HIGHLIGHTS FIRST HALF THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER Fourth-quarter highlights. New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Basketball Division I State Championships, Finals. No. 3 Kalaheo (OIA third place) vs. No. 5 ‘Iolani (ILH runner-up). Stan Sheriff Center. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. Score: Mustangs 53, Raiders 46.
Here’s a look back at the state tourney and the impressive numbers of Kalaheo’s two major contributors, Kaleb Gilmore and Kupaa Harrison. Gilmore was selected athlete of the week (see Tuesday’s Star-Advertiser). Gilmore, a senior guard, was productive and clutch as the Mustangs won four games in four nights to win the Division I state championship. He had 22 points, five assists and six steals against Maui; 25 points, four boards against top-seeded Punahou; four points, eight assists, four steals […]
Here’s the longer version of this morning’s story in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. He cradled it. He clutched it. He would not let it go. The HHSAA state championship trophy, in all its koa glory, looked right at home in the long arms of Kupaa Harrison. Minutes after the Kalaheo Mustangs held off ‘Iolani for a 53-45 title victory, the ceremony was done, photos were pau and all that was left was to cut the net. Harrison preferred to wait. Someone […]
Coach Dean Shimamoto chatted with Jason Kaneshiro after ‘Iolani’s 53-45 loss to Kalaheo in the title game of the New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships on Saturday night at Stan Sheriff Center. The Raiders won the state crown in 2014. “We had our ups and down this season but with every down I thought we made an adjustment, we learned something we got a little bit better and at the end of the season we were playing our best […]
The Geremy Robinson Public vs. Private School Senior Basketball Classic will be held on Saturday at Moanalua High School gym. The girls teams, selected by Robinson: Public School Jasmine Moody, Radford, F/C, 6-1 Starr Rivera, Roosevelt, G, 5-4 Patria Vaimaona, Kailua, F, 5-8 Jerri Maluyo, Leilehua, G, 5-4 Ciera O’Brien, Nanakuli, G, 5-4 Jade Marfil, Nanakuli, F, 5-8 Tayhila-Lee Chong, Waianae, G, 5-5 Kennedy Johnson, Radford, C, 6-0 Sharice Kawakami, Roosevelt, G, 5-4 Berlin Johnson, Waianae, F, 5-8 Coach: Charles […]
New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships Division II Kaiser (23-8, 7-4 OIA) vs. Kalani (11-16, 3-8 OIA) Championship game, 5 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center Results: These teams have met twice this season. The first time was the OIA East opener, a wild 78-77 win by Kalani at home. They met in the OIA Division II Final on a neutral court (McKinley) and Kaiser dominated in a 49-36 win. This week, Kaiser, the No. 2 seed, edged Damien 61-58 and […]
The final night of the big dance. Here’s a pupule look. New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships Division I ‘Iolani (18-7, 8-4 ILH) vs. Kalaheo (30-3, 13-1 OIA) Championship game, 7 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center Results: The Raiders, runners-up from the ILH, rallied past Leilehua 37-36 in the opening round, ousted MIL champ Lahainaluna 44-34 in the quarterfinals, and got a come-from-behind 29-27 win over Campbell in the semifinals. The Mustangs, ranked first for most of the season in […]
This is the longer version of the Kalaheo-Kahuku game wrap in this morning’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscriber content). Kupaa Harrison has a penchant for stepping up in the clutch. The 6-foot-5 senior scored 19 points, including a fastbreak 3-point bomb to give his team the lead for good with 1:27 left as Kalaheo edged Kahuku 36-35 in a thriller at Stan Sheriff Center. The win propelled unseeded Kalaheo (30-3, 13-1), the OIA’s third-place team, into the finals of the New City […]