 minutes, 34 seconds left in the game.

The Baldwin High School football team plans to be “all business” Saturday, when the 10th-ranked Bears fly to Honolulu to face sixth-ranked Saint Louis School in a non-league contest at Aloha Stadium.

As the eighth-ranked University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team prepares for its season-opener against Albany on Friday, former Molokai High School standout Kalei Adolpho continues to battle for a starting position at middle blocker.

UH President Greenwood claimed Jim Donovan did not lose his athletics director post because of his involvement in the botched promotional concert he initiated.

The rushing attack of the Lahainaluna Lunas dominated Kea’au in their 35-14 win over the Cougars at Wong Stadium Friday night.

A year ago, Kapaa High School opened its 2011 season with a dominating 35-0 performance over visiting Kamehameha Schools Maui. The victory set the tempo for Kapaa’s first Kauai Interscholastic Federation championship since 1989.

The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to discuss the reassignment of former athletic director Jim Donovan at its Aug. 22 meeting, the school announced Wednesday.

The University of Hawai’i women’s soccer team kicks off its 2012 campaign when it travels to Nevada for a pair of matches this weekend. The Rainbow Wahine will open up the season against former Western Athletic Conference rival Nevada on Friday, Aug. 17, before heading south to face UNLV on Sunday, Aug. 19.

Hawaii wrestler Clarissa Chun shared the bronze medal in the women’s 48-kilogram wrestling freestyle Wednesday, giving the US its first wrestling medal of the London Games.

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.