Sports
Roth Attends IRONMAN World Championship in Utah; Event Returns to Big Island in October
Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth traveled to Utah during the weekend to attend the 2021 IRONMAN World Championship, which was postponed from last October and moved from the Big Island because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public Invited to UH Football Spring Game, Celebration
Are you ready for some football? The University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors and new head coach Timmy Chang are welcoming fans to the gridiron for a special spring game and celebration.
Hilo Oval Track Welcomes Back Spectators This Weekend
If their excitement was audible, it would be louder than the cars racing around the Big Island’s only oval dirt track.
Hilo Oval Track Race Season Starts This Weekend
Start your engines, Big Island, because racing is returning to Hilo Oval Track.
Fans Not Allowed to Attend Upcoming HHSAA Swim Meet at Kamehameha Schools
Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the Hawaiʻi High School Athletic Association’s swimming and diving state meet scheduled for next month will not allow fans to attend the event due to site and space restrictions.
Several Big Island Organizations Benefit From Mitsubishi Electric Championship Golf Tournament
Three Big Island organizations are receiving donations from Mitsubishi Electric as part of its charitable giving through the Mitsubishi Electric Championship golf tournament at Hualalai.
Field Set for Mitsubishi Electric Championship Golf Tourney at Hualālai
The 42-player field is set for next week’s Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai.
Tune In: BIIF Girls Volleyball Match Tonight
The undefeated Kamehameha Warriors will host the Hilo Vikings for the BIIF Division 1 Girls Volleyball Championship tonight
BIIF Girls Volleyball Match: Honokaʻa VS Kealakehe
Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Girls Volleyball game between Honokaʻa High School and Kealakehe High School will be broadcast on Nā Leo TV Thursday, Nov. 11.
High School Fall Sports Season Kicks Off Saturday, Talks on Live Crowds Ongoing
Officials hope to have live crowds back for student-athletes as they return to the field after nearly two years of no high school sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
IRONMAN to Move World Championship From Hawai`i to Utah
IRONMAN announced Thursday that its World Championship event will move outside of Hawai`i for the first time next year.
School Sports to Resume Friday
Sports are back in play across Hawai´i, but only for those participants who have been vaccinated.
IRONMAN World Championship Postponed
The world’s best triathletes will have to wait even longer before returning to Kailua-Kona to traverse the sport’s most iconic course.
DOE Delays Start of Sports Season, Institutes Vaccine Mandate
Any individual who is not fully vaccinated by this date will not be allowed to participate in athletics at any point this year.
Hawai‘i’s Carissa Moore Wins Gold in Inaugural Olympic Surfing Competition
Hawai‘i’s Carissa Moore brings home the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the inaugural women’s surfing competition at Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games.
Hawai´i-Born Fighter Can Build Reputation on UFC 264 Undercard This Weekend
Tavares on Saturday will fight as part of the undercard for UFC 264, this year’s largest Pay Per View Event to date.
Colt Brennan, Former Hawai´i Football Standout, Dead at 37
Brennan passed in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 11, at a hospital in Newport Beach California.
Entire UH Football Team Heads to Quarantine Following Eight Positive Tests
The student-athletes are quarantining at their places of residence and will be monitored by the athletic department’s medical team and academic support staff.
IRONMAN Poised to Return to Big Island in 2021
IRONMAN’s grueling 140.6-mile trek across the Big Island’s leeward side is set to begin Oct. 9, presumably preceded by the customary week of events leading to the sport’s grandest race.