Sports

Ace of Aces

Wednesday, December 14th, 2022

Community Contributed

By Rick Schonely

On Saturday, Dec. 3 the Hui O Kukui Golf Club held their annual Ace of Aces Club Championship at iconic Ironwood Hills Golf Course. Longtime Molokai High School security guard and all-around great guy David Spencer is this year’s Ace of Aces and the new president of the club. Spencer shot 44-44 for a gross score of 88 and with his 22 handicap his net score of 66 got him the low net victory and his name on the “Carl Puhi Perpetual Award” trophy. 

Greig Len Wai, the pride of Friendly Market Center, was this year’s low gross winner with a score of 38-39 for a total of 77.…

Winter Sports Kick Off

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

By Sage Yamashita, Intern Reporter

The Farmers are starting the 2022-2023 season of winter sports, with some teams having already started competition, while others are gearing up for their first games. Boys and girls basketball, wrestling, canoe paddling, soccer, swimming and the basketball cheerleaders are all looking forward to an active season. 

Boys basketball has already had an eventful pre-season. The past weeks they have traveled to the outer islands to gather some experience and get ready for the MIL season. Boys Basketball headed to Maui for a tournament against Maui High, Seabury and Kapaa. Then they traveled to Oahu to play against Kahuku and Castle.…

Battle of the Badges

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

By Sage Yamashita, Intern Reporter

The Battle of the Badges games heated up with basketball competition from the Fire Department, Police Department, and community this past Saturday – all for a good cause. From 4 to 10 pm. the Barn was filled with food, prizes and basketball entertainment. 

“Battle of the Badges brings a little bit of friendly competition between fire and police and also brings community out to support the [Molokai High School] athletics department,” said Officer Kauanoe Mossman. 

The event was started by Maui Police Department’s Jonathan Aquino back in 2017 and since then, the event has become a yearly occurrence.…

Golf Ace

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

Community Contributed

By Rick Schonely

On Saturday, Nov. 5 the Hui O Kukui Golf club held their monthly Ace championship. The November Ace has two winners, one for November and one for December as the club gets ready for its Ace of Aces championship on Saturday, Dec. 3. 

The November winner is none other than Sir Mike Prewitt. Uncle Micky shot 48–46 for a gross total of 94 and with his 29 handicap his net 65 got him the November championship. The December winner is our leader of Farmer Nation and Molokai High School Athletic Director Lee DeRouin. Coach D shot 46–40 a gross total of 86 and with his 13 handicap his net 73 got him the December Ace.…

Master Fun Race

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

By Catherine Cluett Pactol | Editor

A smaller version of the iconic annual Master Blaster paddling race was held last month, dubbed the Molokai Canoe Club Master Fun Race. Unlike previous events that often featured more than 30 crews, most of which came from off island, the Fun Race had just five crews, all from Molokai, said organizer Liko Wallace of Molokai Canoe Club. 

“[Master Blaster] is normally our one and only annual fundraiser but because of the situation with the airlines, there are not enough flights to share with off island residents,” said Wallace. “We had taken a stand to consider our community more important than these events [large annual canoe races]… I spoke on behalf of not having the races this year for that reason so I honored that same commitment here.”…

Golf Ace

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022

Community Contributed

By Rick Schonely

The September Ace for the Hui O Kukui Golf Club was postponed by rain and rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15 at the iconic Ironwood Hills golf course. Retired fire fighter, longtime substitute teacher at Molokai High School, full-time musician and Molokai golfer Rick Schonely is the September Ace winner. Schonely shot 41–40 for a gross total of 81 and with his 12 handicap his net 69 got him the victory. The Hui O Kukui Golf Club would like to thank the staff and management of Ironwood Hills golf course for perpetuating the game of golf on Molokai.…