Maui Sports

The University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team will play Nebraska on Friday, Mar. 23, at War Memorial Gym.

Baldwin High School senior guard Gabe Ross sank a pair of clutch free-throws with 3.7 seconds to play in regulation to lift the Bears to a 41-39 win over Leilehua in the Division I semifinals of the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships.

King Kekaulike High School’s Jansen Agapay hit his team’s only three-pointer of the game with 44 seconds left to lift Na Alii to an opening round upset of Kamehameha Kapalama, 43-38, in the Hawaiian Airlines Boys Basketball State Championships at Radford Gymnasium.

Top-seeded Mililani will face unseeded Kalani in an all-Oahu Interscholastic Association final at the state boys soccer tournament on Oahu.

Maui’s Kendall Grove suffered only his second submission loss of his career Thursday when Jay Silva submitted the former Ultimate Fighter with a rear-naked choke in the second round.

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

Cody Nakamura is hoping to educate, build self esteem, and improve health and overall strength to athletes who attend his weekly Hard Naks High-Performance Speed Camps.

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

Renny Richmond of Seabury Hall and Danielle Jefferies of Maui Prep Academy claimed gold medals at Saturday’s finals of the Hawaii High School State Swimming & Diving Championships.

Maui Preparatory Academy freshman Danielle Jefferies can make history today at the state swimming and diving championships. If she wins the 100 Butterfly she would be the first state champion at her school.

The Lady Lunas had no answer for Iolani’s low-post attack and were unable to hold the Raiders off the boards, suffering a 66-56 defeat Thursday at the state girls basketball tournament.

Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino, nicknamed the “Flyin’ Hawaiian,” will be a guest star on the Monday, Feb. 20 episode of “Hawaii Five-0.”

Former UH coach Nick Rolovich accepts similar job at Nevada; Hawaii adds prep defensive back from Florida; and the UH softball team opens its season today.

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.

By Rodney S. Yap St. Louis School offensive lineman Reeve Koehler is the nation’s No. 1 guard and checks in at No. 67 overall, according to the first Rivals 100 for the class of 2013 released today by the Rivals.com. “The thing I like most about Koehler is he dominates on every snap and really makes […]

University of Hawai’i will play Nebraska in a spring exhibition women’s volleyball match on March 23 at War Memorial Gym.

The Baldwin High School girls soccer team capped its 2012 season with a fifth-place finish at state.

Upcoming fun runs highlight Sunday’s Local Sports Briefs.

The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team overcame a 14-point second half deficit Saturday to earn a dramatic 83-81 overtime win at San Jose State University.

For Baldwin High School’s Pasoni Tasini, every school day ends with practice.