Maui Sports

Ruzafa of Spain and Duffy of Bermuda each received $20,000 for their respective victories at the 19th annual event held over the weekend in Kapalua.

Whoever said defense wins championships and offense wins games must have been describing the Maui Interscholastic League and its season-ending champion’s duel.

The King Kekaulike High School girls volleyball team settled whatever unfinished business it had in the Maui Interscholastic League on Friday, executing a five-set, come-from-behind victory over Kamehameha Maui in the championship tilt of the Division I tournament.

Its rare, very rare, when one champion plays another champion in a season-ending game with nothing at stake.

The visit to Montessori School of Maui comes ahead of the Starboard Severne Aloha Classic that gets underway next week at Hoʻokipa Beach Park, a place often referred to as the Mecca of Windsurfing.

Famous pro surfer Sunny Garcia is adding off-road triathlete to bucket list, taking on the XTERRA Worlds in Kapalua on Maui this Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014.

Menehune Basketball tryouts for boys and girls in the 6th through 8th grades begins on Oct. 27, and continues through Nov. 5, 2014.

Through the power of prayer and hard work, Miki Fifita has been able to jump start his football future.

The unbeaten Lunas managed to shutout Baldwin 35-0 Friday at War Memorial Stadium despite playing as if it had skipped a beat before a homecoming crowd of about 3,000.

Maui High had five different running backs score touchdowns Friday en route to a lopsided 48-0 victory at King Kekaulike High School.

The Sabers’ defense set the tempo early and their offense delivered scores running and passing the ball en route to a 27-0 shutout of Division I foe Baldwin, before a crowd of about 2,500 at War Memorial Stadium.

The King Kekaulike High School girls volleyball team turned back Baldwin High School in four sets Tuesday to clinch the Maui Interscholastic League Division I regular-season championship and the state tournament berth that accompanies it.

For the second straight year, Maui’s Kaluka Maiava will not finish the season on the Oakland Raiders’ active roster.

If everything goes as planned, the road to the state Division II football championships will go through Lahainaluna High School — literally.

It wasn’t that long ago when Maui High School was just happy to win a Maui Interscholastic League football game.

The victory was twice as nice for seniors Sarah Colbaugh, Molie Glass, and team captain Gina Marzo who celebrated their last home game and senior day with lei and balloons.

For the 10th time in 12 years, the Lunas assured themselves postseason play next month, by executing a 42-3 drubbing of Division II opponent King Kekaulike on Friday.

If fantasy football existed in the Maui Interscholastic League, Chase Newton would be the overwhelming favorite at quarterback for team owners looking to draft a franchise player with its first selection.

The Maui department of Parks and Recreation is now accepting applications for the 2015 South Maui youth basketball program. The program is open to boys and girls ages 5 to 14 years old.

The Maui Interscholastic League’s two newest football programs gave a spirited effort Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium, with Lanai High School prevailing over Kihei Charter 54-19.