Sports

Puʻu Waʻawaʻa youth and disabled is weekends and state holidays throughout August; Puʻu Waʻawaʻa makai muzzleloader hunting and Puʻu Anahulu Game Management Area makai muzzleloader from first Friday in September through last Sunday in October.

A quick look at news happening on the Big Island, throughout the state and beyond.

McBride brings to the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo team more than a decade of athletic training experience in professional hockey and collegiate athletics.

A brief look at sports news from the Big Island and throughout the state.

The Nanea Cup will bring together the world’s best LPGA Tour athletes and elite collegiate golfers in a first-of-its-kind competition celebrating both the present and future of women’s golf.

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.