Maui Sports
Maui’s QB Hopefuls Benefit from Free Passas’ Clinic
Hawaii’s quarterback coaching guru Vince Passas conducted a free two-hour “Quarterback / Receiver Clinic” for a dozen quarterbacks and more than 30 receivers Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.
Huber Has High Hopes for KS-Maui Track & Field
Rudy Huber would like to see the sport of track and field be fun again. It’s part of his mission as the new head coach at Kamehameha Schools Maui.
Mataafa and 8 Other Luna Wrestlers Reach Semis
Lahainaluna High School’s Hercules Mataafa pinned both his opponents Friday and remains one win from a possible rematch with Kamehameha-Kapalama’s Dane Pestano, the wrestler who denied the Maui Interscholastic League champion a state gold medal a year ago in the boys 215 pound weight class.
MIL’s Best Wrestlers Take On Rest of the State
Two boys and two girls wrestlers from the Maui Interscholastic League received No. 1 seeds in the Chevron State Championships to be held Friday and Saturday at the Neal Blaisdell Arena on Oahu.
Fifth-Place Finale: King Kekaulike vs. Baldwin at State
King Kekaulike (15-1) and Baldwin (12-5) high schools will cap their 2013 season Saturday at the Hawaiian Airlines Boys Basketball Championships on Oahu. Tipoff is 1 p.m. at the Neal Blaisdell Arena.
Div. II: Seabury Hall Loses Lead and Game to Kailua
Kailua High School’s Kirk Ronolo Jr. threw up a buzzer-beater at halftime, sparking the Surfriders’ 14-1 third-quarter explosion en route to a 49-36 win over Seabury Hall at Kaimuki Gym on Friday.
Bears, Na Alii Both Fall in Quarterfinals at State
Top-seeded Maryknoll High School put an exclamation point on its 64-54 win over Baldwin on Thursday with a conclusive slam dunk by Joshua Burnett with about 1 minute, 30 seconds left in their quarterfinal match at McKinley Gym.
Seabury Hall Beats University in OT, Kailua Next
Seabury Hall’s Kaleb Palmer and Cameron King combined for 34 points to lift the third-seeded Spartans to a 59-56 overtime win over University High in Thursday’s quarterfinals of the State Boys Division II Basketball Tournament.
Eldridge’s Solid Play Helps Baldwin to Quarterfinals
The Baldwin High School boys basketball team got 16 points and nine rebounds from junior power forward Teva Eldridge en route to a 57-43 triumph over Kapolei on Wednesday at McKinley Gym.
King Kekaulike, Seabury Boys Seeded No. 3 at State
The Maui Interscholastic League’s boys basketball champions in both Division I and Division II received No. 3 seeds in their respective Hawaiian Airlines State Championships brackets.
Free Quarterback / Receiver Clinic Slated for March 2
Hawaii’s Quarterback Coaching Guru Vince Passas will a have a Quarterback / Receiver Clinic On Saturday, March 2, at War Memorial Stadium, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Lahainaluna Falls to Waiakea 2-1 in Baseball
Taylor Mondina broke a 1-1 sixth inning tie with an RBI groundout, scoring Andrew Filoteo Jr., and the Waiakea High School baseball team successfully opened the 2013 season with a 2-1 win over Lahainaluna High School.
‘Coach Mac’ to Speak at Hard Naks Speed Camps
Legendary University of Utah college football coach Ron McBride will be on the island Saturday to speak to participants of the Hard Naks Speed Camps at 10:30 a.m., at the Maui Tropical Plantation.
Maui’s Lotulelei Gets NFL Scouting Combine Invite
UNLV senior linebacker John Lotulelei has been invited to participate in the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine (National Invitational Camp), which begins later this month at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Ewaliko Part of Chow’s First Recruiting Class at UH
Keelan Ewaliko’s journey through the Maui Interscholastic League is well documented with football feats of gigantic proportions over his prep career.
VIDEO: Maui’s Ewaliko Signs Letter of Intent with Warriors
Ewaliko is only the second football athlete out of the MIL to sign a scholarship offer with the University of Hawaii straight out of high school.
Baldwin’s Keelan Ewaliko to Sign NLI on Wednesday
Baldwin High School’s Keelan Ewaliko is expected to be the second Maui Interscholastic League football recruit to sign a letter of intent to University of Hawaii on Wednesday.
Baldwin Sweeps Boys and Girls MIL Swim Titles
The Bears showcased their range in both the girls and the boys divisions by winning 11 events and scoring at least one point in 23 of 24 possible events Saturday to easily sweep the Maui Interscholastic League Swimming & Diving Championships at the Kihei Aquatics Center.
Warriors, Na Alii End Soccer Season With Ties at State
Kamehameha Schools Maui girls soccer team finished tied for fifth place Saturday, after battling Konawaena to a scoreless tie at the Hawaii High School State Athletic Association Championships.
Seabury Girls Win Gold Medal at State Canoe Paddling
The Seabury Hall girls outrigger canoe team paddled its way into the state record books Friday, outracing heavily favorite Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama en route to claiming the gold medal.
