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Ka Moloka’i Makahiki attracts schools from Maui and Kauai
The traditional end to Makahiki season brought out an enormous crowd on Saturday to the Kaunakakai ballfield. After presenting the kupuna with traditional ho’okupu (gifts), and a hula performance, it was time for the elementary games to begin. Participating in this year’s elementary division Ka Moloka’i Makahiki events for the first time were students from [...]
Local students dominate Maui Science and Engineering Fair
The commitment to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education on Molokai has never been more evident than it was at last week’s 54th annual Maui Schools’ Science and Engineering Fair. Three of the top 10 projects advancing to the state competition come from Molokai. Out of the 15 honorable mention winners, seven come from [...]
Molokai High School releases second quarter honor roll
Molokai High School recently released its principal’s honors list for the second quarter of the 2012-13 school year. Students who have earned a grade point average of 4.0 or above, while enrolled in six or more classes, make the principal’s honors list. They are: Grade 9: Khaylie Adachi Kawamae, Amber Afelin, Keaaokahonua Davis, Kaimana Kahale, [...]
Basketball boys split two on a weekend trip to Lanai
The Molokai High School boys basketball team traveled to Lanai this past weekend and split a pair of games. The win on Friday and the loss on Saturday left the Farmers with a 6-2 record, second place behind Seabury Hall (6-1) in the Maui Interscholastic League Division II standings. Hau’oli Faleali’i led the way for [...]
NFL players coming to Molokai for one-day football clinic
After just one year of playing league-sanctioned football, Molokai High School will host a football clinic led by former Miami Dolphin standout player Nat Moore. The clinic — on Jan. 28 from 2-4 p.m. at the MHS football field — is open to all interested youth in grades five through 12. Registration forms can be [...]
Farmer boys and girls top Lanai over the weekend
Both the Molokai boys and girls basketball teams remain in the hunt for the Division II Maui Interscholastic League title courtesy of Lanai. Over the weekend, both teams swept Lanai on both Friday and Saturday to remain securely in second place in the MIL behind Seabury Hall. At The Barn on Friday, three Molokai boys [...]
Rapanot leads Farmers to first league win of year
A hot-shooting David Rapanot led the Molokai High School boys basketball team to its first league win of the season Saturday night against St. Anthony on Maui at War Memorial Gym. Overcoming a sick stomach and hurting knees on Friday, Rapanot, a junior, scored 21 of his 25 points in the first half as the [...]
Michael Kikukawa earns place at Harvard University
Molokai High School senior Michael Kikukawa recently received his acceptance into next year’s freshmen class at Harvard University. Congratulations, Michael, on being the first Molokai High grad to attend the esteemed Ivy League university in Cambridge, Mass. Having worked with both his parents — Phillip Kikukawa at Molokai Middle School and Sue Forbes at Kualapu’u [...]
Boys basketball team drops two games at Lahaina tournament
The Molokai boys basketball team was treated roughly by the Pailolo Channel on the ferry ride over to the 2012 Lahainaluna Winter Classic and again by Curtis High School from Washington State on Wednesday. An aggressive Curtis defense held the Farmers to only 4 first half points at the Lahaina Civic Center. Molokai attacked more [...]
College basketball comes to Molokai for first time ever
The Barn hosts University of Hawaii vs. Chaminade Saturday night Molokai basketball fans saw a regular season University of Hawaii game — for the first time ever in any sport — Saturday night at The Barn. The Chaminade University Silverswords (3-5, 0-0 PacWest) flew to Molokai Saturday morning while the UH Rainbow Warriors (4-3, 0-0 [...]
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