When Ivory Ayers captured state wrestling gold in February, the Tribune-Herald erroneously reported she was the first Keaau High athlete to win an HHSAA championship.
The article proclaimed the Keaau curse finally was over.
Wrong – and five times over at that.
Actually, those curse-breaking honors were shared by Joshua Enos and John Darby, who won gold medals at the 2004 state track and field championships in the 1,500 meters and long jump, respectively, for the Cougars. Then in 2012, Cliff Eriksson was state champion in the high jump and Alexander Engdahl was state champion in the 300 hurdles.