Conor Langs

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By West Hawaii Today staff Pop Warner starting soonAnother season of Big Island Pop Warner football is about to begin, starting next month. Tackle football and cheer season will officially begin July 15. Interested players and cheerleaders are required to submit a copy of their original birth certificate, the required participation and medical forms and their fourth quarter report card. Cheerleaders must be of the ages of 3-18 years old by July 31 to participate.

1 week ago | hawaiitribune-herald.com | Conor Langs

By Conor Langs West Hawaii Today HILO — Over 1,200 paddlers and 300 crews competed in the first HCRA Big Island regatta of the 2025 season Saturday on the East Side. Keiki as young as 9 and kupuna as old as 80 paddled across the sky-blue waters of Hilo Bay, as over 40 events took place throughout the morning and afternoon. The event — sponsored by Kailana Canoe Club — was filled with quarter-mile, half-mile and full-mile competitions.

1 week ago | westhawaiitoday.com | Conor Langs

By West Hawaii Today staff Konawaena High School graduates Abram Ikaika Mahalo Utrera and Slayde RK Thompson join Joselyn Conae of Hawaii Technology Academy as the three recipients of 2025 scholarships from Keauhou Canoe Club (KCC). These graduating seniors recently received their $2,000 scholarships during a KCC potluck celebration. Receiving the James F. Rodgers Academic Achievement Scholarship is Abram Utrera who plans to attend UH-Manoa to study kinesiology.

1 week ago | westhawaiitoday.com | Conor Langs

By Chuck Schilken Los Angeles Times A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former NFL superstar Antonio Brown stemming from an altercation outside a celebrity kickboxing event last month in Miami. Brown is charged with the first-degree felony of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm. A judge from the 11th Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County signed the warrant Wednesday.

1 week ago | westhawaiitoday.com | Conor Langs

By Mike Vorkunov The Athletic INDIANAPOLIS — Chet Holmgren sat on the bench with a little more than seven minutes remaining in a tight game, checking on the state of his left ankle. He had endured a rough stretch minutes earlier. At the end of one possession, Jalen Williams landed on it, and Holmgren hobbled up the court. Then Aaron Nesmith leveled Holmgren with a shot to the right shin that sent him to the floor.