Hawaii Grown Notes: Football, cross country, golf, soccer, volleyball

• By Billy Hull
• Oct. 27, 2021

Jayden de Laura, Saint Louis ’20: The Washington State freshman quarterback finished 26-for-37 for 257 yards without a touchdown pass in a 21-19 loss to Brigham Young on Saturday. De Laura also rushed three times for 10 yards. Read more

Hawaii Grown: La‘akea Kaho‘ohanohano-Davis and Judd Cockett are thrilled to be playing football at Southern Utah

• By Billy Hull
• Oct. 20, 2021

La‘akea Kaho‘ohanohano-Davis could hear teammate Akili Gray yelling from the sideline. “Do this for your family. Do this for Hawaii,” Kaho‘ohanohano-Davis remembers hearing. Read more

Hawaii Grown Notebook: Freshman QB Jayden de Laura leads Washington State to win over Stanford

• By Billy Hull
• Oct. 20, 2021

Jayden de Laura, Saint Louis ’20: The Washington State freshman quarterback finished 17-for-30 for 289 yards and three touchdowns without a pick in a 34-31 win over Stanford on Saturday. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Tristan Nichols has been a man on the move, finally ending up at Nevada

• By Billy Hull
• Oct. 13, 2021

Nevada defensive lineman Tristan Nichols has beaten every Mountain West school except for the one he nearly attended. Read more

Hawaii Grown Notes: Utah’s Kamo’i Latu shines in first career start; Kaonohi Kaniho stands out for Boise State

• By Billy Hull
• Oct. 13, 2021

Utah’s Kamo’i Latu was given his first start at safety on Saturday and turned it into a Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Monday. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Ally Wada goes from San Francisco to Portland State in a hectic transfer portal process

• By Billy Hull
• Oct. 6, 2021

When Ally Wada put her name into the transfer portal, she knew she was giving up control. Read more

Hawaii Grown Notes

• By Billy Hull
• Oct. 6, 2021

Jayden de Laura, Saint Louis ’20: The Washington State freshman quarterback finished 25-for-41 for 219 yards and three touchdowns with two picks in a 21-6 win over California on Saturday. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Former Saint Louis player Braeden Meyer takes a different path to success

• By Billy Hull
• Sept. 29, 2021

Around the state of Hawaii, you will find kids everywhere playing football, dreaming of making it to the Division I college level. Read more

Hawaii Grown notebook: Safety Gilman stands out in first start with Stanford

• By Billy Hull
• Sept. 29, 2021

Less than a year after beginning his college career during a pandemic, Stanford’s Alaka‘i Gilman found himself in the starting lineup. Read more

Hawaii Grown: ‘Iolani alumnae Naya Dong finds a home and success at UC San Diego

• By Billy Hull
• Sept. 15, 2021

Winning a conference player of the week award is a special achievement. Read more

Hawaii Grown notebook

• By Billy Hull
• Sept. 15, 2021

Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton (Mililani ’16) finished 18-for-31 for 133 yards with a touchdown and one interception in a 20-17 loss to Jacksonville State on Saturday. Milton also rushed for 16 yards on three carries for the Seminoles, who lost on a 59-yard touchdown pass on the final play of the game. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Chandler Cowell followed the exploits of her older brother Colton and now she is making her own mark

• By Billy Hull
• Sept. 8, 2021

Chandler Cowell says it never gets old. As soon as anyone finds out her last name, the questions start pouring in. “He’s always the topic of conversation,” she said. Read more

Hawaii Grown Report: Hawaii high schools producing football talent

• By Billy Hull
• Sept. 1, 2021

One thing the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed down is the amount of football talent produced in Hawaii. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Around the Nation

• Nov. 27, 2019

Kekaula Kaniho, Kahuku ‘17: The junior safety for No. 20 Boise State made four tackles and had one tackle for loss in the Broncos’ 56-21 win at Utah State. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Gomera-Stevens makes a run

• By Billy Hull
• Nov. 27, 2019

Makamae Gomera-Stevens is feeling pretty elite these days. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Around the Nation

• Nov. 20, 2019

Kekaula Kaniho, Kahuku ’17: The junior safety for No. 20 Boise State recorded five total tackles, one for loss, in the Broncos’ 42-9 win over New Mexico. The win moved 20th-ranked Boise State to 9-1 this season. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Hawaii girls chase College Cup

• By Quinn Goldstein Special to the Star-Advertiser
• Nov. 13, 2019

The NCAA women’s soccer tournament field was announced Monday, and seven athletes from Hawaii saw their teams receive berths. Read more

Hawaii Grown: Virginia’s top running back Wayne Taulapapa takes off

• By Nick Abramo
• Nov. 6, 2019

These days, there are two big V’s in Wayne Taulapapa’s life. The first is Virginia, where he is rocking and rolling as the starting running back. Read more