Maui Sports

By Rodney S. Yap The Maui High School boys soccer team moved into second place in the Maui Interscholastic League standings following its 1-0 victory at Seabury Hall on Wednesday. Joaquin Navarro scored the lone goal in the 68th minute as the Sabers improved to 7-2-2. A win is worth three points and a tie […]

By Rodney S. Yap Baldwin High School seniors Pasoni Tasini and Gabe Ross combined for 23 points Tuesday night en route to a decisive 45-24 victory over Kamehameha Maui at the Bears’ gym. The win improved the Bears unbeaten record to 7-0, while the Warriors fell to 1-6. Second-place King Kekaulike (4-2) travel cross-town to […]

By Rodney S. Yap Lahainaluna High School’s Noah Camara couldn’t have picked a better time to score his first prep goal. The 5-foot-3, 108-pound junior midfielder accounted for the only goal of the match Tuesday night, when his shot at the 54-minute mark ricocheted past Kamehameha Maui’s goal keeper and padded the Lunas’ lead in […]

By Rodney S. Yap With the college football recruiting race in full tilt and the National Letter of Intent (NLI) signing day (Feb. 1) only two weeks away, is the Maui Interscholastic League’s top football recruit Pasoni Tasini of Baldwin High any closer to deciding where he plans to play football next fall? According to […]

MIL Sports Weekend Calendar / Events Thursday, Jan. 12 through Saturday, Jan. 14

University of Hawaii head football coach Norm Chow made it very clear when he was hired in December that job salary had “nothing to do with” his return to the 50th state. The main motivation, he said, was “the chance to come home.”

University of Hawaii head football coach Norm Chow plans to introduce the members of his coaching staff to the public for the first time today at the Downtown Athletic Club’s inaugural lunch event.

Former University Hawaii Warrior Kaniela Tuipulotu will get his chance to showcase his skills to NFL scouts at the upcoming 2012 East-West Shrine Game later this month and then at the Athletes’ Performance facility in the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. on March 5.

This time, Steve Stricker is leaving Maui with the winner’s trophy. And for the first time, he’s already booked reservations for a return trip. The difference next year will be his status — as defending champion of the 2012 Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

By Rodney S. Yap PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem doesn’t think moving the Hyundai Tournament of Champions to the West Coast would translate to more eligible player’s participation and expects The Plantation Course at Kapalua to remain the host course. “I think everything is in good shape here,” Finchem told the media Sunday. Several of […]

By Rodney S. Yap Steve Stricker has learned to rely on his patience when he falls out of his comfort zone, like he did on Sunday at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. After a slow start, it was patience that steered Stricker back to his birdie ways, finishing the third round exactly where he began […]

By Rodney S. Yap Steve Stricker loves coming to Maui and Saturday he took a step closer to making a return trip to the Valley Isle with a tournament low 10-under 63, giving him a comfortable five-shot lead through 36 holes of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Stricker came one shot shy of tying the […]

Dancers from the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu, performed vignettes from their show “Ha”, translated as the breath of life, to open the 2012 Hyundai Tournament of Champions on Maui. The performance cleared the way for champion golfers to make a statement at Kapalua under clear skies and a view of breaking waves on the shores of Honolua and Mokuleia Bays below.

By Rodney S. Yap Defending champion Jonathan Byrd shot a 6-under 67 to claim a one-stroke lead over four players after Friday’s first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Byrd produced six consecutive birdies on his front nine, including two 30-foot-plus putts, and finished with two birdies on the back nine after suffering a […]

Baldwin High School’s BJ Wilhelm-Ioane has had to pull out of this weekend’s Gridiron University Prep Stars Classic All-Star Bowl Game in Las Vegas, NV, due to family reasons.

In yesterday’s pro-am event, Keegan Bradley won $15,000 for the Lahianaluna High School Foundation in the Closest to the Pin event. Steve Stricker came in second, winning $7,000 for the Friends of the Childrens Justice Center. Additional winnings of $5,000 was donated to the Hawaii State Jr. Golf Association; and $3,000 to the Boy Scouts Council on Maui.

In an effort to give back to the community hosting the tournament, organizers will select six local charities as the primary beneficiaries of this year’s tournament proceeds.

Public parking will be located at the at Honua Kai Resort, with free shuttles running each day, beginning 15 minutes prior to the gates opening and running continuously throughout the day.

The field for the 2012 Hyundai Tournament of Champions on Maui will include 28 champions from a combined 34 PGA TOUR events from 2011. Steve Stricker, Bubba Watson, K.J. Choi, David Toms and Mark Wilson are among the veteran contingent.

The 96-year old Maui Country Club in Spreckelsville has appointed a junior tennis expert, Rick Kepler, as its new Director of Tennis