Hilo sweeps Kealakehe
Kealakehe girls volleyball lost in straight sets to Hilo on Wednesday night in Kailua-Kona — 25-11, 25-8 and 25-19. The Waveriders remained winless in Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) Division-I play at 0-10. The Vikings moved to 7-3 and remained in the No. 2 spot in Division I with two matches to go in the regular season.
Kealakehe will next play Waiakea on Tuesday night at home with a first-serve time to be announced. Hilo will also play Tuesday night against Kea‘au at home, with the start time to be announced. The Vikings and Cougars were originally slated to play tonight, but the matchup was rescheduled for next week.
Karate returns post pandemic
After a four-year hiatus, Kona’s longest running and popular Karate competition returns for its 16th edition. At 9 a.m. Saturday, November 4, 2023, the 16th Annual International Karate League (IKL) Karate Championship will be held at the Kekuaokalani Gymnasium in Kailua-Kona.
“The pandemic shut down our classes and stopped us from training hand-to-hand for a couple of years,” Tournament Director Julian Shiroma said. “When the restrictions were lifted about a year ago, we returned to training and are now ready to resume where we left off.”
Approximately 100 competitors of various age groups from Karate schools around the Big Island and the State of Hawaii are expected to participate in this karate tournament.
The tournament features competition in three events: Kata (Forms), Kobudo (Weapons), and Kumite (Sparring) with medals given to first, second and third places, plus fourth-place medals in selected divisions. In addition to medals, competitors will be vying for the prestigious Most Outstanding Karate Competitor Perpetual Trophy and the Most Outstanding Dojo Perpetual Trophy.
The event is hosted by the IKL’s two dojos in Kona. The Captain Cook Dojo is under the direction of Sensei Jenna Shiroma, and the Kailua-Kona Dojo is under Sensei Roland Yamamoto. The IKL, with dojos across the State of Hawaii and various mainland states, is headed by its Founder and Chief Instructor, Shihan (Master) Walter K. Nishioka, who resides in Pearl City, Hawaii.
For more information, please visit IKL.org
Correction
West Hawaii Today incorrectly reported the wrong player in the photocaption of Wednesday’s BIIF west-side football preview story. The Konawaena player in the photo was wide receiver Austin Takaki instead of Zedekiah Anahu-Ambrosio.
