Sports

The meet is scheduled for April 18 at Island School in Līhu‘e and will feature a variety of events such as sprints, relays, long jump, high jump and shot put.

The nonprofit Hawai‘i Surf Association, which adopted the three-day Longboard Classic this year, will utilize it as a fundraiser.

The Hanapēpē skatepark may break ground this summer. The Nāwiliwili project will take more time.

The Mini Hoopster League is open to boys and girls in kindergarten and first grade, while the Junior Hoopster League is for boys and girls in second and third grade. There is no cost to participate.

“I don’t even know what to say right now, except that these kids deserve it,” Kapa’a head coach Mike Tresler said.

The final event of the 2024 season takes place Nov. 16, with Islanders of all ages, racing cars of all kinds, to compete for the title “King of the Track.”

“I really like showing that people in their 60s can do big things,” said Glenn Caffery.

“Everybody’s surfing and they’re riding bigger and bigger waves, and truthfully we have Dick Brewer to thank for that,” said Executive Producer Teresa Tico.

While on Kauaʻi, the Hōkūleʻa crew will host canoe tours and activities for schools and the community while docked in Hanalei and Nāwiliwili from Aug. 16 through Aug. 25.

28-year-old Weston-Webb, a longtime resident of Kauaʻi, recently won silver at the Paris Olympics while representing her birth country, Brazil.

This story will be updated when results come in.

The state Department of Education and the Hawaiʻi High School State Athletic Association have announced, for the first time in nearly 20 years, there will be a new sport for high school girls to compete in. Beginning in Spring 2025, girls flag football will be in public and private high schools across the state.

Tatiana Weston-Webb, competing for her birth country of Brazil, delivered a performance hailed as “text book power surfing.”

The 12 athletes match the highest total for the University of Hawaiʻi in any Olympics, as the university also sent 12 athletes to the games in 2000.

Tatiana Weston-Webb represents her birth country of Brazil in the Olympic Games.

Adam Siggs, Joshua Warne, Adam Sedgwick and Richard Wilkinson are serving members of the Corps of Royal Engineers.

In a wrestle for podium places, teams from all over the world have fought their way across 2,800 miles of ocean.

The annual competition attracts the world’s best professionals, but is also open to keiki and amateurs. Few spots are left in certain divisions.

First Tee – Hawai‘i is a youth development organization that helps kids and teens build their strength of character through golf.

Eight college teams from UH-Mānoa, University of Guam, Northern Marianas College and Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi recently battled it out for the Aloha Collegiate Cup in the ‘Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’ event