When the contract was finalized, Clint Conque knew just getting his team from Conway, Ark., to Honolulu would be a challenge. So the Central Arkansas coach took some time this summer to seek the advice of coaches familiar with the logistics.
With belts tightening around the Western Athletic Conference, among the topics raised at the WAC Football Preview yesterday were inquiries by Fresno State and San Jose State about playing their games at Hawaii earlier in the day as a way to save money.
Bernard Victor, 82, has seen a few victories and defeats in his career. After 32 years with Kailua's softball program, including four state crowns as a head coach and six more as an assistant, Victor retired recently. That doesn't mean he won't be coaching, though.
Kealakehe has forfeited its 2008 Division I football championship due to a "clerical error" that permitted an ineligible student-athlete to participate.
Some Division II baseball fans were disappointed last spring when the Wally Yonamine/HHSAA State Baseball Championships held games at Central Oahu Regional Park, a site more accustomed to hosting age-group tournaments.