Maui Sports

For the 11th consecutive year, Whale Trust Maui, the Maui-based international whale research organization, invites the public to “tee off for whale research” on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at 8 a.m., at the King Kamehameha Golf Club.

The Hawaii Allstars and the Maui Cheer Babes Youth All-Stars, both cheering teams from Maui, won numerous awards at the Athletic Championships on O’ahu’s last weekend, Jan. 9 and 10.

In between the Spieth family vacation at the Kapalua Resort last week, Jordan Spieth, the world’s No. 1 ranked golfer, picked up his seventh PGA Tour win and crushed the winner’s-only field at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

As good as things have gone for Jordan Spieth over the last three days at Kapalua, the 22-year-old golfing phenom predicts he’s going to have continue to score low on Sunday if he hopes to hold the winner’s trophy of the 2016 season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

New year, same old dominating performance by the World’s No. 1 professional golfer Jordan Spieth.

Determined to pick up where he left off last season, Jordan Spieth played the first round of the PGA Tour’s new season like he never missed a beat — and so did Hyundai Tournament defending champion Patrick Reed.

The 2016 Hyundai Tournament of Champions released its final revised list for telecast and tee times for the upcoming event. The tournament takes place on the grounds of The Plantation Course at Kapalua from Jan. 6-10, 2016.

The Hyundai Hope on Wheels returns to Maui for the 2016 5K Run/Walk as organizers work to raise funds in the fight against pediatric cancer. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 at 7:30 a.m. at Whalers Village in Kāʻanapali.

With the Hyundai Tournament of Champions a little over a week away, tournament officials are gearing up by highlighting each of the qualifiers for the winners-only event. This latest installment looks at the road to Kapalua for Bubba Watson, Danny Lee, Scott Piercy, Zach Johnson and Troy Merritt.

The University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team will play an intrasquad scrimmage on Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Seabury Hall’s Erdman Athletic Center in Olinda.

King Kekaulike High School is hoping a blend of old school will amount to new beginnings when it comes to the future of its football program. Principal Mark Elliot told MauiNow.com earlier this week that King Kekaulike has decided on co-head coaches for its varsity football team.

With the Hyundai Tournament of Champions a little over two weeks away, tournament officials are gearing up by highlighting each of the qualifiers for the winners-only event.

Baldwin secured a 3-2 victory over King Kekaulike, by preserving a one-goal lead from the first half and surviving a fierce comeback attempt by the Upcountry girls in the second half.

By all accounts, the Baldwin High School boys soccer team is still finding itself. Last night at King Kekaulike Stadium, the Bears found out there is little or no consolation in having 15 shots on goal if none go in the net.

David Havens, PGA Director of Instruction at Kāʻanapali Golf Courses was recently awarded the 2015 Horton Smith Award by the Aloha Section PGA.

This installment looks back on 2015 victories by Brandt Snedeker, James Hahn, Padraig Harrington, Alex Cejka and Dustin Johnson.

The Pipe Invitational has been called on this morning, commencing at 8 a.m. in what organizers are calling “massive 10-to-15 foot surf at Pipeline.”

Maui’s Billy Kemper won Sunday’s Peʻahi Challenge in massive 40-50 foot-plus surf conditions at the popular surf spot often referred to as “Jaws” along Maui’s north shore. Surfers paddled into the swell with no-tow assist making the risk that much more daunting.

Two months from today the 2016 Pro Bowl will be played at Aloha Stadium. Today, the playing surface at Aloha Stadium was deemed unfit to host an international soccer match by the players of the U.S. Women’s National Team.

This marks the first BWT event at Pe’ahi, famously known as ‘Jaws,’ with competitors paddling into the gigantic swell – no tow-assist will be given.