First photo: Maui High School security guard Enola Planas and her twin sons Keokolo (left) and Kaha, 10-year-old 5th-graders at Waihee Elementary School, protest the cancellation of HHSAA state tournaments that had been tentatively set for March. They joined a group of about 25 sign-wavers gathered in front of Sears in the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center on Monday afternoon to protest the recent cancellation of winter sports state tournaments by the Hawaii High School Athletic Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event largely involved members and supporters of the Baldwin High School wrestling team. Organizer Kevin Grant, the wrestling coach at Iao Intermediate School, said the decision to protest came from the student-athletes, led by senior Kahilihiwa Joy. “The kids initiated this through their social media like Instagram and it rooted from Kahili and the Baldwin wrestlers,” said Grant, the Iao media teacher. “We have a few supportive people who are teachers.” Maui Interscholastic League athletic directors have a meeting scheduled for this morning where the schedule and which sports will go forward will be discussed, according to several sources.
Second photo: Akamu Flores, 10, shows his support from the shoulders of three-time state champion Coby Ravida, a 2020 Baldwin grad.
Lava flows within the Halema‘uma‘u crater of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island in this photo taken last month. U.S. Geological Survey photo via AP
Eventual winner Craig Benson leads runner-up Kengo Yoshimoto along the Olowalu shoreline during the Maui Marathon on Sept. 18, 2016. This year’s race, which had been scheduled for April 25, has been changed to a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
Medals are lined up at the finish line of the 2017 Maui Marathon
Maui District Health Officer Dr. Lorrin Pang uses a bullhorn last week to speak to residents of Harbor Lights from outside the building regarding the COVID-19 cluster at the Kahului complex.
A COVID-19 cluster at the Harbor Lights condominium complex had grown to 68 cases as of Monday, the county said. This photo of Harbor Lights was taken in May. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
A Hawaiian Airlines passenger jet lands at Kahului Airport last month. Maui County visitor numbers nearly tripled from October to November – the first full month of reopening to trans-Pacific travel, according to a recent report from the Hawaii Tourism Authority. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
Maui County firefighter Lance Yokoyama receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Maui Health Infection Control Manager Kelly Catiel. Last week, Maui Health immunized Lanai first responders, medical officials and those in the first tier to receive coronavirus vaccines. Maui Health Systems photo