Boys basketball

Rob Pardini is the new boys basketball coach at Kalaheo, Mustangs athletic director Mark Brilhante told Hawaii Prep World on Tuesday afternoon. Pardini is a club coach in Kailua and was a Mustangs assistant two seasons ago under Alika Smith. “He emphasizes the student-athlete and is passionate about basketball,” Brilhante said about Pardini. “He’s a good guy and we believe he will do really well.” Smith left his post as the coach in the offseason after Kalaheo won the Division […]

The Tar Heels of Honolulu, coached by Kelly Grant, won division championships in 9th and 10th grade over the weekend in Las Vegas. They defeated the Bay Area Knights 46-33 in the 9th grade Level 2 division final. In the 10th grade Level 3 final, the Tar Heels defeated the Colorado Cardinals 54-42. Grant is the head coach for Maryknoll boys basketball.

Maryknoll alumnus Josh Burnett, who graduated in 2014 before playing one year at a prep school in North Carolina, has accepted a full scholarship to play at Kennesaw State University this season. Burnett, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard, was the Honolulu Star-Advertiser state player of the year as a senior, averaging close to 23 points and eight rebounds a game for the Spartans, who advanced to the state semifinals. The Owls compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference and went 10-22 overall […]

Farrington’s Steven Leopoldo will move over from coaching the varsity girls basketball team to become the head coach of the boys varsity, Governors athletic director Harold Tanaka said Wednesday. Leopoldo coached the girls team at the varsity level for the last three seasons and won the OIA White title two years ago. He has been with the Governors for 15 years at various levels, including head and assistant coach of the boys and girls JV basketball teams. “I always wanted […]

When the high school basketball season ended in February, word got around that Maryknoll’s super sophomore Justice Sueing Jr. might transfer to Mater Dei of California. The 6-foot-5 swingman denied the rumor. His 6-5 freshman teammate, Brian Washington, asked Sueing to promise that he wouldn’t be going anywhere. After all, with a very young lineup, the Spartans were one of the top teams in the ILH and the state. Sueing, who had transferred to Maryknoll from Arizona after his freshman […]