Mitch Riberal
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'20 @uoregon @UOSOJC • Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter @KHONnews •former @KQ2sports anchor. • opinions are my own •
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Joined July 2012
Houston Rockets have put in @TrevorHudgins12 !. Hudgins goes 3-3 for Free Throws right now. @KQ2SPORTS I @bearcatsports I @NWBearcatMBB
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"It felt like home to me, the 808 Pipeline is real. It's a great opportunity for me. I'll be competing from day 1" - @JaronKeawe . Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele: Hawaii HS All-Time Passing Yards leader, 46 TDs & only 3 INT in his senior season with Campbell. I sat down with Jaron
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It’s official!.Hawaii High Schools All Time Passing Leader Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele @JaronKeawe has put pen to paper and will head to THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. @RobDeMelloKHON I @SaberFootballHI I @KHONnews I #GoDucks
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Trevor Hudgins (@TrevorHudgins12) is good at basketball!. How does he make this shot. He doesn't even look at the hoop!. @NWBearcatMBB I @bearcatsports I @smcollegehoops
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"Football is a great platform to give back. " - Puka Nacua . 2019's Polynesian Bowl Offensive MVP & Current LA Rams Wide Receiver Puka Nacua out at the @polynesiabowl in #Hawaii. @c_shimabuku I @RobDeMelloKHON I #RamsHouse I #polynesianbowl I @AsapPuka I
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LIFE UPDATE: I’m extremely excited to announce that I will be moving to Honolulu, Hawai’i. I will be joining the @KHONnews Sports Team in July! . I am thankful for everything St. Joseph and KQ2 has done for me and I’m ready for this next step!
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📝."They told me about the Hawaiian Pipeline & kind of peaked my interest. I thought, well It would be cool to start it back up again. It's powerful" - @YoungRustin . Rustin Young is officially signed & headed to play football at #MichiganState . @RobDeMelloKHON I @MSU_Football
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📹: Justin Reid (@JustinqReid) Cam at #Chiefs Training Camp Day 1. Reid did get an interception off of Mahomes in the endzone today. He also praised the young DB's during the presser after practice. @KQ2SPORTS #ChiefsKingdom
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🎥: What a ball from Chad Henne ➡️ Skyy Moore today at #ChiefsCamp . Great Placement from Henne and Moore was off to the races. @KQ2SPORTS I #Chiefs I #ChiefsKingdom
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📹: This route by #Chiefs Rookie Jerrion Ealy (@ealy_1k) during 1-on-1s is 🔥🔥. #Chiefs I #ChiefsKingdom .📹: @ningramkq2
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"Going to Hawaii for a bowl game. to be able to come home, it doesn't get any better than this" - Ken Niumatalolo . San Jose State Football's HC Ken Niumatalolo along with others in the program including OC Craig Stutzman are set to return to the island for the #HawaiiBowl.San
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"Representing #Japan has always just been something that's really important to me" - @Akira_Kumagai4 . @HawaiiMBB Akira Jacobs has been selected to the Japan National Olympic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Jacobs joins former 'Iolani standout Hugh Watanabe on the squad.
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The All-Time Leading Scorer Northwest, 2-Time D-II POY, Trevor Hudgins (@TrevorHudgins12) is signing a 2-way contract with @HoustonRockets. If anybody has forgotten. Hudgins CAN BALL OUT. Rockets get a good one. @bearcatsports I #HoustonRockets I #NBATwitter I @NWBearcatMBB
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#Chiefs Skyy Moore with a couple of nice catches today at Camp, here’s a few. The rookie continues to impress #ChiefsKingdom
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"Guys like Manti and Marcus, they would come back and have things like this. Doing this was very special for me." - @Tua . #MiamiDolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa back in #Hawaii this afternoon holding his inaugural @TuaFoundation Youth Football Camp at Kamehameha HS. @RobDeMelloKHON
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These edits are getting too realistic 😂.
Happy birthday Michael Jordan- for you youngbloods who weren’t around for this famous play
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Here is better quality of Trevor Klein's INSANE One-Handed Catch. Klein is only a Junior and is making plays like this.
An unbelievable catch by Trevor Klein. In disbelief. What a snag! . Also. Klein Touchdown Counter: 4 in the 1st half . You’ll want to catch these highlights tonight at 10 on KQ2. @KQ2SPORTS I @EBDawgsFootball I @EBuchAthletics I @TrevorKlein20
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"When they told me that I was inducted, man. super humbling. it's an honor" - @DomataPeko . Domata Peko 1 of 3 Inductees into the @PolynesianFBHOF . Peko -> 15 seasons in the #NFL, including 2006-'16 w/ the Cincinnati Bengals. @polynesiabowl I @c_shimabuku I @RobDeMelloKHON
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A glimpse of 2 former Bearcats in NBA Summer League Action earlier this week. Trevor Hudgins (@TrevorHudgins12) w/ Houston.Ryan Hawkins (@RyanHawkins8) w/ Toronto. @NWBearcatMBB I @KQ2SPORTS I @bearcatsports .📹@andrewsherry20
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BREAKING 🚨 .Kahuku Standout & 24/7 sports top 10 FB player in Hawaii for class of 2025. Mana Carvalho has announced his commitment to #Utah . Carvalho will join @Utah_Football . @RobDeMelloKHON I @Mana_Carvalho22 I @KHONnews I @KahukuSports
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"This is a once in a lifetime experience" -@TrevorHudgins12 . Hudgins & @RyanHawkins8 both played for the Bearcats & are now in their 1st yr of Pro Basketball. Hudgins currently w/ the Houston Rockets on a 2-Way Contract.Hawkins w/ the Raptors 905. @bearcatsports I @KQ2SPORTS
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📷: Incase you missed Chris Roush’s (@chrisRroush) performance at the Bearcat Bash Celebrity game. Don’t worry, I got you.
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NEW: Former @MWSU_Football Defensive Back Kobe Cummings (@cummings_kobe) tells me that he has officially received an invite to the Kansas City #Chiefs Rookie Minicamp . @KQ2SPORTS I @MWSUGriffons.
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An unbelievable catch by Trevor Klein. In disbelief. What a snag! . Also. Klein Touchdown Counter: 4 in the 1st half . You’ll want to catch these highlights tonight at 10 on KQ2. @KQ2SPORTS I @EBDawgsFootball I @EBuchAthletics I @TrevorKlein20
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"It meant the world to represent Hawaii and play my last HS game in Hawaii" - @JaronKeawe. @CalFootball QB Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele ending his High school career in the @polynesiabowl tonight. @RobDeMelloKHON I @khon2SportsTV I @KHONnews I @SaberFootballHI
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Game on the line. and Cahleel Smith (@CahleelSmith20) comes in clutch for Northwest with the INT. Smith picks off the pass with 0:48 left in the game. Northwest wins 27-21. @bearcatsports I @NWBearcat_FB I @KQ2SPORTS
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Darwin Thompson first player on the field today at #Chiefs camp. Getting some extra work in ahead of practice
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🚨🚨 Farrington OL & 24/7 Sports #9 Recruit in #Hawaii for the class of 2025. Abel Hoopii (@Abelhoopii2025) Has officially announced his commitment to @SMUFB . @RobDeMelloKHON I @KHONnews
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Breaking ‼️‼️: Campbell QB & 247 #1 recruit from Hawaii in 2025 Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele has announced his verbal commitment to #California . The Sabers QB chooses @CalFootball over Boise State, Oregon State & Utah State. @RobDeMelloKHON I @JaronKeawe I @KHONnews I @c_shimabuku
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FINAL: 🏆🏆.East Buchanan wins the Class 1 State Title for the 2nd straight year! . FINAL SCORE 42-0.@EBHSFootball I @KQ2SPORTS I @EBuchAthletics
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FINAL: . Lafayette wins 3rd place game. @bballstjoe wins 78-56!. George Galloway, had 8 3’s! . @KQ2SPORTS I @IrishActivities
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🏈🌈📹: A top play in my book from #HawaiiFB win. Daniel "Sauce" Williams (@saucefrom210) getting the strip, recovery and the big return. This would set up UH for their first points of the night. #HawaiiFootball I #Hawaii
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🚨 🚨 🚨 .WE ARE HEADED TO OVERTIME!. @_HoodieJojo_ AT THE BUZZER TO TIE IT UP 54-54. WHAT A SHOT. @MBDragonSports I @MBDragonHoops I @KQ2SPORTS
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What a game!. Bearcats Make the FG for the win! . 32-30 Northwest wins . @KQ2SPORTS I @bearcatsports
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What a run by the @MWSU_Football Running Back @JonasBennett1!! . The Hurdle, gets hit on the way down & still doesn't stop!. Bennett finished with 21 Carries, 128 yards during the Griffons win!. @MWSUGriffons I @KQ2SPORTS #SCTop10
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📹: Trent McDuffie with the Pass Deflection at #Chiefs camp against MVS. Justin Reid liking what he saw from the rookie. @KQ2SPORTS I #ChiefsKingdom I @JustinqReid I @trent_mcduffie
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🏈🚨Congratulations to the 2024 Cover2 Marcus Mariota Player of the Award Winner, Campbell Senior Jaron Keawe-Sagapolutele. @JaronKeawe with an all time standout season, 46 TDs & 3000+ yards to pass up Dillon Gabriel as the All-Time Career Passing Yards leader in Hawaii HS
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🎥: @Bradyholden_2 & @BrettHolden4 grew up playing on the same baseball teams including HS and JUCO, but now both are playing in the MIAA Conference. On rival teams. @KQ2SPORTS @sports4therapy
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Northwest (@NWBearcatMBB) had some special guests in attendance for yesterday's game. "They're still hungry"."They still got that. dog in them" . Tune in tonight at 10pm on KQ2 for an @KQ2SPORTS exclusive w/ Raptors 905 Ryan Hawkins & Rockets Trevor Hudgins
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"This is for everybody past and future of Saint Louis. We wanted to restore order. " @titanlacaden . Saint Louis RB Titan Lacaden speaking with KHON2 Sports @c_shimabuku after the Saint Louis Open Division State Title Win over Kahuku 17-10. Lacaden: 31 car, 155 yds, 2 TDs
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5 SET THRILLER.(4) #hawaiimvb takes down (5) BYU in 5 sets. Hawaii forced a 5th set and ended up needing 22 points in the 5th to close it out. These two back at it tomorrow for match #2. @RobDeMelloKHON I @KHONnews I @khon2SportsTV
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#chiefs 11-on-11.Patrick Mahomes just drops a complete Dime to JuJu Smith-Schuster down the sideline . #ChiefsKingdom.
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"A lot of gratitude. I'm going to miss this team" - @dallasduarte8 . #Hawaii baseball closes out their final home game of the season at Les Murakami Stadium. Duarte and the 'Bows get the 5-2 win securing their 16th win in the last 17 games. An emotional day for fans, families
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WATCH: The Northwest Bearcats (@NWBearcat_FB) win a top 20 showdown today with a 66 point performance. Mike Hohensee (@mikeyho_9) 14-18, 270 yds, 3 tds, 56 yd td rush. Al McKeller (@Almckeller2) 17 carries, 91 yds, 4 tds
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"They've (Hawaii Rainbow Warrior fans) done nothing but embrace me" - Marshall Faulk. NFL Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk talks about his memory and relationship on playing #HawaiiFB back in the early '90s. @RobDeMelloKHON I @KHONnews I @khon2SportsTV I #Hawaii
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🖊️ to 📄 . @_HoodieJojo_ signs his NLI to @NCMCPiratesMBB . Clark:.Most charges taken in school history .1,000 points scorer.Top 10 all time points scored in school history . @MBDragonHoops I @KQ2SPORTS
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🏈: GAME-WINNER .Kahuku draws up the QB keeper and @TuliTagovailoa gets great blocking & finds the end zone to take the lead with just 23 seconds. Red Raiders hold on to beat the (#3) Team in the nation St. John Bosco . @RobDeMelloKHON I @c_shimabuku I
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🏈 Garrett Kettle (@garrettkettle5) Balled out today for Benedictine (@RavenFootballBC). 12-16, 294 YDs, 5 TDs. All 5 TDs coming in 1 half. Touchdown distances: .35 yards, 18 yards, 79 yards, 35 yards, and 3 yards. @KQ2SPORTS I
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🔊🆙 Sauce Williams seeing himself during @HawaiiFootball intro on #EACollegeFootball25 😂. Safe to say the players enjoying this game as much as the fans. Hear from @saucefrom210 tonight on @KHONnews .@RobDeMelloKHON I #HawaiiFB I
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Senior night at Mid-Buchanan. @MBDragonHoops Head Coach Bryce Kemper talking about his Senior son @BlayzeKemper . @KQ2SPORTS I @MBDragonSports
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"I'm very blessed to have gotten this accomplishment" - @ella_m8 . Central Senior Ella Moody is named the St. Joseph Sports, Inc. Female Scholar Athlete of the Year!. Hear from Moody Below:.@CHS_Indians I @CHS_Lady_Indian I @KQ2SPORTS
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🎥: "We're really proud of these young men" - Dan Ritter. Highlights: East Buchanan advances to the Class 1 State Title Game with a 41-14 win on Saturday. @KQ2SPORTS I @EBuchAthletics I @EBDawgsFootball
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“These kids deserve to play here” .@HawaiiBaseball Head Coach Rich Hill on Les Murakami Stadium hosting the @HHSAAsports Baseball State Tournament. @RobDeMelloKHON I @c_shimabuku I @KHONnews I #Hawaii I #Hawaiibaseball
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"The 1st time we ever played last year, it was kind of different at first. " - @Br4ydnK . It's not very often you see a Father & Son coach against each other, but that's exactly what's happening w/ Bryce (@BKsquadx5) & Braydn Kemper in the KCI. @NPPantherBBall I @MBDragonHoops
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It is official! The @StJoeMustangs are your 2021 @MINKLeague Champions! . Final Score 12-2 in a run rule!
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"I'm speechless, I still credit my teammates honestly. Diego (Bernard) was trying to feed me the ball the whole time" - Hudgins. @NWBearcatMBB improve to 19-2 after a 89-49 win. Wes Dreamer (23), Hudgins (19) & becomes All-Time Leading Scorer at Northwest. @bearcatsports
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NEW: Former @NWBearcat_FB Linebacker Sam Phillips (@samphillips049), tells me that he has been invited to the Kansas City #Chiefs Rookie Minicamp. Phillips with 54 tackles, 13 tackles for a loss last season. & 180+ tackles in his Bearcat Career. @KQ2SPORTS I @bearcatsports.
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TOUCHDOWN BEARCATS:. Do not get in @JamarMoya way or you WILL get trucked. Bearcats lead 7-0 with 4:38 left in the 1st Q. @NWBearcat_FB I @bearcatsports
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All hugs for #chiefs Coach Andy Reid as Kansas City has clinched an appearance in their 5th straight AFC Championship game . @KQ2SPORTS
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A lot to unpack with this #HawaiiFB game,. But Cam Stone ( @Camstone_2 ) MAKING the difference in the game. Blocking the PAT in the 2nd quarter changed the landscape of this one. UH wins 21-20.@c_shimabuku I @KHONnews I @RobDeMelloKHON
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Ready to get this started!.
Stoked to have Mitch Riberal on the team as a sports anchor & reporter • He’ll be starting tomorrow night on the @KHONnews at 6p w/ @SamSpanglerHI 🤙🏽 #KHON2Sports @Mitch_Riberal @c_shimabuku
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK. @RavenFootballBC taking on William Penn today at O’Malley Field at Larry Wilcox Stadium. Highlights tonight on @KQ2SPORTS . @BenedictineKS I
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🏈: "We gel really easily, we have a pretty electric group" - Virdel Edwards II (@EdwardsVee). The #HawaiiFB Senior DB likes what he see's from the Defensive backs so far this year. @c_shimabuku I @RobDeMelloKHON I @KHONnews
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Not too sure if anybody had more excitement and fun than #HawaiiMBB @HunkinClaytor did at Rainbow Madness. The Freshman bringing the energy to the Stan Sheriff Center today. @RobDeMelloKHON I @HawaiiMBB I #Hawaii
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Beeman's Big Bash = A Success. "To have so many people come out. really means a lot to me". Hawaii defeats UC Santa Barbara 68-64 at home infront of a Beeman record 4,080 fans at Simplifi Arena. @RobDeMelloKHON I @c_shimabuku I @HawaiiWBB I #Hawaii
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FINAL 🚨 🥇 🥇 . The @CHS_Lady_Indian are the Class 6 District 8 Champs!. 51-39 Central wins .@CHS_Indians I @KQ2SPORTS
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🏀.@Gagebus with a Baseline Dunk & a menace on the defensive side today. @IsaiahW0615 drops a defender & finishes w/ the floater. Watkins: 24 points.Busby: 15 points. @EBuchAthletics I @KQ2SPORTS
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🏈: "It would honestly be a dream come true" - @cummings_kobe . @MWSU_Football & @PCHSAthletics1 alumn continues to prepare for his shot in the NFL. Cummings was a standout DB for the Griffons & is hopes to hear his name called in the NFL Draft in KC. @KQ2SPORTS I @MWSUGriffons
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"Right after they offered me. I wanted to stay home and play" - @a1si2h . The Campbell Senior making it official this morning as he signed with @HawaiiFootball. Paogofie set it join the Hawaii Defense next season. @RobDeMelloKHON I @KHONnews I @SaberFootballHI I @CoachCBhawaii
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Here we go!.Day 1 of #Hawaii Football Training Camp is underway. More tonight on @KHONnews! .@RobDeMelloKHON I @c_shimabuku
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🏈A long TD called back by a penalty (1st play), Means give it right back to @GriffinKashan for a 53 yd TD Reception!. At the Half:.Griffin, 3 rec 99 yards, 1 TD. @KQ2SPORTS I @NWBearcat_FB
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🏐 @HawaiiMensVB UPSETS No.1 IN THE NATION. #Hawaii takes down (1) GCU on Friday. Chakas & Todd combine for 25 kills.Nusterer & Galloway combine for 11 Total Blocks. @RobDeMelloKHON I @KHONnews I @c_shimabuku I @ncaamvolleyball
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OFFICIAL: Campbell's Jordan Kernaghan has put pen to paper and signs with The University of Hawaii. "Feels great to join a great team, a promising team for the next couple of years" - @Jordan55kernagh. @RobDeMelloKHON I @KHONnews I @SaberFootballHI I @HawaiiFootball
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🖊️ TO 📄 .SIGNED:. Farrington’s Anelu Lafaele has officially signed to play football for the Wisconsin Badgers!. Will have more from Anelu later on today. @LafaeleAnelu I @RobDeMelloKHON I @c_shimabuku I @BadgerFootball I @IkaikaAthletics I #OnWisconsin
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"It was all adrenaline, I didn't want to let up for these guys & they won't let up for me, so I love em" - @_HoodieJojo_ on his teammates after the win. Hear from Clark, @BaileyCaiden, & @BKsquadx5 after @MBDragonHoops 4OT District Title Game. @KQ2SPORTS I @MBDragonSports
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Head Coach Andy Reid is in town! . Started off with saying thanks to MWSU for hosting once again . #ChiefsKingdom @KQ2SPORTS I @MWSUGriffons
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🏈The Benedictine Ravens Defense was solid today against Peru St. Only allowing 179 Total YDS. 109 Passing, and only 70 Rushing. @RavenFootballBC I @KQ2SPORTS I @BenedictineKS
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FINAL:. LeBlond gets the 55-39 win over Miller and are headed to the Class 2 State Final 4!. @LadyLeblond I @LeBlondEagles I @KQ2SPORTS
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WATCH: Lafayette High School Senior, Daniel Reynolds lost his bike in an accident earlier this month. But his classmates and teachers weren't going to let him be without one for too long. @LHSIrish I @IrishActivities
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"I wanted to show that #Hawaii players can play with anyone. " - @NoahWily_ . Saint Louis Crusader, Noah Wily will be staying home and playing for #HawaiiFB. Stay w/ for more coverage 🤙🏽 @RobDeMelloKHON I @HawaiiFootball I #CollegeFootball
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“Tylan is a Special man and a special player” . @tylan1hines looks to pick up where he left off last year and help #HawaiiFB to an improved season this year. @KHONnews .More here —> 📝 @c_shimabuku
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300 Career wins for @HawaiiMensVB Head Coach Charlie Wade. "What 300 means is there's a lot of people who have been in this program to help us take it to some high levels of success. In terms of the win, the only thing I want is 301". Wade is the 5th current HC in Division I-II
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🖊️ to paper for Nathan Mense (@MenseNathan). Mense will head to @JewellFootball after signing his NLI on Monday. "They were just the best fit". @KQ2SPORTS I @CHS_Indians
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Marcus Mariota Announcing he will wear #1. I mean he is the best QB in that division now too 🤷🏽♂️ #falcons #atlantafalcons
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Ella Moody following in her family footsteps. @ella_m8 signing with the @nwbearcatwbb. A team her mom once played for. "It is special to me to know that I'm gonna continue that and continue what she's already started". @CHS_Indians I @KQ2SPORTS I @CHS_Lady_Indian
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“To see that your work is being noticed, it’s a good feeling and I’m grateful” @Camstone_2 . #HawaiiFB Senior Cam Stone was named to the Mountain West All-Conference 1st team. 3rd in nation in overall Defensive Grade for Cornerbacks.PFF: targeted 42 times and allowed only 1 TD
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"It's really great to stay home and represent the islands" - @alikacavacoamoy. Alika Cavaco-Amoy ➡ Hawaii Football.@PunahouFootball standout speaking on his decision to stay home and play for #hawaiifb . #hawaii I @punahouathletics I @RobDeMelloKHON I @HawaiiFootball
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STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND:.The East Buchanan Bulldogs are officially on their way to Columbia for the Class 1 State Title game tomorrow. And a Great song choice for the bus ride! .@EBuchAthletics I @EBHSFootball I @KQ2SPORTS
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"I'm just excited my next chapter" - @titanlacaden . @HawaiiFootball 's Titan Lacaden speaking after the @polynesiabowl tonight. @RobDeMelloKHON I @khon2SportsTV I @KHONnews
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"We wouldn't be here without him" - @KelseyRJ23 . In 3 years HC Chris Michaels (@CMic_26) has led the Benton Cardinals to 3 straight Final 4 appearances, but it's what's off the court that means the most to his players. @BentonLadyHoops I @Peyton9Anderson I @KQ2SPORTS
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The Defense not allowing a single score in the 2nd half, and big help from the QB Pressure. Including this JALEN SMITH SACK ( @IkJalen ) to give the ball back to the offense with 1:33 left in the game. @RobDeMelloKHON I @c_shimabuku
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