2018 |
Male |
Female |
December |
Kysen Terukina (Wrestling) |
Kelani Corbett (Westling) |
November |
Roosevelt Rough Riders (Football) |
Moanalua Na Menehune (Cheerleading) |
October |
Jon Narimatsu (Air Riflery Coach) |
Kaiser Cougars (Volleyball) |
September |
Honolulu Little League Team (Baseball) |
Elena Oglivie (Volleyball) |
August |
UH Football Team (Football) |
Sandie Easton (Swimming) |
July |
Mililani (team) Mustang-9 (Baseball) |
Na Keiki O Ka Moʻi (Women's 50) (Paddling) |
June |
Earl Galdeira (Football/Official) |
Anita Rossing (Diving Coach) |
May |
Aaron Rivas (Track & Field) |
St. Francis Girls (team) (Softball) |
April |
Daniel Chun (Paddling) |
Charlize Pascual-Tabuyo (Judo & Wrestling) |
March |
Jeff Meister (AD & Swimming Coach) |
Hawaii Pacific University (Tennis) |
February |
Wendell Tom (Golf) |
Dallas Millwood (Softball) |
January |
Makoa Cooper (Wrestling) |
Kamakana Hernandez (Wrestling) |
DECEMBER |
DECEMBER 2018
MALE
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Male − Kysen Terukina – Kamehameha/Junior, Boys Wrestling – who is No. 1 in the Hawaii Prep World Boys Wrestling pound-for-pound rankings, has jumped into the top 10 in the Nation at 120 Pounds – in the latest FloWrestling rankings, Terukina moved up three spots from No. 12 to No. 9 in the Country; there are 3 Seniors, 3 Juniors and 2 Freshmen ahead of him – Terukina is the only Boys wrestler from Hawaii listed in the FloWrestling rankings.
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DECEMBER 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Kelani Corbett − Leilehua/Senior, Wrestling − emboldened by the advice of her Father, saw her wrestling career take flight, resulting in three State titles – is going for a record-tying Fourth title this year – has been highly successful in National and World tournaments and ranks her fifth-place in the Cadet Worlds as her biggest accomplishment. |
NOVEMBER |
NOVEMBER 2018
MALE
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Male − Roosevelt Rough Riders (Team) – Prep Football − are riding high, in front of their home fans at Ticky Vasconcellos. The newly minted OIA champions defeated Pac-Five 20-7 for the first-ever State tournament victory in school history in the Division II quarterfinals of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships – it was the Rough Riders' second appearance in the DII State tourney, in 2007, they lost to Kauai 40-9 in a first-round game.
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NOVEMBER 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Moanalua Na Menehune (Team) – Girls/Cheerleading − won the Large division and Sacred Hearts repeated in the Medium division at the Zippy's/HHSAA State Cheerleading Championships at the Neal Blaisdell Center – scored 520 Points in the five-team large division (12-20 Squad members); Mililani, the two-time defending Division champion, placed Second with 511 and Punahou was Third with 477 – First-year Coach Kaycee Kealoha, an Assistant the previous three years, commented that the Team was super confident and knew what they had to do. |
OCTOBER |
OCTOBER 2018
MALE
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Male − Jon Narimatsu – Mid-Pacific/Head Coach, Sporter Air Riflery − this Year (2018) was a Banner year for the Mid-Pacific Owls (both Boys & Girls teams). Both teams won their ILH regular Season titles, going undefeated in League play; on October 23, both teams competed in the HHSAA Sporter State tournament, and for only the fifth time in the 20 Year history of this State tournament, a Team (Mid-Pacific) swept both the Boys & Girls team titles; in the process, Jon's Varsity boys set a new Team Record 2144, breaking the 20-year old record set by St. Louis in 1999 and these are the fourth & fifth State championship titles that Jon's Teams have won for Mid-Pacific in the last six Years.
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OCTOBER 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Kaiser Cougars –Girls Volleyball Team − won its first OIA Championship since 2009 – captured the OIA Division II Girls Volleyball championship with a 26-28, 25-21, 25-18, 25-22 victory over Leilehua at the McKinley gym – Kaiser and Leilehua will play in the Division II State championship. |
SEPTEMBER |
SEPTEMBER 2018
MALE
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Male − Honolulu Little League (Team) − Baseball/World Series − winning with humility (Game 1 over Georgia, Game 2 over Michigan, Game 3 over New York, Game 4 over Georgia, Game 5 over South Korea) − after outscoring five opponents 26-3 with four shutouts, then captured the State's Third World title with a 3-0 win over the International champion, South Korea.
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SEPTEMBER 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Elena Oglivie − ʻIolani/Junior, Girls Volleyball, Outside Hitter − finished with 16 Kills to lead ʻIolani's three-set comeback victory over Punahou − nationally ranked by both MaxPreps and USA Today, the Raiders moved to 2-0 in the ILH. |
AUGUST |
AUGUST 2018
MALE
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Male − UH Rainbow Warriors (Team) − Football − UH's latest Run-and-Shoot QB (Cole McDonald) accounts for Five TD's in Hawaii's first win vs Colorado State since '92 − defying the odds, the Rainbow Warriors entered as 14-point Underdog − in a pre-season poll, they were predicted to finish fifth in the six-team Mountain West Western Division.
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AUGUST 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Sandie Easton − Swimming − 48 year old swimmer won the female division in the North Shore Swim series, including placing in the top 3 elite females in all 5 races. The next oldest female to place in the elite category was 26 yrs old. As of August, Sandie placed as top 3 elite or 1st in age group in 12 consecutive races comprising the Humu Cup award sponsored by Waikiki Swim Club. |
JULY |
JULY 2018
MALE
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Male − Mililani (team) – Mustang-9 World Series (Baseball) − Jonah Brub pitched a two-hitter with Six strikeouts as Mililani beat Tijuana, Mexico, 10-0 in the Championship game of the P.O.N.Y. Mustang-9 World Series in Walnut, California – Ryeder Takahashi had three Hits, two RBI’S; Deagan Kawahakui added two Hits and three RBI’S for Mililani which finished 4-0 in the Tournament.
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JULY 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Na Keiki O Ka Moʻi, Women's 50 Paddlers − held off Manu O Ke Kai during the Na Keiki O Ka Moʻi Regatta at Maili Beach Park. |
JUNE |
JUNE 2018
MALE
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Male − Earl Galdeira – Football/Official – will be one of the Eight inaugural inductees to the Hawaii Sports Officials Hall of Fame in September at the Ala Moana Hotel – this Organization is a long overlooked and too often underappreciated contribution to Sports in Hawaii.
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JUNE 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Anita Rossing – UH Diving, Coach will be inducted into the 2018 Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame in September at the Hale Koa Hotel.
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MAY |
MAY 2018
MALE
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Male − Aaron Rivas – Kaiser, OIA Track & Field – broke a 41-year-old record at OIA Track & Field championships at Mililani – won the Boys 400-meter run in 48.99 Seconds, edging past the record of 49.2 set by James Smith in 1977 and it was one of two records set at the Meet.
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MAY 2018
FEMALE
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Female − St. Francis Girls Softball, State Division II, Coach, Randy Langsi − took control in the First inning against Kamehameha-Hawaii and captured the Program’s Second State title with a 10-0 victory at Rainbow Wahine Softball stadium – the Saints matched Division I Punahou for the best record in the combined ILH regular season at 9-3.
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APRIL |
APRIL 2018
MALE
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Male − Daniel Chun − OC-1 Paddling − after 20 miles of trading, it came down to just over a minute: Daniel Chun held off defending Champion Pat Dolan to win the Men’s OC-1 Division of the Scott Hawaii State championship – Chun finished the Long course from Makai Pier to Magic Island in 2 Hours, 6 minutes and 10 seconds, crossing the Finish line 33 seconds ahead of Dolan.
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APRIL 2018
FEMALE
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Female − Charlize Pascual-Tabuyo − Mid-Pacific Sophomore, Judo & Wrestling − has been a member of Hawaii Tenri Judo Club under Sensei Gregory Chow since age 6 – she has moved up to National and International competitions and now 13 Gold medals in national or international competitions; noteworthy stat: has not lost in Hawaii or nationally since 2013.
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MARCH |
MARCH 2018
MALE
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Male − Jeff Meister − Punahou, Athletic Director – is one of 12 Individuals who have been selected for the 2018 class of the National High School Hall of Fame – has become one of the top Swimming coaches in the Nation during the past 30 Years (taking over program in 1990) – has led the Boys & Girls teams to 34 Hawaii High School Athletic Association State championships – is the winningest High School Swimming coach in State history.
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MARCH
FEMALE
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Female − HPU Women's Tennis Rose to No. 1 in the Country in the Oracle/ITA Division II Women's Tennis Rankings – the Sharks are 11-1 this season and earned a rating of 74.44 and the first time in program history that HPU has reached the top of the National rankings.
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FEBRUARY |
FEBRUARY 2018
MALE
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Male − Wendell Tom Longtime golfer will be inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame – was a State champion at McKinley in 1974 by two shots over Leilehua's Kalua Makalena – was the longest Driver in the State four times.
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FEBRUARY
FEMALE
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Female − Dallas Millwood Kamehameha/Senior, Prep Softball/Pitcher puts together superhero numbers (.528 batting average, 29 RBIs, 22 runs scored, four Home Runs, a .609 on-base percentage and a .981 slugging average).
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JANUARY 2018 |
JANUARY
MALE
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Male − Makoa Cooper
Pearl City/Senior, Wrestling, 152 pounds – State champion in 2017 (152 pounds), is shooting for another State title and is the latest in a family tree of highly success wrestlers.
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JANUARY
FEMALE
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Female − Kamakana Hernandez-Waialae
Waianae, Girls/Wrestling – beat Pearl Ciy’s Wynter Brown 8-3 to win the Girls 138-pound OIA West Division Wrestling title – Waianae Seariders earned the Oahu Interscholastic Association West by piling up 152 points and clearing Second-place Leilehua by nine.
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