Busy sports weekend: Makahiki games, girls soccer and boys basketball

Kualapuu 6th graders pulled their way to victory in hukihuki practice today in preperation for tomorrow's Makahiki Games.


Today the Molokai High School girls soccer team may have its last and best chance this season to win a game when they play Seabury Hall at Duke Maliu field in Kaunakakai today at 3:30 p.m. The Farmers play Seabury again tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Duke Maliu.

Farmers boys basketball also plays Seabury at home this weekend, tonight at 7 p.m., which will be senior night, and tomorrow at noon, at the Barn.

But the big event Saturday will be the Makahiki games at Kaunakakai ballfield from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Kaunakakai.

The games are meant to celebrate the end of the Makahiki season, the time following the harvest season when wars and battles ceased. Molokai’s four elementary schools have been practicing the various games and athletic competitions for weeks in preparation. Adult competitors, including a team from the U.S. Coast Guard, will be there as well.

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