Maui Sports

The Kamehameha Maui girls soccer team got two goals from junior Marley Duncan, the second one on a counter play in the 60th minute, to help the Warriors close out a 4-2 win over Baldwin Tuesday night at War Memorial Stadium.

Unleashing phenomenal power off the tee and improved short-iron game, the 28-year-old Johnson overcame Mother Nature, the pressure of a final round, and 29 other champions to win the season-opening Hyundai Tournament at Kapalua.

Dustin Johnson, considered the one of the best young American golfers, displayed a power game that trumped the freakish elements and the 29 other 2012 winners, to capture the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions on Tuesday.

For three days Dustin Johnson didn’t swing a club. Like a passenger, he watched the weather and waited as the idle Hyundai Tournament of Champions finally got a green light in Kapalua.

The raging wind pattern continued to wreak havoc Sunday on the defenseless Plantation Course forcing yet another halt to the first round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

The season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions officially started at 11:10 a.m. with players going off both the first and 10th holes.

For the third consecutive day, high winds have stole the headlines at the Plantation Course, delaying the start of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

For the second straight day Mother Nature got the best of Kapalua, forcing PGA Tour officials to postpone the opening round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions to Sunday.

Mother Nature reared its ugly head at Kapalua Friday in the form of violent wind and rain, forcing PGA TOUR officials to wipe out the first round of the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

Erratic weather conditions at Kapalua have shut down the 2013 Hyundai Tournament of Champions, which was due to tee off today and run through Monday at The Plantation Course.

Maui High School — 65 players strong — captured lightning in a bottle Saturday, outplaying Baldwin 42-0 in the Valley Isle’s first Alumni Football USA game.

The Baldwin High School boys soccer team got back-to-back goals in the first half to defeat a scrappy Lahainaluna squad 2-1 Friday night at Keopuolani Park.

With the 2013 PGA TOUR season set to begin, 30 winners from 2012 will tee it up for the PGA TOUR’s Opening Drive at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions at The Plantation Course at Kapalua, Jan. 3-7, 2013.

Former Molokai standout Kalei Adolpho officially returns to the University of Hawaii women’s basketball team this weekend for the Bank of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Invitational, Dec. 28-30.

University of Hawaii offensive coordinator Tommy Lee announced his retirement from coaching effective immediately. Lee, a Honolulu native who has a coaching resume that spans more than 40 years, spent his only season with the Warriors as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.

SMU coach June Jones walked out of Aloha Stadium with another win Monday, thanks largely to a disruptive performance by defensive end Margus Hunt that set the tone for the Mustangs’ 43-10 win over Fresno State in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl.

Ole Miss scored 10 unanswered points late in the game to pull away for a 81-66 win over Hawaii in the fifth-place game of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic Christmas Day at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Over the years, the Baldwin High School boys soccer team built a reputation for being resilient.

Wisconsin is set to introduce Utah State’s Gary Andersen as its new football coach on Friday, Dec. 21, and former Baldwin High School coach/player Chad Kauhaahaa is reportedly going to join him in Madison.

The Baldwin High School girls soccer team re-established itself atop the Maui Interscholastic League standings Wednesday with a dominating 5-1 victory over previously unbeaten King Kekaulike.