Maui Sports

More than 2,500 outrigger canoe paddlers will travel to Kona to participate in the signature 18-mile long distance race between Kailua Bay and Honaunau.

The event is the largest junior sailing regatta ever to be held in Maui waters and reflects the growth of junior sailing in Hawaiʻi.

At the conclusion of the championship game between Corpus Christi, TX and Chesterfield, VA (TX won 15-11), Maui All-Star Levi Maddela was crowned Batting Champ of the 2015 PONY Mustang World Series. Maddela hit .818 with 6 HRs, 11 RBIs and 8 runs scored. In the West Zone tournament, Maddela hit .642 with 1 HR (grand slam), 10 RBIs and 5 runs scored.

With the win, the 2015 Mustang Maui All Star team is the first team ever from Maui to win the PONY Western Zone Championship and advance to the PONY Mustang World Series, which will be held in Youngsville, LA, from Aug. 6-9, 2015.

The Championship Round will feature Indiana, Kansas, St. John’s, UCLA, UNLV, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and host Chaminade. The 32nd edition of the nation’s premier early-season college basketball tournament will be held Nov. 23-25, 2015 at the Lahaina Civic Center in West Maui.

Victorino Traded to Angels From Red Sox: With just months left on his Red Sox contract, the Angels picked up the Maui’s Victorino in a deal that includes cash considerations in exchange for infielder Josh Rutledge.

A girls youth basketball team from Maui is celebrating victory after playing in two tournaments in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kāʻanapali Golf Courses in Lahaina on Maui and Puakea Golf Course in Līhue on Kauaʻi are offering an annual “Juniors Play Free” program, good for rounds until August 31, 2015. The free play or ride passes are being offered to junior golfers from age seven to 17 who are accompanied by a paying adult.

Poker With the Pros, A Prelude to Maui’s Night of Shooting Stars. Professional athletes and local celebrities tried their skills off the court at the second annual “Poker with the Pros” event, held on Thursday night at the Grand Wailea in South Maui. Maui Now’s Malika Dudley interviewed international basketball pro DJ Shelton and James Anderson with the Dallas Cowboys during their visit. The Grand Slam week continues with Saturday’s grand finale, Night of Shooting Stars game at the Wailea Tennis Club.

Local big-wave surfer Paige Alms was nominated for an ESPY award today in the Best Female Action Sports Athlete category. Alms joins Marcus Mariota (who was nominated in the Best Male College Athlete category) as Hawai‘i’s only ESPY nominees.

The non-profit organization basketballMAUI hosts a Grand Slam week of five events featuring NBA players and celebrities.

The surf team made up of students at Kamehameha Schools Maui and Kapālama campuses won its second consecutive national championship this past weekend, taking home the 2015 National Scholastic Surfing Association Interscholastic Championship at Salt Creek in Dana Point, California.

The 2015 Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association State Championship races take place on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Hilo Bay on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa filed a lawsuit on June 10, 2015 against former UH men’s head basketball coach Gibson Arnold.

Molokaʻi Ranch hosted the Molokaʻi Ranch Heritage Rodeo on April 25, 2015, at the ranch’s arena on the West End of the island that drew over 2,000 fans and nearly 100 contestants from around the state.

Matt Meola has landed the first ever “Spindle Flip 540” – the move has the surfing world praising the local professional surfer. Malika Dudley caught up with…

At least a dozen golfers under the age of 30 are making the cut by winning tournaments and becoming eligible for the 2016 winners-only event, scheduled to take place Jan. 6-10, 2016 at The Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort.

Twelve student athletes from across the state were named as inductees into the Enterprise/Hawaiʻi High School Athletic Association Hall of Honor.

The former University of Hawaiʻi receiver talks with Kanoa about signing with the Detroit Lions and gives his take on “Deflategate.”

Kanoa Leahey and Jordan Helle talk with Maui MMA fighter Kendall Grove as he gears up for a middleweight championship bout with Brandon Halsey in Bellator 137.