A strong sense of tradition will be on display as the HawaiΚ»i baseball program welcomes back approximately 50 alumni representing every era of Rainbow Warrior baseball. The alumni gathering will feature a number of notable former standouts, including Kaeo Aliviado, Breland Almadova, Matt Apana, Ricky Bauer, Jordan and Kyson Donahue, Randy Inaba, John Matias, Markus Owens, Jared Quandt, Franz Yuen, and many more.
1. Adversity From The Get Go β Winter Storm Fern didnβt care if this was UHβs first trip to the Northeast in quite some time. Two separate flight itineraries were cancelled due to weather. Eventually, they got a non-stop flight to Chicago where...another weather delay forced them to stay the night in the area. The Rainbow Warriors eventually landed in The Quaker State Tuesday afternoon, a day later than originally planned and some 28 hours before their first match. The first ever trip to Loretto, PA included snow flurries and an outside temperature of three degrees at first serve against Saint Francis.
University of Hawaiβi menβs volleyball head coach Charlie Wade has assembled a juggernaut this season. The Warriors are so deep and so dangerous that even the next man up looks like an All-American.
When star opposite hitter Kristian Titriyski went down, Wade turned to a familiar replacement: his son, Kainoa. A former standout at Kamehameha Schools, Wade stepped into the lineup and delivered in a big way, racking up 44 kills and 55 points while earning Big West Offensive Player of the Week and AVCA National Player of the Week honors.
Effectively using its advantage in size and experience, Campbell powered past youthful upstart Kalani, 39-23, Wednesday night to win the OIA Girls Basketball championship.
The Wahine Experience, presented by Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, brought together keiki, families, and Wahine student-athletes for an afternoon celebrating the pride, values, and legacy of University of Hawaiβi Womenβs Athletics.
In a typically competitive ILH boys basketball season, Punahou took a major step forward Monday evening by holding off visiting Maryknoll, 54-45, at Hemmeter Field House.
Ethan Chung scored a game-high 21 points and Tanoa Scanlan added 16 points as the Buff 'N Blue improved to 22-8 overall and 8-2 in league play. Ghesiah Faleafine-Auwae scored 17 points and Chris Du added 14 points for the Spartans, who fell to 15-11, 6-4.
