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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Two Big Island athletes earned state titles in judo at the championships over the weekend on Oahu. The Konawaena girls team also earned a fifth place finish. Individual state titles went to Lia Nakamura of Hilo at 172 lbs. and Aimee Shiraki of Konawaena at 220 lbs. In addition, Skye Matsuura of [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff The boys and girls tennis teams of Punahou ruled the courts during the state tournament, which was staged on the Big Island over the weekend. From Punahou, No. 1 seed Kawika Lam won the boys singles and No. 3 seed Ryan Adachi and McKenna Fujitani won the boys doubles. In the girls [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Kamehameha Schools Hawaii was the top finisher in the girls softball Division II state tournament last week on Maui. No. 3 seed Kamehameha lost 6-3 to Aiea in the consolation bracket to hang on to sixth place overall. The other two Big Island entries did not fair so well. Konawaena was knocked [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Punahou freshman Mariel Galdiano shot a second-round 2-under-par 69, for a two-day total 137 at the Royal Kaanapali Course to earn her the individual crown in the David S. Ishii Foundation Girls Golf State Championships. That performance helped the Buffanblu capture their sixth state championship in seven years. The Waiakea team was [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Kamehameha Schools Hawaii’s Welina Tong is the state champion in the girls wrestling 175-pound class. Tong’s title vaulted the Kamehameha Schools Hawaii girls squad to 16th place overall, although the Konawaena girls were the top isle team, coming in 11th. In the boys competition, Waiakea was the top Big Island team, securing [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Three state titles belong on the Big Island after the swimming and diving championships. In the girls 100-yard breaststroke, Kealaheke’s Cara Jernigan’s winning time was 1:05.09. In the girls 100-yard backstroke, Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Anu Nihipali took the championship in a time of 58.64 Also, Kealakehe picked up the girls 200-yard freestyle [...]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Hawaii Preparatory Academy was the top Big Isle team at the boys basketball state tournament. HPA was unseeded in Division II, but trounced Seabury Hall, 76-52, to secure third place. Also in Division II, Pahoa stopped Waianae, 47-42, to take fifth place. No. 1 seed Saint Francis topped Kailua, [...]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Big Island boys basketball squads were thwarted Friday in their attempts to make the state championship games. In Division I, No. 4 seed Konawaena lost its semi final match-up against No. 1 Maryknoll, 45-32. Konawaena now takes on unseeded Punahou for third place. Meanwhile, Maryknoll advances to the Division [...]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor At least one of the two girls state basketball titles belongs to the Big Island. The Division I and Division II title games are to be played Friday, Feb. 8 and both will be televised. The games are will be shown at 5 p.m. and at 7 p.m. on [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff A disappointing weekend for Big Island football teams means the state tournament continues next weekend without a BIIF representative. In Division I, No. 4 seed Kealakehe fell Friday to visitor Farrington, 34-25. DIVISION I FIRST ROUND AT KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL (Statistics courtesy Kalani Takase) Farrington 8 6 7 13 0 — 34 [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Ka‘u came home this weekend with the fourth place trophy from the girls volleyball state tournament. The Division II No. 4 seed stumbled to No. 2 Farrington in the runner-up match. Meanwhile, No. 1 St. Francis needed five sets to triumph over No. 3 Seabury Hall. In the Division II consolation bracket, [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff In Division II, No. 4 seed Ka’u was swept aside by No. 1 seed St. Francis and is set to play No. 2 seed Farrington for third place at the girls volleyball state tournament on Oahu. St. Francis and No. 3 Seabury Hall will play for the state Division II title. In [...]

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