Hawaii Grown

The Hawaii Grown Report returns for another year at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser starting in Wednesday’s newspaper with a profile on Utah senior Bradlee Anae, a first-team, All-Pac-12 defensive lineman from Kahuku for the 10th-ranked Utes, who are the preseason favorites to win the conference. Anae is one of five players who graduated from high school in Hawaii on the Utah roster. The Utes are one of 37 FBS teams with at least one player from Hawaii. Below is a list […]

UCF coach Josh Heupel has been tight-lipped about who would be his starting quarterback in each of the Knights’ last two games. True freshman Dillon Gabriel is doing his best to make that choice obvious. The reigning Honolulu Star-Advertiser offensive player of the year out of Mililani is putting a stranglehold on that starting job after leading the Knights to a 45-27 win over Stanford on Saturday that wasn’t as close as the final score indicates. The left-handed gunslinger, who […]

Central Florida true freshman Dillon Gabriel got the start in tonight’s 48-14 win over Florida Atlantic. And it was a bit of a surprise. UCF coach Josh Heupel told reporters Thursday, “I don’t see anything different here at this point,” regarding his QB situation. Brandon Wimbush started the opener last week against Florida A&M with Gabriel also seeing action. Instead, it was Gabriel, the 2018 Mililani alumnus and Hawaii’s all-time career passing record holder who trotted out on the field […]

Former Waiakea Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State position player of the year Kean Wong has been called up to the big leagues by the Tampa Bay Rays. Aloha, @Keanwong4. 🤙#RaysUp pic.twitter.com/2v4RZhrdpj — Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) September 5, 2019 Wong will start at second base and hit eighth in the lineup tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays. The game will be broadcast for free on MLB’s YouTube channel. Wong has played in at least 100 games with Triple-A Durham in each of […]

The Hawaii women’s volleyball team, with five Hawaii Grown players on the roster, begins its season Friday in the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic against San Diego. Also in the four-team tournament is St. John’s with sophomore Sheena Yoshioka (Punahou ‘18) returning home to play for the weekend. Another 65 Division I women’s volleyball players representing 46 other schools are getting ready to start the year. Below is a list of all Division I players who graduated from Hawaii high […]

Right-handed pitcher Rico Garcia, a Saint Louis School alumnus who was drafted in 2016 after his senior season at Hawaii Pacific by the Colorado Rockies, is being called up to the big leagues, according to a source. Garcia is expected to pitch Tuesday against Rick Porcello and the Boston Red Sox at Coors Field. UPDATE: Garcia’s father posted the news on his facebook page: Garcia was a 30th-round draft pick of the Rockies and one of two HPU players taken […]

Brigham Young freshman linebacker Hirkley Latu, who helped Kahuku win a state championship as a senior in 2015, announced on social media today he will transfer and has entered the transfer portal. Thank you cougar nation! pic.twitter.com/qOo1G7jENq — Hirkley Latu (@hirklatu) August 23, 2019 Latu served a two-year church mission after high school and redshired in 2018 upon his return. He was a member of the scout team and did not play in a game. A first-team Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State […]

The news wasn’t exactly what Dillon Gabriel hoped for, but it wasn’t bad either. Locked in a three-way battle for the starting quarterback job as a true freshman at UCF, Gabriel, who signed with the Knights just nine months ago, will at least see the field in the Knights’ season opener next Thursday against Florida A&M. UCF coach Josh Heupel announced today that Brandon Wimbush, a transfer from Notre Dame, will get the start against the Rattlers but that Gabriel […]