Hometown Heroes: Despite pandemic, Keahole Center for Sustainability ensures educational program goes on
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, West Hawaii Today is publishing a story about individuals, groups or organizations that have helped make life better for others in our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Impossible task: Jeannie Wokasch wins a record eight Kona Marathons from 1996-2006
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
The big time: Kona’s Shane Dorian has breakout success in professional surfing in 1999, 2000
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Kohala boys basketball has successful runs in 1983, 1984 behind star Bradley Estabilio
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Huggo’s Wahine Fishing Tournament postponed
The Huggo’s Wahine Fishing Tournament has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Big Island best: Konawaena, Hawaii Prep meet for 2013 girls volleyball state title; Wildcats win first of two championships
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Kealakehe’s Meiling Kam finds her fit with water polo, signs with California Baptist
When Meiling Kam went to her first water polo team practice, she had no idea what in store for her. The now-graduate of Kealakehe had never played the sport before, but it only took one practice for her to realize she may have found her calling.
Take Me Back Tuesday: Honokaa’s Kaulana Noa becomes first BIIF player to be drafted in the NFL
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Caiyle Kaupu caps time as a Konawaena Wildcat with HHSAA Hall of Honor selection
By this time next year, Caiyle Kaupu will have long traded in the green, black and white uniforms she has donned at Konawaena for the blue and gold of the UC Irvine Anteaters.
Date for 2020 Ironman 70.3 Hawaii rescheduled again; Kohala triathlon pushed back from August to Nov. 21
Following the postponement of the Ironman World Championship earlier this month, Ironman announced Tuesday this year’s 70.3 Hawaii triathlon, also known as Honu, has been postponed once again, from Aug. 15 to Nov. 21.
Take Me Back Tuesday: Hawaii Prep runs to first state title in 1983 in boys cross country
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Queen Liliuokalani Race postponed until 2021; Kai Opua hopes to hold smaller event in Sept. to honor monarch, sport
Kai Opua Canoe Club announced Wednesday the annual Queen Liliuokalani Long Distance Canoe Race has been postponed until 2021 and will not take place during the first week of September this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Riding high: Kealakehe boys basketball caps undefeated BIIF season with first title in 2004
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Ironman World Championship 2020 delayed until February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Kailua-Kona’s biggest sporting event — the Ironman World Championship — to be postponed until 2021, an economic hit for Hawaii Island, which depends on the race bringing in thousands of visitors every year in the month of October.
Famous finish: Lance Armstrong wins his first and only Ironman 70.3 Hawaii race in 2012
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
Young stars: Four players represented Big Island in regional Elks Hoop Shoot in Las Vegas
The bright lights of the “ninth island” of Las Vegas recently shined on a few future Big Island basketball stars.
Tale of two schools: Kealakehe varsity football plays Konawaena in 1999, beginning the rivalry
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.
On his way up: South Kona resident Dusty Boyd preparing to summit Mount Everest again
At 29,029 feet, Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, has always been one of the most difficult challenges a mountaineer can face. Besides the physical labor that comes with summiting a mountain of that scale, climbers face oxygen deprivation, avalanches, snowstorms and hypothermia in their quest to make it to the top of the world.
Kona Marathon canceled due to COVID-19; registered runners can defer their entry to 2021 race
The Kona Marathon has seen a lot of changes with new courses and new owners in its more than two decades running, but its biggest change comes this year with its cancellation.
Take Me Back Tuesday: Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament has dramatic end in 1998
Editor’s note: While the sports world is shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Hawaii Today will look back every Tuesday at memorable sports moments on the Big Island.