Maui Sports

Mana Rosa, a junior defensive tackle from Haiku and former Baldwin High School standout was arrested along with two of his Oregon State teammates on Saturday.

Wide receiver Colten Quinabo closed out his collegiate career with 47 catches for 567 yards and four touchdowns.

Former Baldwin High School standout Mana Rosa was among three Oregon State football players arrested Saturday and currently being held in the Benton County and Linn County jails.

Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, beating out Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein for the award.

Ohio State senior associate athletic director Ben Jay has accepted an offer to become the new athletic director at the University of Hawai’i, according to a report by The Columbus Dispatch.

Former St. Anthony High School place-kicker Thomas Cortes, a sophomore at Valley City State University in N.D., was selected to the Association of Independent Institutions All-Conference first team last month.

The University of Hawai’i plans to name a new athletic director Friday, according to a press release sent to the media from the Chancellor’s office.

University of Nevada Las Vegas linebacker John Lotulelei earned First Team All-Mountain West honors Tuesday as part of the conference’s official postseason awards.

The Boston Red Sox is on a mission to sign Shane Victorino and sources are reporting the Maui-borned free-agent has agreed to play out field for the sum of $39 million over three years.

Linebacker Manti Te’o of Notre Dame became the first Hawaii-born player selected as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy on Monday.

The 2012 event, the Passman Shane Victorino Foundation Celebrity Dinner & Golf Classic, presented by Tommy Bahama, is set for Thursday in Wailea.

The season came to end for the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team, losing to Washington 20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 27-25, 15-11 on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle.

The University of Hawai’i Warrior football team sent out its senior class in style with a 23-7 victory over South Alabama Saturday night in the season finale at Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium.

Maui Now caught up with Lahainaluna co-head coach Bobby Watson for a final season-ending, question-and-answer interview.

Mauinow.com caught up with Lahainaluna co-head coach Garret Tihada for a final season-ending, question-and-answer interview.

Football is big in the small town of Lahaina in West Maui.

Maui basketball fans were treated to the transformation of the Illinois basketball team this week at the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational.

He was an All-State quarterback for Kamehameha and led the Warriors to back-to-back state football championships. He also earned the Stan Bates Award, given to the top male scholar-athlete in the Western Athletic Conference. He received All-WAC and All-America honors at UH, where he graduated in Pre-law. He played five seasons in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons.

Although Illinois basketball is only five games into the John Groce era, the early-season progress report is as bright as the sun shining on West Maui.

The giant-killers from St. Louis Heights on Oahu were at it again. This time Chaminade knocked off Texas, 86-73, before a prime-time televised audience opposite Monday Night Football at the Lahaina Civic Center.