Maui Sports

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.

Seven Maui United Soccer Club players sign on National Letter of Intent (NLI) day, the first day high school recruits can officially sign to attend college.

Despite only having 39 days to recruit, University of Hawai’i head football coach Norm Chow managed to grab three of the state’s top high school players as part of the Warriors’ 2012 recruiting class.

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 posted its ninth straight win, clinching the Maui Interscholastic League Division I regular-season title and an automatic berth to the state tournament.

The third annual Maui Football Combine 2012 is scheduled for Friday, June 15, at Lahainaluna High School Stadium.

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.

Sparked by the return of senior captains Zane Johnson and Jeremiah Ostrowski, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team upset New Mexico State, 91-87.

By Rodney S. Yap A short-handed University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team suffered a disappointing 74-70 loss to Louisiana Tech Thursday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Warriors dropped to 10-8 overall and 2-2 in the Western Athletic Conference with its second straight setback. Raheem Appleby poured in 28 points, the highest individual […]

Thursday’s MIL Events / 1-19 Girls Basketball Lahainaluna vs Maui High at Lahaina Civic, 5:30 p.m. Kamehameha vs King Kekaulike at Kamehameha, 7 p.m. Boys Basketball Kamehameha vs King Kekaulike at Kamehameha, 5:30 p.m. Baldwin vs Molokai at Baldwin, 6 p.m. Lahainaluna vs Maui High at Lahaina Civic, 7 p.m.   Friday’s MIL Events / […]