‘Iolani Classic: Update, Monday, 10:20 p.m.

By Paul Honda Updates from Monday’s games at the ‘Iolani Classic. Semifinal: Yates (Houston, Texas) 88, Columbia (Decatur, Ga.) 66 Joseph Young poured in 30 points as the Lions hounded the Eagles in the late game, breaking open a close battle during the third quarter. Yates led just 38-36 at intermission, but relentless fullcourt press [...]

Old school scoring frenzy: Yates, Lutheran

By Paul Honda Got the abacus* out and did the math. There are some seriously interesting numbers behind Yates’ 95-88 win over Lutheran from last night’s thrilling quarterfinal at the ‘Iolani Classic. Lutheran comes from a town named Orange, near Anaheim, Calif., and was relatively unheard of coming into the tourney. Yates (Houston, Texas) had [...]

Yates’ Peters win ‘Iolani Classic slam-dunk title

By Paul Honda After 32 exhausting minutes — and he played every second — of a 95-88 win over Lutheran (Calif.), Yates (Texas) senior Brandon Peters had every reason to take a pass on the ‘Iolani Classic slam-dunk contest. The competition began within 10 minutes after the game, which was a run-and-gun affair from the [...]

‘Iolani Classic: Quarterfinal updates, Sat. Dec. 19, 11:45 p.m.

By Paul Honda Games are behind schedule because of the double-overtime consolation game between Kahuku and Radford. Quarterfinal winners: Yates (Texas), Neumann-Goretti (Pa.), Columbia (Ga.) and favorite Montrose Christian (Md.). Quarterfinal: Yates (Houston, Texas) 95, Lutheran (Orange, Calif.) 88 Brandon Peters poured in 29 points, including a torrent of alley-oop dunks, and Joseph Young added [...]

Injuries hit ‘Iolani girls, boys

By Paul Honda It’s still just preseason, but ‘Iolani’s boys and girls basketball teams have already suffered casualties. The girls lost standout guard Kylie Maeda for the season after she suffered an ACL injury to her left knee in the opening seconds of a game during last week’s ‘Iolani Classic girls tourney. The sophomore said [...]

Punahou Basketball Tourney, day 1

38th Annual Punahou Basketball Tournament Thursday, Dec. 17 Wilson (Ore.) 66, Roosevelt 34 Roosevelt 11 8 8 7 — 34 Wilson (Ore.) 15 10 23 18 — 66 Roosevelt: Ese Tago 2, Kalai Kalei 0, Brandon Mitchell 4, Brendan Nakatani 2, Chase Yogi 4, Johnson Delos Santos 2, Pono Patoc 3, Mike Moe 2, Kaipo [...]

Tautofi: Leavin’ Las Vegas?

By Paul Honda Well, since the proverbial “cat’s out of the bag” at this point — another media source has noted that former Kaimuki athlete Desmond Tautofi may return from Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) soon — let’s discuss. I first got wind of Desmond’s possible return a few weeks ago. (So why not bring it [...]

‘Iolani Classic, day 2: Score updates, 11 p.m.

By Paul Honda We’re still in the opening round. If that sounds confusing, just remember that this is a 16-team field, so the first round is split into two days. Why two days? Well, ‘Iolani School is still in session, so that limits the hours the gym is available. Besides, not everyone loves to travel [...]

‘Iolani Classic: First-day roundup

By Paul Honda No doubt about it: Montrose Christian is powerful. Coach Stu Vetter’s team has a balance of size, athleticism and unselfishness that has marked all of the squads he’s brought to the ‘Iolani Classic. For a change, this might be the first Mustangs team that could win the Classic title. Montrose was one [...]

‘Iolani Classic, first round: ‘Iolani 68, Radford 39

By Paul Honda Losses? What losses? The ‘Iolani Raiders, fortified by the return of four starters, zoomed past Radford 68-39 in the opening game of the ‘Iolani Classic this afternoon. ‘Iolani, which lost to Keaau and Hilo last week at the St. Joseph/Waiakea Invitational, had spurts of dominance, particularly in the first half. The Raiders’ [...]

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