Soccer

Mililani girls soccer coach Darren Smith looks calm most of the time. It appears that’s his natural state. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a competitive fire burning in his soul. Talk to anybody who watched him play for the Mililani boys team in the early 2000s and they know. He’s a leader and he’s strategic. He’s smiling. But … he’s out to win. In his first year as the girls’ head coach, Smith’s got the Trojans (11-1) into […]

Tichalynn Barroga scored on a penalty kick in the 63rd minute to give Moanalua a 2-1 victory over Campbell in the late semifinal between two unbeaten teams in the OIA girls soccer semifinals on Thursday at Kapolei. Moanalua (9-0-2) moves on to play Mililani in Saturday’s championship game at Kapolei. Na Menehune will be trying for their fourth OIA title and first since 2012, which was also the last time a team from the East won the league crown. “It […]

The Kaiser boys soccer team, which hasn’t won an OIA championship since 2014, locked up the No. 1 seed out of the East in the upcoming league playoffs with a 2-0 win over Kalaheo in the regular-season finale on Saturday. Sebastian Horn and Lucas Shearer scored goals for the Cougars, who finished 9-0-1 in the regular season. The Mustangs were 9-0 entering the match before giving up just the fourth and fifth goals they have allowed all season. Defending champion […]

Liam McGehee‘s progression as an athlete will continue next fall when he attends Whitworth University (Spokane, Wash.) to play soccer. For all we know, McGehee’s “American” football career is done. The senior center midfielder for the Mililani Trojans (7-1-1) in soccer spent his falls as a sophomore and junior playing for the school’s football team as a place-kicker. This school year, McGehee decided to concentrate on soccer by opting off of the football team in the fall (even though he […]

The OIA girls soccer playoffs begin Monday in Division I with defending champion Aiea opening as the No. 3 seed out of the West. Na Alii, which shut out Mililani and Pearl City by identical 1-0 scores to win their first OIA soccer championship since 2005, will play Kahuku in the first round at Mililani at 7 p.m. Aiea finished the season 8-1-1 with its only loss coming against OIA West Division champion Mililani in its regular-season opener on Dec. […]

Hawaii Prep went to the desert and has emerged as a champion at the Arizona Soccer Showcase. Ka Makani girls captured the Women’s Open Premier Silver Elite Bracket B with a 3-0 record on Monday. Hawaii Prep defeated Cactus Shadows 4-1 on Friday and edged Mountain View 1-0 on Saturday. They blanked Desert Mountain 3-0 on Monday to reach the final. HPA then defeated Liberty (Ariz.) 3-1 to claim the crown. Alianna West scored at the 11-minute mark with an […]

Two Hawaii high school soccer programs will get a taste of international competition this month. The Punahou boys and girls teams are going to Spain. The ‘Iolani boys team is headed to England. “While in Madrid at the end of November, the (Punahou) teams will compete against a local school, train at the world-renowned Real Madrid facility, and experience the local culture and landmarks of Madrid,” said Buffanblu boys coach David Trifonovitch, whose team is the defending Division I state […]

The 10th Annual Soccer Showcase at Kapolei — a boys tournament — runs Wednesday through Saturday. The Hurricanes are hosting, with visiting teams Pac-Five, Kamehameha, Mililani, Campbell, Baldwin, Kalani and King Kekaulike also in the field. All teams will play three games over the four days and all are working to get ready for the regular season. Six of the teams — all except Kamehameha and Pac-Five — made it to the Division I state tournament last year. Kapolei and […]