Kū kilakila ana nā Kāne Ānuenue ma Makakukeka.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 28 o Kepakemapa, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā hoa makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Loaʻa aku nei kekahi ʻōpiopio i hou ʻia he mau manawa ma Pūowaina i ka pō Pōʻaono nei. ʻAʻole i maopopo kona mea i hou ʻia ai. Ua lapaʻau ʻia ʻo ia e nā kahu lapaʻau ulia a lawe koke ʻia akula i ka haukapila ma ke kūlana kūpilikiʻi. Wahi a ka mākaʻi, na kekahi mau kānaka ʻelua paha i hou aku i ka ʻōpiopio. Aia nō ka mākaʻi ke noiʻi akula i ia hoʻāʻo pepehi kanaka.
Ua ʻāhaʻi aku nei nā Koa Ānuenue o Hawaiʻi i ka lanakila i ka Pōʻaono nei ma ke kūʻē ʻana aku i ke Kulanui o Makakukeka ma ka helu ʻai he 38 i ke 35. A ua hahana nō ka pāʻani ʻana. I nā kekona hope loa o ka hapahā ʻelua, paʻa ihola ka ʻai holo iā Makakukeka a paʻi aʻela a paʻi ma ka helu ʻai he 14. A i ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hapahā ʻekolu, i loko o nā minuke he 11, paʻa he ʻelua ʻai holo hou iā Makakukeka. Akā, ma hope mai o kēlā, ua hiu aʻela ʻo Hawaiʻi a loaʻa ka lei o ka lanakila. ʻO kahi pilikia o Hawaiʻi ma ka hapalua mua, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia he ʻewalu manawa no nā ʻīā he 83.
Aloha nō nā Wāhine Ānuenue. Hāʻule iho nei lākou iā UCLA i ka pō Lāpule nei ma loko o nā pāʻani ʻelima. Akā, wahi a Robyn Ah Mow Santos, ke kumu aʻoʻao o Hawaiʻi, kohu mea lā, ua lanakila au, ua lanakila hoʻi ka hui. ʻO kāna kumu paha i ʻōlelo ai pēlā, i ka pō Pōʻaono nei, ua suipa lilo ʻia ʻo Hawaiʻi, ka hui helu 20 o ke ao nei e Kāna Kieko, ka hui helu 22. A i ka pō Pōʻalima nei, ua hāʻule iā Marquette i loko o nā pāʻani he ʻelima, a ʻo Marquette, ʻaʻole ia ʻo kekahi o nā hui ʻoi he 25 o ke ao nei. A ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pāʻani ʻana o Hawaiʻi ma ke kūʻē ʻana aku iā UCLA.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Mai ʻalaʻala paha i ka ua o ka Waʻahila.
ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻakahi nō a pakele aku i ka pilikia.