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More than 70 Vulcan student-athletes have been honored for their academic prowess by the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association.

Two Kona brothers who have played football together all their young lives will be going their separate ways after this year’s high school season as the eldest will move to Reno to play college ball for University of Nevada while the youngest will stay two more years at Konawaena before venturing off into the Division I ranks like his brother.

Awards keep rolling in for the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo women’s soccer team. The team recently was named a United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award winner. The award recognized exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2021-22 academic year. The Vulcan women’s soccer team posted a team grade-point average of 3.40 to rank […]

Daelenn Tokunaga recently added one more accomplishment to her list of accolades.

A University of Hawai‘i at Hilo star — on and off the field — is one step closer to possibly being named National Collegiate Athletic Association Woman of the Year.

Several students in Hilo now have a good fish story to tell.

The world’s largest long-distance outrigger canoe race will once again welcome paddlers from around the world this year to the Big Island.

The regular season has ended, with the county tournament played July 6-7 and the state tournament on O’ahu scheduled for Aug. 2-5.

Hawai’i Kūpuna Softball League games are normally played on Saturdays.

Hawai’i Kūpuna Softball League games are normally played on Saturdays.

The University of Hawai‘i men’s basketball team will open its Big West Conference slate Dec. 29 at home against the University of California, Davis.

A 20-game 2022-23 Big West Conference slate with a twist will put regular season conference champion the University of Hawai‘i women’s basketball team to the test as head coach Laura Beeman enters her 11th season at the team’s helm.

A Big Island 8-year-old has qualified to continue in competition for a PGA event and is looking for help from the community to get there.

Hawai’i Kūpuna Softball League games are normally played on Saturdays.

Hui O Hawai‘i, a team of 16 Special Olympics Hawai‘i athletes and five Unified Partners from throughout the islands, had racked up a total of 20 medals Thursday, June 9, after four days of competition at the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games.

Aspiring youth basketball players are encouraged to sign up now for a University of Hawai‘i at Hilo summer tradition.

As of Wednesday, June 8, the Special Olympics Hawai‘i team, or Hui O Hawai‘i, had earned a total of 18 medals, including two won by a Big Island athlete, at the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games.

As of Tuesday, June 7, the Special Olympics Hawai‘i team, or Hui O Hawai‘i, had earned seven medals, including three won by a Big Island athlete, at the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games.

Hawai’i Kūpuna Softball League games are normally played on Saturdays.

Pacific West Conference honors continue rolling in for the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Vulcans, and the latest gives the Big Island university bragging rights among the three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II schools in the state.