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By: Tanner Haworth The unnerved Matthew Shipley stared through the uprights with only two seconds left in the game, and punched in the field goal to give Hawaii their much-needed revenge over the New Mexico State Aggies Saturday night, 20-17. Before Shipley could even explain what was going through his brain, the senior kicker thanked […]

ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Wahine play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the previous week for the Bows  1 – Defense suffocates efficient Florida State’s offense. Florida State came into the match as the NCAA leader in hitting percentage at .347. Not only did UH outhit the Seminoles .253 to .173 (season-low for […]

ESPN Honolulu Rainbow Wahine play-by-play voice Tiff Wells with his six biggest takeaways from the previous week for the Bows  1 – Continue to challenge the block. Yes Hawai`i was blocked 12 times en route to 31 hitting errors on Sunday in the 3-1 loss to UCLA, but the UH hitters kept on swinging. More often than […]

By: Tiff Wells, ESPN Honolulu Play-by-Play 1 – Milestone for Igiede. Her 9th kill in Set 3 on Saturday gave her 1,000 for her career. The All-American Middle Blocker becomes UH’s 21st player to reach that milestone. Over the nine sets played against USC, Igiede recorded 31 kills on 53 swings to hit .488, while […]

By: Tanner Haworth The University of Hawaii loses against the Stanford Cardinal in their home debut, 37-24. After raising expectations for the level of play in 2023 in a hard-fought game against Vanderbilt last week, the Rainbow Warriors could not stop shooting themselves in the foot, finishing with ten penalties for 107 yards.  Even though […]

By: Tanner Haworth While the ‘Bows made it a one possession game in the fourth quarter, the Commodores capitalized on UH’s mistakes in all three phases of the game The Rainbow Warriors lost in a heartbreaker to the Vanderbilt Commodores, 35-28. In a game where offenses shined, it was Hawaii that outgained Vanderbilt in a […]

By: ESPN Honolulu Staff Alexander Field roared to life on a humid Friday afternoon as Punahou played host to Millikan High School of Long Beach, Calif. What started out as a close game quickly turned into a dominating performance by the Buff ‘n Blue, ending in a convincing 51-7 win. For most of the first […]

Take a look at some of the top performers from week one of the Hawaii high school football season. All stats are courtesy of scoringlive.com. It should also be mentioned that players listed below are from teams covered and/or broadcasted by ESPN Honolulu. Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele: Quarterback, Campbell High School Week 1 Stats: 27-39, 431 passing […]

By: Annaliese Gumboc Friday, June 30, Waikiki restaurant Giovanni Pastrami hosted the UH Men’s Basketball team, kicking off the team’s second year of partnership with Braddahhood Grindz. Athletes were invited to enjoy a free meal and form connections with event guests, which included Governor Josh Green and a number of local business owners. Braddahhood Grindz […]