Maui Sports

Liotta, the Maui competitor currently sits at No. 3 and is in a qualification spot for the 2024 Challenger Series heading into the final event of the season.

The World Surf League 2023/2024 Big Wave season is officially open. This Big Wave season will feature events at two iconic locations: the TUDOR Jaws Big Wave Challenge at Peʻahi on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands; and the TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge in Nazaré, Portugal.  The holding period to run the competition at Nazaré opens today, and Peʻahi starts on Nov. 10. Both events’ holding periods close on March 31, 2024.

Mana O Maui was launched in the spring of 2023 with a mission to create and provide access to empowerment programs utilizing Hawaiian cultural education, adventure education, surf therapy and the healing arts for Maui County residents.

Imua Family Services announced its fifth annual Pedal Imua — a 60-mile Gran Fondo cycling event around West Maui — will take place on Dec. 2.

Oklahoma redshirt senior Luke Kluver was on a roll during his final round 64, with nine birdies on Saturday en route to the individual title at the Kā‘anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi.

New ticket options for The Sentry 2024 event will feature PGA TOUR winners and offer a variety of experiences while emphasizing community support and recovery efforts in West Maui.

Tickets for the Senior night football game between Lahainaluna High School and Maui High School at Sue D. Cooley Stadium on Oct. 28 have sold out.

Twenty teams from 16 states have traveled to Maui to compete in the 2023 Kā‘anapali Classic and raise money for Maui’s wildfire victims, including Kā‘anapali Golf Courses’ own associates who lost everything.

The funds raised by teams, alumni and fans during the 2023 Kāʻanapali classic will directly benefit families who lost their homes in the Lahaina wildfire.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and the Big West announced a multi-year renewal of a wide-ranging partnership that will bring three championship volleyball events to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa on O‘ahu over the next three years.

All Tournament ticket-only packages and limited booster ticket-only packages for the 2023 Maui Invitational are now officially on sale and can be purchased online.

The best female professional and amateur triathletes in the world are now battling it out in a bid to be crowned the next 2023 VinFast Ironman World Champion.

Starting at 6:25 a.m. HST, women will begin the grueling 140.6-mile race at Kailua Bay. Following the 2.4-mile swim, athletes will transition to the bike for 112 miles and finish the race with a 26.2-mile run.

Ironman World Championship competitor Julie Moss reflects on 1982 race and her relationship with Hawai’i ever since.

Central Pacific Bank announces it will serve as the first ever title sponsor for Maui Interscholastic League sports championships for the next three school years (2023-24 through 2025-26). The financial support will help enhance the player and audience experience at the title games.

The Construction Industry of Maui raised more than $70,000 during its inaugural golf tournament held at The Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 30.

West Maui’s golf courses are reopening after the recent wildfires as Kā‘anapali and Kapalua Golf, along with Wailea Golf Club in South Maui, remain unaffected by the fires.

In preparation for a sold-out Maui Interscholastic League football game (Lahainaluna vs. Baldwin) on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, War Memorial Complex facilities and some surrounding areas will be temporarily closed to the public that day.

Big wave surfing returns to the global stage with the New Big Wave Challenge, created by Bill Sharp, founder of the XXL Big Wave Awards.

The PGA TOUR announced it will return to fire-stricken Maui in January for the 2024 edition of the tournament now called “The Sentry,” taking place at the Plantation Course in Kapalua.