Four senior athletes from Waiakea High School — Noah Tyrin, Micah Lopes, Maya Kaneshiro and Journey Morimoto — held an event on Monday to sign letters of intent to join college athletic programs.

Three Pahoa High football players, and one from Kea‘au High, signed letters of intent to play college football on Thursday — bringing the total number of college-bound class of 2024 football players from Puna to eight.

Hilo High junior Zion Palea, the starting catcher of the Vikings’ baseball team, announced Saturday his intent to play baseball for Chaminade University.

Three-time undefeated BIIF champion wrestler and Pahoa High senior Jezney Chang announced her intent to accept a full-ride athletic scholarship to Southwestern Oregon Community College on Wednesday.

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) released the brackets for its Division I softball and Division II baseball championships on Wednesday morning.

The Kamehameha Schools – Hawai‘i boys volleyball team emerged triumphant from a five-set scrap with Castle High during the first round of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) Division I state championship on Monday night in Kea‘au.

Some victories take years to manifest.

The weekend yielded some of the highest-scoring, volatile BIIF baseball and softball playoff series in recent years — especially in Division I.

Wednesday night’s Central Pacific Bank/BIIF boys volleyball finals were a mix of the old and the new — as Konawaena swept Ka‘u High to snatch its third straight BIIF DII title, while Hilo High won its first DI title in more than a decade to end KS-Hawai‘i’s three-season dynasty.

KANEOHE, O‘ahu — For the second year in a row, Waiakea High’s boys golf team won the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) state championship — carding 612 as a team after two rounds to beat Moanalua High and Punahou School by five strokes on Wednesday at the Kaneohe Klipper Course.

Pahoa High senior and multi-sport athlete Hunter Paio signed a letter of intent to play men’s volleyball for Dominican University of New York.

The BIIF boys volleyball season will come to a climax as the Central Pacific Bank/BIIF boys volleyball championships condlude tonight at Hilo High.

The Kamehameha Schools – Hawai‘i girls water polo team won its third straight BIIF title, defeating Hawaii Preparatory Academy 7-5 in the final round of the Central Pacific Bank/BIIF playoffs on Saturday in Puna.

For the second time in the past two weeks, a pair of Kea‘au High senior football players inked college commitments — as center Josh Nihoa and receiver Sean Randall held a ceremony announcing their pledges to play for Santa Rosa Junior College on Thursday afternoon at the Kea‘au HS gym.

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The new season of Toughman Hawaii Next Generation youth kickboxing will begin this weekend, on Saturday at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.