Maui Sports

Talk about clutch shooting. The near flawless free-throw shooting of UCLA, connecting on a mind-boggling 23 of 24 at the line, proved to be the difference against UNLV, as the Bruins beat the Rebels 77-75 in the nightcap of Monday’s opening-round action of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational at Lahaina Civic Center.

Three intense days of college basketball begins today at the Lahaina Civic Center, as host Chaminade University plays No. 4 Kansas in the third game of the 2015 Maui Jim Maui Invitational Tournament, beginning at 4 p.m. on ESPNU television and ESPN 550 AM radio.

The 32nd annual Maui Jim Maui Invitational begins Monday at Maui’s Lahaina Civic Center, where three top-20 teams, No. 4 Kansas, No. 14 Indiana and No. 17 Vanderbilt, are among the contenders competing for early-season bragging rights.

National “E” Coaching Course is being offered to all competitive soccer coaches who coach U9-U12 players here on Maui, from Dec. 11-13, at Maui Waena Intermediate School in Kahului.

Kyle Sanches notified the media by text Monday that he is stepping down as head football coach at King Kekaulike High School.

UH sophomore and Lahainaluna graduate, James Moran-Horton was the lead UH player finishing even par and closing out the tournament T9 at 1-under (212).

A season of preparation and discipline helped an undersized Lahainaluna team make critical stops down the stretch to preserve a 7-0 victory over Kaimuki before a standing-room-only crowd of about 3,000 at Sue Cooley Stadium.

“It was absurd,” said Lily. She recalled her emotions from years ago saying, “I didn’t do anything… I was very stubborn and I refused to let these rumors get the most of me.”

Kamehameha Maui defended their title and won their 5th straight M.I.L. Cheer Championship on Saturday with a total score of 321 at Kaʻulaheanuiokamoku Gymnasium.

Sophomore James Moran-Horton, an alumni from Lahainaluna High School, tied at 11th place on the player leaderboard after Round 2. Round 3 tees off on with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. at the Royal Kāʻanapali Course.

Waianae High School used its prolific ground game to upend Baldwin, 21-6, in opening-round action of the First Hawaiian Bank/Hawaii High School Athletic Association Division I State Championships at Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium Friday night.

Maui MIL champs, the Baldwin Bears make their 13th state appearance TONIGHT at the First Hawaiian Bank 17th Annual Football State Championships in a 4:30 p.m. match up against the Waianae Seariders at Aloha Stadium.

The 54-hole, individual and team stroke-play event features 19 teams from across the country including two teams from host University Hawaiʻi.

Lead teaching instructor for the Kapalua Golf Academy, Ben Hongo, was recently ranked #2 in Hawaiʻi’s “The Best Teachers In Your State (2015-2016)” in Golf Digest’s annual peer ranking

The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea hosts its 26th Annual Day of Hope fundraiser Run/Walk on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, with proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society, Pacific Cancer Foundation, and Kapiolani Medical Center.

Representatives of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational visited the Rose Bowl on Saturday, where the UCLA Bruins were presented with their custom tournament surfboard to commemorate their trip to Maui later this month.

Josiah Middaugh, 37, of Eagle-Vail, Colorado won the men’s title at the 20th anniversary edition of the XTERRA World Championship held in Kapalua over the weekend. It was his first world title after 15 attempts.  He finished in 2 hours 35 minutes and 32 seconds. “A couple years ago I knew I had to win […]

At Lahainaluna High School, defense wins championships. Saturday night the school’s football team rode the coattails of its defensive unit to claim yet another Maui Interscholastic League Division II championship, sneaking by a stubborn Kamehameha Maui team 14-10 at War Memorial Stadium.

Norm Chow has been fired as head coach of the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team, athletics director David Matlin announced Sunday.

Motivated by three seasons of heartbreak — all to Seabury Hall — the Molokai High School eight-player football team celebrated a perfect season Saturday by knocking off its Valley Isle nemesis.