New-look Rainbow Wahine ready for unveiling Friday
Ready or not, a new-look Hawaii women’s volleyball team begins the 2024 season Friday night with the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. Read more
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Billy Hull is the prep sports editor at Hawaii Prep World and a sports reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering a little bit of everything.
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Hawaii football beats Delaware State in season opener
Hawaii had to surprisingly sweat out a tougher than expected 35-14 win over Delaware State tonight in its season opener in front of 10,279 people at Ching Complex. Read more
GAME DAY BLOG: Hawaii football hosts Delaware State
Year 3 of the Timmy Chang era begins tonight when the University of Hawaii football team hosts Delaware State at Ching Complex. Read more
Kai Kamaka loses by split decision in PFL
Kai Kamaka made it interesting before ultimately losing a split decision in his first main event outing. Read more
Hawaii’s Kai Kamaka is close to his dream of fighting for a title
Kai Kamaka has dedicated his entire life to the sport of mixed martial arts hoping one day to fight for a championship. Read more
Wahine picked second in BWC poll
The release date of the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll isn’t one the Hawaii women’s volleyball team ever has circled on a calendar. Read more
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Hawaii women’s volleyball picked No. 2 in Big West
Senior setter Kate Lang and junior outside hitter Caylen Alexander were named to the seven-player Big West Women’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Team, also released today. Read more
Rainbow Wahine receive votes in preseason Top 25
The Hawaii women’s volleyball team debuted in the “others receiving votes” category in the AVCA/Taraflex Preseason Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll released Monday. Read more
Wahine ‘excited’ to get ball rolling for start of the season
They’ve practiced on the football field, ran their fitness test in the softball facility and have even kicked the ball around inside of Les Murakami Stadium. Read more
Hawaii softball adds 3 transfers
University of Hawaii softball head coach Bob Coolen, announced the addition of three transfers who will be making their return to the islands; Milan Ah Yat, Carys Murakami and Liliana Thomas. Read more
Arquette moves from Washington to Oregon State baseball
Aiva Arquette had no intention to change schools after his second season at Washington. Read more
Rainbow Wahine have a lot of work ahead as camp begins
It hasn’t happened since before the COVID-19 pandemic that Robyn Ah Mow has had to undertake a significant overhaul of the Hawaii women’s volleyball roster like this one. Read more
Kahuku ranked in preseason USA Today Super 25
The Red Raiders, who are 34-4 overall and 33-1 against Hawaii opponents over the last three years, open the season Saturday hosting Saint Louis. Read more
U.S. men’s volleyball suffers heartbreaking loss in Olympics semifinals
Team USA will try to win its first medal in men’s volleyball since 2016 when it faces the loser between Italy and France in the bronze medal match on Friday at 4 a.m. Read more
Kauai’s Tatiana Weston-Webb nabs Olympic silver in surfing
Weston-Webb was eventually given a 4.50 for her final wave resulting in a total score of 10.33, falling .17 points short of Caroline Marks, who finished with a 10.50 to take gold. Read more
Taylor Averill sends Team USA into Olympic volleyball semifinals
Averill, who finished with six kills, two blocks and an ace, closed out the United States’ seventh trip to the semifinals in Olympics history with a kill down the middle after his two digs kept the final point alive. Read more
Billy Hull: Like it or not, Olympics worth your time and attention
Stop complaining about the Olympics. Honestly. If it isn’t your cup of tea, fine. Enjoy the next week watching reruns of ‘Beat Shazam’, ‘Claim to Fame’, and my own not-personal favorite, “The Real CSI: Miami.” Read more
Max Holloway to fight for title at UFC 308
Former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will get an opportunity to regain the title when he headlines UFC 308 against current champion Ilia Topuria. Read more
Averill helps lead USA men’s volleyball into Olympics quarterfinals
Kamehameha alum Micah Christenson finished with 28 assists and six digs and Punahou alum Erik Shoji added five digs. Read more
Carissa Moore eliminated in surfing quarterfinals at Paris Olympics
Moore, who won the first-ever surfing contest held at the Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, has previously stated she would step away from professional surfing after this event to start a family. Read more
John John Florence knocked out in 3rd round at the Paris Olympics
The third round of women’s surfing, with four competitors with Hawaii ties, including defending gold medalist Carissa Moore, was postponed from this afternoon to Tuesday. Read more
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