Sports

Student-athletes in all 12 sports at the University of Hawai‘i campus posted a record-high 3.37 combined grade-point average during the 2025-26 academic year.

Completed registration forms must be mailed to the Recreation Division Office at 799 Pi‘ilani St. in Hilo, postmarked by July 31; no late entries will be accepted.

Soccer, basketball and volleyball coaches, staffs invite youth to learn and gain skills during several events starting later in July and running through early August.

PGA Tour eliminates season-opening Hawaiʻi event after more than 60 years, but adds it as new stop on PGA Tour Campions.

Maja Gonya of the Big Island claimed Hui ʻO Hawaiʻi’s single bronze medal for her performance in the 100m run during the last 2 days of the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games hosted in Minneapolis, Minn.

The ocean is the icebox for island communities, but there are times when lawaiʻa, the fishermen, do play for their food — during fishing tournaments!

Hui ʻO Hawaiʻi has 16 Special Olympics Hawaiʻi athletes — including members from the Big Island — as well as two Unified Partners and their coaches representing the Aloha State in Minneapolis, Minn.

Additional events throughout the state, including other University of Hawaiʻi campuses, also are being planned.

A quick look at news happening throughout the state and around the Big Island.

All three of the traditional triathlon stages are included — swimming, biking and running — and drivers should expect slowing down on a portion of Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway that racers will take on their way toward Hāwī.

Students Felix Barton (bodyboarding) and Alex Ranne (longboard) of the Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts and Science in Pāhoa each made history by winning individual titles at the first Hawaiʻi High School Athletic Association surfing championship.

Update pertains to Big Island game bird and game mammal hunting.

The private club community’s course is Hawai’i’s first golf course to achieve the certification and 1 of only 14 worldwide.

The PGA Tour announced Monday its paired down schedule for 2027 will not include The Sentry on Maui or Oʻahu’s Sony Open in Hawaiʻi.

Four U.S. golfers and one from Japan shoot out the rest of the 28-golfer field at the Big Island course to advance to final qualifying round at a site to be determined on the mainland.

The Hawaiʻi Police Activities League to host another 3-on-3 basketball tournament for North Kohala youth in Kapaʻau at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

The Lānaʻi mouflon sheep season will feature four hunts: an archery hunt, a youth hunt, a muzzleloader hunt, and a general rifle hunt.

American Sign Language students connect with University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics to volunteer their time to sign the national anthem, cheerleader chants, university fight song and more during games.

Gavin Vasilescu, 18, is preparing for crucial competitions this month in Southern California, where he hopes to excel at the national level and inspire more Hawaiʻi sailors to compete nationally.

Competitors from all 50 states will compete in the games, which run June 20–26.