Big Isle briefs, November 20
Thanksgiving Day fun run
Basketball: Break comes in handy for Vulcans
A lot can happen in 12 days.
Trumbo remembered for pioneering effect on UH-Hilo athletics
Under leaden gray skies Saturday morning, they gathered at New Hope Church in Hilo to remember a difference maker in athletics and community relations whose historic career touched thousands of lives.
Women’s basketball: Freshman Kawaha fuels Vulcans to season-opening
There was no feeling-out period for Mandi Kawaha, no yielding to the veterans as she got her feet wet.
The great 8: Senior sensations spark 3-time girls soccer champ Hilo
Coach Skee Saplan unleashed his soccer charges on the Big Island three years ago, and they’ve never failed to deliver within these borders since.
Women’s basketball: Vulcans raring to go despite setbacks
Every team enters the season with a certain amount of unknowns, but for UH-Hilo women’s basketball coach David Kaneshiro, this has to be getting old.
Basketball: After opening-night hit, Vuls play NAIA’s Simpson
The season premiere of Survivor – the UH-Hilo men’s basketball version – was well-received
Wait until this year: Waiakea girls gunning for elusive D1 title
Seeing how Waiakea’s girls basketball team would seem to feature a roster full of problem-solvers and solutions, with little in the way of question marks, let’s just cut to the chase.
Basketball: Delightful debuts for Vulcans in season-opening win
UH-Hilo coach GE Coleman promised his team’s season-opener would provide but a glimpse of things to come from a work-in-progress crew that is blending nine new faces with three returnees.
HHSAA football: A loss is loss, it’s the players who are unforgettable for Kamehameha coach
KEAAU – Kamehameha football coach Dan Lyons stared straight ahead with a somber expression on his face in the Paiea Stadium press box, sitting slightly back with his head resting on one arm.