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Swim team after OIA Champs

A Record Breaking Season

David Kunihiro, Staff Writer April 16, 2025

The Kaiser swim season is now finished, and this record breaking season was a huge success. As a team for Varsity, we placed second in the OIA Championships and our performance at the States Championships...

What's All the Racket?

What’s All the Racket?

Andy McCallister, Sports Editor April 16, 2025
The Kaiser Tennis Team recently competed against the Kahuku Tennis team at the BYU Hawaii campus in a close match. Tavin Lee clutched up in an overtime game, with the final score being 17-15...
Kaiser High Celebrates Football Season at Annual Banquet

Kaiser High Celebrates Football Season at Annual Banquet

Alexis Zane, Staff Writer February 20, 2025

Banquets are more than just meals; they are symbolic gatherings that mark significant milestones and celebrate shared achievements.  On January 22, 2025, the football banquet took place in the Kaiser...

Lady Cougar Soccer Team Season Overview

Lady Cougar Soccer Team Season Overview

Andy McCallister, Sports Editor February 20, 2025

Kaiser Girls Varsity Soccer has had a season with ups and downs. The stands were full of fans on Friday, January 16th, which marked the beggining of the Lady Cougar's run for OIA Champion. Fans headed...

Kaiser Surf Club members after competing in a heat

Kaiser Surf Club

Andy McCallister, Sports Editor December 17, 2024

The stoke is high for the Kaiser Surf Club as they competed in their first-ever surf meet this Saturday at Rockpiles. Competing surfers were treated to a double rainbow as they paddled out into the small...

Number 19, Jesse Shinagawa making a catch in the endzone

Spirit of Rivalry: Kaiser v. Kalani Football

Andy McCallister, Sports Editor November 4, 2024

A quick handoff from Kaiser Varsity Football Team’s Quarterback, Jesse Shinagawa, brought the ball into the hands of Sophomore running back, Brady Kim. The band and stands erupted into cheers as Kim...

Kimberly McCoy running the 4x800

Track and Field

Andy McCallister, Staff Writer April 24, 2024
Track is getting off to a running start this year at Henry J. Kaiser High School, as the first meet of the season took place this Saturday at the Kaiser campus. The Kaiser Track Team dashed past many of the other competing schools...
The team poses for a photo with the seniors during the senior night.

Kaiser’s Varsity Tennis Senior Slam

Graham Griffin, Staff Writer April 23, 2024

  On Wednesday, April 3rd, the Kaiser Varsity Tennis Team had their last home game of the season, where the Seniors on the team had their senior night to commemorate their last home game. The game...

Kaiser Mixed and Varsity crews celebrating the end of the season

Kaiser Varsity Girls Paddling Crew Going to States

Andy McCallister, Staff Writer February 17, 2024
Kaiser High School Varsity girls and mixed paddling crews raced at OIA championships in Keehi Lagoon last Saturday. After placing second overall, the varsity girls paddling crew is going to State Championships in Hilo. The vars girls started off the regatta...
OIA swimmer at the starting block

Kaiser Cougar Swim Season

David Kunihiro, Staff Writer February 16, 2024

The Kaiser High School JV swim season recently concluded, and the Championship season is reaching its peak of excitement. During the West and East Championships, the varsity boys team clinched first...

Overview of the 2023 Hawaii Scholastic State Chess Championship

Overview of the 2023 Hawaii Scholastic State Chess Championship

Yusuf Siddiqui, Staff Writer May 18, 2023

Over the weekend on April 15, 2023, one hundred sixty three players came to Washington Middle School to play chess together to compete for trophies for their school and medals for individual performances...

Judo

May 8, 2023

There are many fun sports at Kaiser to participate in, and one of the lesser-mentioned sports is judo. So, what exactly is judo? According to the Kaiser judo team manager, Victoria Brown, “Judo is a...

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