Glory Days: Moanalua coach Eselu’s career started late, ended early with injuries

• By Nick Abramo
• July 16, 2019

As a youngster, Savai‘i Eselu did not play Pop Warner football. He started in the sport as a freshman at Moanalua. Read more

Glory Days: Leilehua coach Mark Kurisu still running Wildcat schemes

• By Nick Abramo
• July 11, 2019

Mark Kurisu is still doing Linfield College “stuff.” Read more

Glory days: Punahou coach Kale Ane started playing barefoot before ending up playing in the NFL

• By Nick Abramo
• July 9, 2019

Kale Ane was the last guy on the team and had to switch uniforms with others. And he didn’t suit up every week. Read more

Switch did the trick for Hao

• By Nick Abramo
• July 4, 2019

John Hao was a defensive end in sixth grade, playing for the Kaimuki Eagles. Read more

Glory days: Damien coach Eddie Klaneski reflects on his playing days

• By Nick Abramo
• July 2, 2019

Eddie Klaneski has always been the little engine that could. His story of walking on at the University of Hawaii and eventually earning All-Western Athletic Conference honors twice as a safety is one that’s been told before. Read more

Saint Louis, Pac-Five take part in study using special football helmets to measure, track impacts

• By Nick Abramo
• July 1, 2019

Science is late to the football safety party, but it’s making up for lost time. Read more

‘Iolani alum Everett Lau part of Auburn’s first ride to Omaha

• By Nick Abramo
• June 16, 2019

Everett Lau is part of the Auburn baseball team’s historic run to the College World Series. A 2016 ‘Iolani graduate, Lau was a Star-Advertiser All-State first-team selection. Read more

OIA, ILH finalize interleague slate

• By Nick Abramo
• June 14, 2019

The second full season of Oahu Interscholastic Association-Interscholastic League of Honolulu interleague football games begins in August. Read more

Replay review approved for state high school football tournament

• By Nick Abramo
• June 7, 2019

Instant replay review is now a part of the Hawaii high school state football tournament. Read more

Football replay review on agenda at Hawaii prep athletic directors meeting

• By Nick Abramo
• June 4, 2019

Forty topics are on the agenda at the Hawaii Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association legislative meeting that starts today and runs through Thursday at the Kauai Marriott Resort. Read more

Hawaii surfer Sunny Garcia has surgery, remains on life support in Oregon hospital

• By Nick Abramo
• May 23, 2019

The former world champion surfer has been in critical condition since April 29, when he was found unconscious. Read more

GoFundMe page set up to help with surfer Sunny Garcia’s medical bills

• By Nick Abramo
• May 14, 2019

Sunny Garcia is still fighting for his life in a Portland, Ore., hospital, according to a GoFundMe page set up on behalf of his family. Read more

Two-time world champ John John Florence returns to surfing with new perspective

• By Nick Abramo
• May 14, 2019

And now these three remain: speed, power and flow. But the greatest of these is flow. Read more

St. Francis caps off its sports existence with a D-II baseball title

• By Nick Abramo
• May 12, 2019

St. Francis was looking upward all night and finished this special season in emphatic fashion Saturday. Read more

St. Francis takes aim at school’s swan song in D-II title game

• By Nick Abramo
• May 11, 2019

St. Francis showed no signs of a letup Friday in its quest to make school history. Read more

Waimea ousts top-seeded Kamehameha-Hawaii in D-II baseball

• By Nick Abramo
• May 11, 2019

Levi Snowden put the second-seeded KIF champion Waimea Menehunes up for good with a fourth-inning, inside-the-park home run to center field in a 4-1 victory over the previously undefeated and top-seeded Kamehameha-Hawaii Warriors in a Division II semifinal. Read more

Mid-Pacific’s Jake Sequin leads boys state golf

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• May 10, 2019

Mid-Pacific’s Jake Sequin’s hot start cooled down a bit before his round was done, but he still ended the day as the first-round leader in the David S. Ishii Foundation/HHSAA State Golf Championships on Thursday at the Waikoloa Kings’ Course. Read more

St. Francis baseball wins opener, eyes fantastic finish

• By Nick Abramo
• May 10, 2019

St. Francis’ quest for the school’s athletic program to end with a Division II state baseball title is still intact. Read more

St. Francis’ three-sport athlete Bubba Akana has diamond vision

• By Nick Abramo
• May 7, 2019

If this were the 1950s, St. Francis senior Bubba Akana would be the cool guy with the varsity letter sweater, talking to his buddies in the hallway about the big ballgame coming up. Read more

Kamehameha-Hawaii’s Frederick steals the show at track and field state championships

• By Nick Abramo
• May 5, 2019

Chenoa Frederick is proud to be from Hilo, where it rains a lot. That may be part of the reason why she won four events at the Island Movers/HHSAA Track and Field State Championships that concluded Saturday at stormy War Memorial Stadium. Read more

Baldwin’s Rey Cadiz leads record breakers in track and field trials

• By Nick Abramo
• May 4, 2019

Three records were set Friday in the trials of the Island Movers/HHSAA State Track and Field Championships. Read more