Na Menehune Holiday Classic: Update Thur., 12:10 a.m.

• Na Menehune Holiday Classic
Moanalua High School
All-Tournament
Gabriel Stietzel, Kaimuki
Clayton Morante, Waiakea
Andrew Swanson, Mid-Pacific
Marcus Monroe, Moanalua
Brandon Holmes, Marina (Calif.)
Thomas Fairman, St. Joseph
Andrew Skalman, ‘Iolani
Kainoa Chu, ‘Iolani
Shane Matayoshi, Kamehameha
Dyrbe Enos, Kamehameha
Wednesday, Dec. 30

Championship: ‘Iolani 57, Kamehameha 46
Back to health and a full lineup, ‘Iolani got 13 points and six rebounds from Trevyn Tulonghari for a 57-46 win [...]

St. Francis Merv Lopes Classic: Updated Thur. 12:45 a.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 30

• St. Francis Merv Lopes Classic
King Armory
Championship: Punahou 50, Arcata (Calif.) 43
Arcata was within two points with 20 seconds left, but got no closer.
Taylor Crabb hit three treys in the first half to spark the Buffanblu to the tournament title. Crabb, who won the slam-dunk competition earlier in the night, finished with 15 [...]

St. Francis Merv Lopes Classic: Monday’s scores

Quarterfinal: Arcata (Calif.) 47, Leilehua 30
Arcata: Ryan Dehart 11. Leilehua: Brent Lemon 11.
Quarterfinal: Kalaheo 62, Kahuku 58
Kalaheo: Kona Makaula 19, Aaron Fernandez 18. Kahuku: Nehoa Akina 26, Evan Moe 10.
Quarterfinal: Eisenhower (Ill.) 50, Saint Louis 30
Eisenhower: Tory Minniefiled 22, Dustan Lewis 10. Saint Louis: Acen Cabrai 10.
Quarterfinal: Punahou 64, Kailua 17 [...]

St. Joseph advances to Moanalua semis

By Paul Honda
phonda@starbulletin.com
There’s not a whole lot of air under the feet of the St. Joseph Cardinals, but they certainly wear wings.
The Cardinals, using a methodical halfcourt offense and fine-tuned efficiency with a sticky 2-3 zone, stunned Moanalua 56-50 on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Na Menehune Holiday Classic at Moanalua’s gym.
St. Joseph will [...]

Na Menehune Holiday Classic: Update, Mon., 9:55 p.m.

Na Menehune Holiday Classic
Moanalua High School gym
Monday, Dec. 28, 2009
Quarterfinal: Marina (Calif.) 61, Kaimuki 47
Dane Okuda poured in 21 points, including five treys, J.J. James added 14 points and Tyler James had 13 for the Vikings.
Marina, of Huntington Beach, Calif., will meet ‘Iolani in Tuesday’s semifinal at 7:30 p.m.
Gabriel Stetziel led Kaimuki with 23 points, [...]

Top 10 Hoops Countdown tips off Thursday

By Paul Honda
Hear ye, hear ye, all hoopaholics!
The Star-Bulletin Basketball Top 10 Countdown — for boys and girls hoops — starts tomorrow with No. 10. Check out your Star-Bulletin in the morning. You might be surprised.

Moanalua’s Nicolas out 2-3 weeks

By Paul Honda
Moanalua standout Joanna Nicolas joined the line of injured basketball players last week.
Nicolas, a junior guard and focal point of her team’s offense, suffered a partially torn ACL in a regular-season opening win over Kailua.
“I’ll be back in two or three weeks,” she said on Monday while attending the ‘Iolani Classic.
Moanalua [...]

Walter Wong Classic: Kalaheo tops IPA in final

By Paul Honda
Aaron Fernandez scored 17 points despite a box-and-one defense as Kalaheo rallied from an early six-point deficit to beat Island Pacific 56-47 Tuesday night in the Walter Wong Classic final at McCabe Gym.
IPA zoomed to an 18-12 lead, using Theo Duplechain and London Amorin to track Fernandez. Duplechain, a 6-3 junior, hustled for [...]

‘Iolani Classic: Championship update, Tuesday, 10:45 p.m.

By Paul Honda
Final day of the Classic. Teams are tired, but playing hard, their fifth game in six days.
Kamehameha won a thriller over Tsinghua in consolation play despite missing key free throws down the stretch.
Championship: Yates (Houston) 97, Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia) 96
Yates 24 23 21 29 — 97
Neumann-Goretti 31 22 21 22 — 96
Yates: Joseph Young [...]

‘Iolani Classic: College commits

According to ‘Iolani Classic info:
• Reggie Bullock, G, 6-7, Kinston (N.C.) > North Carolina
• Tony Chennault, G, 6-0, Neumann-Goretti (Pa.) > Wake Forest
• JerShon Cobb, G, 6-5, Columbia (Ga.) > Northwestern
• Micah Fetters, G, 6-0, Hamilton (Ariz.) > Grand Canyon
• Malcolm Lemmons, F, 6-4, Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) > Robert Morris
• Cedrick Lindsay, G, 6-1, Gonzaga [...]

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