High School Athletics

August 5, 2022 // By: Cole Cabrera With all the hype surrounding the inaugural Perfect Game Prospect Invitational, it surely did not disappoint. 24 of Hawaii’s premier 2027 graduates stepped onto Les Murakami Stadium to compete on a beautiful Thursday night in Mānoa to showcase their skills in front of a plethora of friends, family, […]

Keiki ask the best questions. That’s why we started this new series called, “Little Keiki Ask Big Questions” presented by Kama’aina Kids so that they have the opportunity to interview high school, college, and professional athletes in their respective sports. Episode 3 features Kainoa Carvalho, a Kahuku Football standout and the 2021-22 Gatorade Player of […]

Thursday, July 14, 2022 Today, ESPN Honolulu was at the opening of the new TRUE Esports + Tech Lab in the Waipahu Public Library. Keegan Ohta ran a live broadcast of the event and interviewed a number of pivotal individuals who helped to make the event possible, i.e. Governor David Ige, President of Pacxa Kelly […]

Friday, July 1, 2022 ILH FOOTBALL OPEN DIVISION, DIVISION I & DIVISION II DATE DAY HOME VISITOR SITE TIME 9.3.22 SATURDAY Saint Louis II Kamehameha II Saint Louis 3:00pm Punahou II Damien Punahou 3:00pm 9.9.22 FRIDAY ‘Iolani Saint Louis II ‘Iolani 3:15pm 9.10.22 SATURDAY Punahou II Kamehameha II Punahou 2:00pm Kamehameha Saint Louis Kamehameha 6:00pm […]

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 It was announced today on “Let’s Talk Sports with Kanoa Leahey” that Hawai’i high school basketball standout JJ Mandaquit will be transferring from ‘Iolani School to Real Salt Lake Academy in Utah. Jason Mandaquit, JJ’s father, came onto the show to announce the news and expressed their family’s excitement to venture […]

Sunday, May 22, 2022 The HHSAA released the 12 senior student-athletes that have been inducted into the 2022 Hall of Honor Class. The student-athletes were selected by a 13-person committee of current and former sports reporters, athletic directors and coaches from around the state and will each receive a $2,000 scholarship courtesy of HHSAA, Enterprise […]

Saturday, May 21, 2022 Congratulations to the 2021-22 ILH Baseball All-Stars! The Player of the Year, Saint Louis’ Blayne Contrades finished with 24 hits and a batting average of 0.462. Contrades will look to his baseball career at the Division 1 college level as an Arizona State Sun Devil. The Pitcher of the Year, Zacary […]

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Picture Credit: Lori McKeown For the first time in school history, Maryknoll won the DI HHSAA Softball State Championship. The ILH runner-ups faced off against the ILH Champions, the Iolani Raiders on Thursday night, May 12, 2022, under the lights at the Rainbow Warrior Softball Stadium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. It didn’t […]

Picture Credit: Lori McKeown Mililani was coming off of an impressive win over the No.4 tournament seed Kealakehe, winning that game 25-0. But as Mililani searched for their first state title since 2015, the most recent state champions, Iolani had something to say about that. Entering as the No.1 tournament seed, Iolani survived and advanced […]