A year older, a year wiser. No. 2-ranked Saint Louis made quick work of a dangerous Kaimuki squad, using a 20-0 first-half run for a 57-32 win on Saturday night at Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium. It is the Crusaders’ eighth win in a row since losing to University on Nov. 30 at the Surfrider Holiday Classic. Junior Pupu Sepulona led the way with 16 points while classmate Shancin Revuelto splashed three treys and finished with 11 points. Sepulona and senior […]

Basketball bonanza buffet is the only way I can say it. So much goodness. So little time. The fun part is posting video shot from behind backboards. After all the years, decades really, of filming prep basketball and even our men’s league in the 1990s, I never did it more than once or twice. Now I’m hooked. Instead of sitting up high on the bleachers with the long view from the Handycam, I’m having a blast posting highlights within minutes […]

As for the preponderance of zone defenses in summer leagues and preseason, Maryknoll and Kailua played man to man from the start. Kailua’s come-from-behind win was a classic defensive struggle for 29 minutes, and then pure drama in the final 3 minutes as the Surfriders prevailed over the top-ranked Spartans, 42-40. Here’s a review of the four boys tournaments in play on Thursday night. Moanalua Invitational Thursday’s scores Seaside (Ore.) 51, @ Moanalua 36 >> Sea: Austin Palmer 13. Moa: […]

The run-and-gun unit at Kailua has gone defensive. With Noa Donnelly, Dylan Kunz and Maddox Pung — and help from Sebastian Ledda — battling in the trenches — Kailua used a suffocating 2-3 matchup zone to repel upstart University Lab, 45-37, in the championship game of the Surfrider Holiday Classic on Saturday night at Kailua. It was the first loss of the nonconference slate after five wins for unranked University. They had beaten Campbell twice, on Monday and Friday, and […]