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Football roundup: Lunas defeat King Kekaulike with ground game

The Lahainaluna football team demonstrated a strong running game in a 48-21 win over King Kekaulike High School at Lahainaluna Stadium on Friday. Lunas’ Kyle Thomas ran for 227 yards and four touchdowns, and running back Ezekiel Opunui ran for 141 yards and two touchdowns in the Lahainaluna victory. Luna’s coach Dean Ricard said Thomas, who wants to play at the college level, has shown strength running through the defensive line, as well as stopping and shifting with sudden bursts of speed. Besides playing both ways as a defensive corner safety, he also is a sprinter in high ...

Special aikido workshop starts Sept. 8

Learn safety and self-defense through Mind-Body Awareness at Maui Ki-Aikido in a special workshop on from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at the Shunshinkan Dojo, 194 South Market, in Wailuku. The class for adults and teens is open to the public and will be taught by 6th dan head Instructor Tracy Reasoner. Fundamentals of awareness and calmness in movement, as well as a few simple self-defense techniques, will be covered. No pre-reservation is necessary, but participants are requested to arrive by 6 p.m. to sign in. Participants should wear comfortable loose clothing and slippers. Cost is $20 ...

Bowlers get rolling on new season

Built in 1950, Wailuku Lanes on Vineyard Street is home to the only bowling alley on Maui. Kamehameha Maui, King Kekaulike, Maui High, Kihei Charter and Baldwin all share the space for practices and the annual Maui Interscholastic League bowling competition. For Kamehameha Schools, where bowling began just 13 years ago, the program has grown with a family-first mindset. Coaches and athletes alike view their team as an ‘ohana, transforming what is often seen as an individual sport into one centered on unity, patience and support. That commitment to doing things together — for ...

Kamehameha Maui starts strong on gridiron

Coming off a win last weekend against Baldwin, Kamehameha Maui’s football team is looking forward to playing against Maui High at 7 p.m. Saturday at King Kekaulike High Stadium. Kamehameha Maui coach Ulima Afoa said he was pleased with his team's balanced offense on the ground and in the air against Baldwin last week. Kamehameha rusher Zedekaiah Campbell ran for 159 yards and three touchdowns to help defeat Baldwin 28-21. Afoa said Campbell, a senior, is a very talented and athletic running back who’s difficult to tackle and worth an evaluation by college football ...

Warriors upend reigning girls volleyball champ in dominant win

Unlike last year, the Baldwin Bears girls volleyball team will not go undefeated this year. The Bears defeated Kamehameha 25-18, 25-8, 25-12 in last year’s Maui Interscholastic League championship to win their fourth-straight MIL title and cap off a 13-0 regular season. On Tuesday, ...

Kamehameha Maui, Seabury Hall, King Kekaulike open girls volleyball season with wins

Archer Fabrao recorded a team-high nine kills, and Avei Leauanae added seven, as Kamehameha Maui defeated Lahainaluna 3-0 in a girls volleyball match Tuesday at the Ka'ulaheanuiokamoku Athletic Complex. The Warriors dominated the match and won 25-8, 25-10, 25-19. As a team, KS-Maui scored a dozen points off aces while Hiʻilei Alo and Ciara Poepoe facilitated the Warriors' offense with 21 assists and 14 assists, respectively. Poepoe also had a kill and three aces, and Alo and Fabrao each had two aces. KS-Maui and Seabury Hall will host the Ka Maka Ihe Invitational Thursday and ...