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Kaluhiokalani hired as Waianae’s new AD

By Nick Abramo on August 10, 2016

Kekoa Kaluhiokalani is Waianae’s new athletic director. Kaluhiokalani took over the post in April, succeeding Glenn Tokunaga who stepped down at the end of the 2015 school year. Kevin Nakamoto was the interim athletic director until the official hire of Kaluhiokalani. A former high school football, basketball and baseball player, Kaluhiokalani is a 1990 Waianae graduate. He coached the Waianae baseball team as an assistant from 1996 to 2002 and as the head coach from 2003 to 2014. His son, […]

State boosts Hawaii concussion program

By Jerry Campany on July 19, 2016

Hawaii governor David Ige signed senate bill 2557 into law last week, giving funding to the development and implementation of the concussion monitoring and testing program. The bill, which expanded on act 197, drew testimony in support of it from the College of Education at the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii Athletic Trainers Association, Chris Chun of the HHSAA and Jeaney Garcia of the Positive Coaching Alliance. It was supported with amendments by the Hawaii chapter of the American Physical […]

OIA no longer selecting all-star teams

By Paul Honda on July 6, 2016

The intricacies and politics of all-star voting won’t be a burden for Oahu Interscholastic Association coaches any more. The league’s athletic directors council recently voted to end the tradition of coaches selecting all-stars for team sports. The decision reverts the process back to media, in all likelihood. In the early decades of the Rural Oahu Interscholastic Association, Interscholastic League of Honolulu and the merged OIA, all-league selections were done by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. “I don’t know when it changed. When […]

Where the OIA-ILH FB alliance proposal stands

By Nick Abramo on June 25, 2016

For anyone who is wondering what happened to the Oahu Interscholastic Association/Interscholastic League of Honolulu football alliance proposal for 2016 that would have created a three-tier combined OIA-ILH system along with three (instead of two) state championships and $1 million annually for three years from the business community to be divided among the 29 football playing high schools, this is where it’s at: >> The proposal passed unanimously in a vote of ILH heads of school >> The proposal was […]

Kaiser’s Umemoto out as baseball coach

By Nick Abramo on June 24, 2016

The revolving door continues in full swing for coaches at Kaiser. Head baseball coach Ryan Umemoto is the latest to find himself on the outside. The Cougars administration sent out a job posting, looking for applicants for the head baseball position. It is not clear whether Umemoto decided to step down or he was not rehired to the standard OIA one-year contract. No word was given on whether the move had anything to do with Umemoto’s ejection along with another […]

SPRING-ing into fall FB: Kamehameha Warriors

By Nick Abramo on June 15, 2016

13th IN A SERIES Next: Leilehua Mules KAMEHAMEHA WARRIORS >> 2015 record and finish: 5-4 (2-4 ILH D-I) >> Number of seniors: 43 >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections lost to graduation: Kumoku Noa (first-team REC and first-team RET), Alema Kapoi (first-team DL), Tainoa Foster (first-team LB), Chris-Jordan Ulufale (third-team OL) >> Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State selections returning: Adam Stack (third-team PK/P) >> ILH D-I All-Stars lost to graduation: Chris-Jordan Ulufale (first-team OL), Kumoku Noa (first-team REC and first-team RET), Alema Kapoi […]

Ten gems by Eran Ganot

By Paul Honda on June 5, 2016

University of Hawaii men’s basketball coach Eran Ganot had 10 gems of advice for the Enterprise Hawaii Hall of Honor’s class of 2016 tonight during a presentation at Dole Cannery Ballrooms. Below is a quick capsule of his 10-minute speech, which began with one of his basic tenets: “It’s all about people.” 1. Crush the givens 2. Enjoy the process 3. Attitude of gratitude 4. Great balance 5. There are no guarantees in life 6. Perspective rule 7. Team, team, […]

Moanalua rocks a colorful new scoreboard

By Nick Abramo on May 5, 2016

For anyone who has been to the Moanalua gym recently, you’ve seen this big, colorful, beautiful new scoreboard. It’s way more than a scoreboard actually. It’s made up of multiple TV screens and can be used for presentations at school assemblies and also by coaches to show live or recorded videos of a practice session for instructional purposes. Joel Kawachi, the Moanalua athletic director, briefly told Hawaii Prep World about the capability of the equipment during a state boys volleyball […]

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Kaluhiokalani hired as Waianae’s new AD

State boosts Hawaii concussion program

OIA no longer selecting all-star teams

Where the OIA-ILH FB alliance proposal stands

Kaiser’s Umemoto out as baseball coach

SPRING-ing into fall FB: Kamehameha Warriors

Ten gems by Eran Ganot

Moanalua rocks a colorful new scoreboard

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