#Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium

The new Council was inaugurated and sworn in during the Hawai‘i County Inaugural Ceremony on Monday afternoon at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.

There are 22 games on tap in November and December, with the first to be played Nov. 22-25 at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo.

Get ready for three festive evenings of dance, stories and performances by the Hilo Community Players during “Christmas Cabaret.”

Lead clinicians at this year’s camp are David Kaneshiro, University of Hawai’i at Hilo women’s head basketball coach, and GE Coleman, head coach for UH-Hilo’s men’s squad.

Hilo High School graduate Aukai Wong will headline the Hammerheads, an ABA team based in Honolulu.

The 53rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival is about to get underway in Hilo.

Honoka’a will face St. Joseph on Saturday night for the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division II championship at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

With a healthy Chanelle Molina back in the lineup, Konawaena imposed its dominance on Hilo in Saturday night’s BIIF Division I Championship Game.

Konawaena High School is the only BIIF school to currently claim a spot in this month’s OC16/Hawai’i High School State Basketball Championships.

With the loss, UH-Hilo finished its five-game homestand with a record of 2-3.

Jordan Russell scored a game-high 33 points, but Parker Farris was the hero in UH-Hilo’s win over Hawai’i Pacific.

Kim Schmelz and Sydney Mercer hit key shots in the fourth quarter to lead the University of Hawai’i at Hilo women’s basketball team to its second straight win.

Parker Farris drained nine three pointers on 17 attempts, both breaking school records Monday night in a win over Fresno Pacific.

Only six players saw meaningful playing time for the University of Hawai’i at Hilo in a close victory over Academy of Art

Calvin Mattos tied the game in regulation and won it in overtime for Waiakea, who improved to 7-3 heading into Big Island Interscholastic Federation play.

For the second straight night, Konawaena needed a second half comeback to come out victorious, this time over St. Joseph.

UH-Hilo spotted the first 13 points to Alaska and could not recover from its own bad start, falling to 0-3 on the season.

Alaska Anchorage put on a dominant performance for the second straight night against the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, winning by 47 on Friday.

Tickets are now available for University of Hawai’i at Hilo men’s and women’s basketball.

Organizers of the Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp have waived the late registration fee for next week’s basketball camp.