Hawaii Grown notebook: basketball, wrestling and swimming and diving
Kahiau Bruhn (Kamehameha), Willamette: Scored 10 points and pulled down seven rebounds in a 78-77 win over George Fox. Read more
Kahiau Bruhn (Kamehameha), Willamette: Scored 10 points and pulled down seven rebounds in a 78-77 win over George Fox. Read more
Brandon Chung (Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind), Gallaudet: Missed only a single shot (5-for-6 from the field and 6-for-6 from the free-throw line) and scored 16 points in a 67-65 loss to St. Mary’s of Maryland. Read more
Jordan Botelho (Saint Louis), Notre Dame: Was named the Lineman of the Game for the Sun Bowl, collecting five tackles and a sack in the win over Oregon State. Read more
Brody Bantolina (‘Iolani), Pacific: The sophomore running back led his conference with 895 rushing yards and nine touchdowns for the Boxers, earning a spot on the Northwest Conference first team. Read more
Darius Muasau (Mililani), UCLA: Had only two tackles in the win over Washington State, but it was a big one, a sack of Cameron Ward for 9 yards the last time the Cougars had the ball. He had a person foul and a delay of game penalty in the first half. He has six tackles for loss this season, doubling his output from last year. Read more
College volleyball coaches really dig Hawaii’s development of defensive skills. Read more
Even in their ultimate time of need, Momoko and Alex Bianco put their son’s football career first. Read more
Wehiwa Aloy, Baldwin ’22: The Sacramento State shortstop was named the Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year on Monday. Read more
For now, the trophy sits on a dresser. At some point, Avery Kageyama hopes to feature it a bit differently in the apartment she just moved into in the heart of Portland, Ore. Read more
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Six of the 64 teams selected to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship on Sunday will include a player who graduated from high school in Hawaii. Read more
Ryson Ujimori, Aiea ’22: The UC San Diego freshman second baseman hit the first two home runs of his career and scored three times in an 11-2 win over Cal State Fullerton on Saturday. Read more
Caleb Lomavita, Saint Louis ’21: The California sophomore catcher finished 5-for-16 with two doubles, two homers and three runs scored in a three-game sweep of UCLA over the weekend. Read more
The top two baseball teams in the Pac-12 that played over the weekend at Phoenix Municipal Stadium — Stanford and Arizona State — are two programs that were just as close competitors in the recruitment of Saint Louis graduate Nu‘u Contrades. Read more
When Alison Takamiya began looking at colleges as a junior at Punahou, she didn’t feel her golf game was ready for the Division I level. Read more
Trayden Tamiya, Waiakea ’18: The Air Force senior second baseman went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs in a 9-6 win over New Mexico in the series opener on Friday and finished the three games against the Lobos by going 6-for-11 with a homer, two doubles, a walk, four RBIs and three runs scored to help Air Force win two of three. Read more
Ryo Minakata needed help getting in and out of his chair in the classroom. Read more
Caleb Lomavita, Saint Louis ’21: The Cal sophomore missed the first two games of the series against Utah and started at designated hitter in Sunday’s finale and went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored to help the Golden Bears earn a 2-1 series win with an 11-8 victory. Read more
The Tennessee junior shortstop missed the final two games of the series against No. 3 Florida with what Tennessee coach Tony Vitello said was an injury to the back side of his body, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. Read more
Laurie Gibbs was the one coach who stayed committed to Reese Guzman during the rough times. Read more
Nu’u Contrades, Saint Louis ’22: The Arizona State freshman third baseman finished 9-for-16 with a double, a homer, four runs and five RBIs to help the Sun Devils win two of three against California over the weekend. Read more
Dylan Kurahashi-Choy Foo might have believed growing up he would play baseball in the Western Athletic Conference one day. Read more