Soccer

Hawaii Prep and ‘Iolani won state titles in the Queen’s Medical Center/HHSAA Girls Soccer State Championships on Saturday at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. Here are the all-tournament teams as voted on by the media and the HHSAA. Division I Most Outstanding Player: Mia Watanabe, Iolani Daelenn Tokunaga, Pearl City Bree Fuller, Pearl City Hunter Malaki, Pearl City Megumi Takushi, Pearl City Kelsey, Takahashi, Iolani Sierra Wheeler, Iolani Taylor Arakaki, Iolani Kaile Halvorsen, Kaiser Jodi Lillie, Mililani D’awncey Jones-Black, KS-Kapalama Goalkeeper: […]

The two most recent girls soccer state champions are meeting for the 2018 koa trophy Saturday night at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. Defending champion ‘Iolani (14-3-1) — an extremely balanced team — meets 2016 titlist Pearl City (16-1), which brings in what has been arguably the state’s most dangerous attack the last three seasons. The Chargers have strength all over the field, too, but they usually succeed when their offense soars. Interestingly, both teams are unseeded. ‘Iolani blanked OIA champion […]

Soraya Santos knows the jitters, Naomi Takata knows compassion and Frank Baumholtz knows what it’s like to have a heartbeat again. Pearl City’s stunning 1-0 sudden victory over No. 1 seed Kamehameha on Thursday night is instantly one of the biggest quarterfinal upsets in recent memory. Pearl City (15-1), the OIA’s third-place team, last won the state title in 2016. Kamehameha (12-2-1), the ILH champion, was seeking its first title since ’14. The Chargers pulled out the clutch victory as […]

Looking at only one side of the story, the Campbell girls soccer team fell victim not only in a playoff match, but also to mistakes made by the Oahu Interscholastic Association. But there is another side. The league asserts that due to confusion and miscommunication about the rules on how to break a tie, an unusual decision was made, but ultimately, once that decision was made, there is no going back. People on both sides of it, however, believe that […]

ILH champion Kamehameha is the top seed in the Queen’s Medical Center/HHSAA Girls Soccer State Championships in Division I. The Warriors won their first league title since 2012 with a 2-0 win over Punahou on Monday and are looking for their first state crown since 2014. Kamehameha has won eight state championships overall in girls soccer and seven under the 12-team format that has existed since 1994. The ILH has won 13 of the last 15 state crowns overall. Mililani, […]