Boys basketball

Maybe it’s a done deal. Maybe not. From all visible angles, however, former St. Francis standout hoopster Kordel Ng is now a Kamehameha Warrior. The 5-foot-10 guard led Kamehameha with 13 points and a handful of assists in a 53-16 win over Saint Louis on Friday night in the ‘Iolani summer league. Ng and his teammates shared playing time. One of Ng’s buckets came on a fullcourt pass from longtime friend and new teammate Christmas Togiai. “It’s permanent. I’m going […]

With or without their top players, the Mater Dei Monarchs have made summer journeys to Hawaii an annual ritual. The 2019 trip has been, at times, quite a struggle. Splitting their varsity team in two, the Monarchs were 0-4 in the first two days of competition at the ‘Iolani Summer League and finished the week a combined 3-5. Mater Dei’s Varsity 1 squad lost to Team Shimamoto, a team of seniors and recent graduates, on a buzzer-beater by Cole Arceneaux. […]

It was a rare kind of game, a showdown between a promising 6-foot-11 shooter and a veteran 6-9 gunner. It was also one of the strangest, this summer-time exhibition game between the defending state champion of Hawaii, Maryknoll, and CIF powerhouse Mater Dei. By the end of the night — tip-off time was 8:45 p.m. — legendary coach Gary McKnight of Mater Dei had absorbed two technical fouls, was thrown out of the gym emphatically, and Maryknoll rallied for a […]

Once again, California Interscholastic Federation powerhouse Mater Dei is in the islands for a summer trip. Mater Dei began play in the ‘Iolani Summer League on Wednesday and will continue to compete. The visitors have split their group into three squads. Mater Dei won a national championship in 2014 and has won 11 state titles, 23 CIF-SS titles, 16 Southern California regional titles and 34 league titles in the last 35 years. Coach Gary McKnight has an overall record of […]