Maui Sports

Lanai High School hosted its first prep football game since 1953 Saturday at the Lanai Community Football Field in Lanai City.

Baldwin High School quarterback Taje Akaka-Foster ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, leading the Bears to their first Maui Interscholastic League victory of the 2014 season Friday at War Memorial Stadium.

At Lahainaluna High School, football is always a work in progress.

Upcountry rivals — King Kekaulike High School and Kamehameha Maui — settled early-season bragging rights Friday, when the public-school boys handed their head coach Kyle Sanches his second league win in three head-to-head challenges with Kamehameha Maui.

Lahainaluna High School extended its Maui Interscholastic League win streak to 11 Saturday, dominating Kamehameha Maui 48-18 at War Memorial Stadium before an estimated crowd of 2,500.

The sleeping giant from South Lono Avenue woke up Friday after 14 years of losing to Central Maui public-school rival Baldwin in Maui Interscholastic League football.

The Maui High School football team snapped a 27-game losing streak — that dated back 14 years — to Baldwin High Friday, beating the Bears 20-17 at War Memorial Stadium.

The Baldwin High School football team had no answer for the deep ball and suffered the consequences Saturday in its 2014 debut.

Fans of Lahainaluna High School football were not disappointed Friday at the official Maui Interscholastic League reveal, where the 2014 early-season model of the Lunas was unveiled at War Memorial Stadium before an estimated crowd of about 2,000.

Snapping the football from center to quarterback is not a perfect exercise. And the few miss snaps Thursday at War Memorial Stadium proved to be game-changers as Maui High rallied behind a pair of second-quarter touchdowns en route to a 48-11 victory over Kamehameha Maui.

The 2014 Maui Interscholastic League football season kicks off tonight with Maui High and Kamehameha Maui doing battle at War Memorial Stadium.

All tickets for the 2014 EA Sports Maui Invitational will go on sale today via the tournament’s website, beginning at 9 a.m. (HST).

The Pac-Five Wolfpack exploded for 27 unanswered points in the first half en route to a 54-37 non-league win Saturday at King Kekaulike High School.

Maui High School kicked off the high school football season on the Valley Isle Friday with a 28-7 victory over visiting Kealakehe High School.

Joel Rand, a financial advisor from Wailea used a pitching wedge on the 12th hole, par 3 to hit the ball 135 yards for the sinker, according to a UHMC announcement.

Maui’s Kurt Suzuki of the Minnesota Twins was named to the American League All-Star team for the first time in his seven-year career today.

The county of Maui issued a reminder that War Memorial Stadium is closed for the first half of this month due to construction work. The public will not be able to access the stadium through July 15, 2014.

Hundreds of soccer fans attended a screening of the USA vs Belgium World Cup game, broadcast live on a 47- by 22-foot big-screen at the Castle Theater of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Tuesday.

The events stadium being built at Lahainaluna High School in West Maui will be named in honor of Sue D. Cooley, its primary benefactor and part-time Maui resident, who contributed $7.5 million to the project.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will host a live broadcast of the USA vs Belgium World Cup game, scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2014.