{"id":18563,"date":"2013-01-30T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T10:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=18563"},"modified":"2013-01-29T15:18:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T01:18:18","slug":"25-years-of-midweek-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/25-years-of-midweek-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Of \u2018MidWeek\u2019 Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18564\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/ks2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18564\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/ks2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ks\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/ks2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/ks2.jpg?resize=300,450 300w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/ks2.jpg?resize=335,503 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Robinson | Photo from Bob Hogue<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Perhaps it means I&#8217;m getting older, but it struck me the other day that 2013 marks the 25th year I&#8217;ve been writing for <I>MidWeek<\/I>. I&#8217;ve enjoyed every minute of it (since 1988), and I hope I get to do it for another 25 years!<\/p>\n<p>So, in recognition of a quarter century of covering Hawaii sports \u2014 for <I>MidWeek<\/I>, and on television and radio \u2014 here are some of my favorite moments during that time:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite television interview subject: Vin Scully<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite television show I helped create\/produce: <I>Hawaii Sports Final<\/I><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most fascinating interview subject: John McEnroe<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most exciting high school football players: George Ornellas (offense), Manti Te&#8217;o (defense)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most impressive school basketball players: Derrick Low, Alika Smith (boys); Nani Cockett, Brandy Richardson (girls)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most fun college basketball players to watch score: (tie) Jet Chang, BYU-Hawaii; John Strickland, HPU; Trevor Ruffin, UH<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most memorable Hawaii football players: (too many to mention, but start with) Garrett Gabriel, Michael Carter, Colt Brennan, Chad Owens, Ashley Lelie, Ikaika Alama-Francis, David Maeva, Travis Laboy, Eddie Klaneski<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite team to remember again and again: Hawaii basketball Fabulous Five<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite story to cover again and again: Chaminade beating Virginia<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Best last-second win: (basketball) Tes Whitlock buzzer beater against BYU; (football) Hawaii beats Fresno State in double overtime to win WAC<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most memorable back-to-back upsets: Beating BYU 56-14 and 59-28 in 1989 and 1990<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most memorable comebacks in Hawaii football: Coming from behind to beat Michigan State and coming from behind to beat Washington, both in the June Jones era<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most incredible UH season: Warriors 12-0 2007 regular season<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Other most incredible seasons: 1992 (to Holiday Bowl) and 1999 (to Oahu Bowl)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most dominating UH football performance: Scoring 73 points on BYU<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Best high school track and field athlete: Bryan Clay<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most exciting high school quarterback: Joel Botelho<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most loyal high school football fans: Kahuku<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Best basketball back-court duo: AC and Alika<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite UH baseball player: Billy Blanchette<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite guys to sit and talk sports with for hours: Jai Cunningham, Jim Gaddis<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most admired coaches: Mark Mugiishi, Chris McLachlin, Dave Shoji<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite play-by-play broadcasts: (tie) Hawaii football beating BYU 59-28; UH winning WAC basketball tournament in Utah, HPU softball winning national championship<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most memorable high school broadcasts: Play-by-play of first high school state football championship game, plus play-by-play of daughter Becky&#8217;s state championship basketball game<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Best game I lost my voice while announcing: HHSAA State championship finale girls volleyball<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Best place to play noontime basketball: Kekuhaupio Gym<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most interesting <I>MidWeek <\/I>cover story subject: Hall-of-Famer Steve Carlton<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Favorite <I>MidWeek <\/I>column to research: Jackie Robinson&#8217;s Palama ties I could go on and on, and I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve left a few names\/games\/places off the list. 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