Boys basketball

The two scenarios were almost identical. ‘Iolani trailed Campbell (27-26) by one point and had possession of the ball with 26.3 seconds to go. Kahuku trailed Kalaheo by one point (36-35) and had possession with 9.6 seconds left. In ‘Iolani’s scenario, the ball was in the backcourt, but with Campbell sitting back in a zone, there was no immediate pressure. In Kahuku’s scenario, the ball was at midcourt. Kalaheo extended its 2-3 zone coverage. Here’s where things got different. >> […]

They were once the kneelers on canvas, counted out of title contention. Each of the teams in tonight’s Final Four at the New City Nissan/HHSAA Boys Basketball Division I State Championships was left for dead, so to speak, after losing in their respective league playoffs. Kahuku, loser in the OIA final. Kalaheo, loser in the OIA semifinal. Campbell, loser in the OIA quarterfinal. Those three teams have one thing in common: they were oppressed and defeated by the Governors of […]

Survey the landscape. You will find a terrain without seeds. But this valley of battles is far from barren. Four regiments remain, racing to the peak of a mountain. The league champions who waved the largest banners on Thursday were toppled, one by one. A stampede from Oneawa Hills and a march to the foul line Kalaheo proved in more than one way that it not only was deserving of a No. 1 ranking during much of the regular season, […]

This is the extended story on Thursday’s quarterfinal matchup at the boys basketball state tourney. The published story is in this morning’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. (subscriber content) This time, it wasn’t quite so close. When they last met, Kalaheo needed a buzzer-beating putback by Alec MacLeod to edge Punahou in the final of the Punahou Invitational two months ago. On Thursday, Kalaheo left no doubt with a resounding 64-48 victory over the top-seeded Buffanblu in the quarterfinals of the New City […]

Not one league champion in the bunch. The dust has settled in the Division I boys basketball state championships, and we’re left with OIA second-place Kahuku (14-2), ILH second-place ‘Iolani (10-4), OIA third-place Kalaheo (15-1), and OIA fifth-place Campbell (13-2). Gone are the top-four seeds — ILH champion Punahou, OIA first-place Farrington, MIL titlist Lahainaluna, and BIIF winner Konawaena. Three of the remaining teams come in with some serious bigs — 6-foot-8 Hugh Hogland of the Raiders, 6-7 David Marrero […]

The field has pared off four entrants from 12 to eight. The Division I state tourney is in full gear tonight with four games of meaning. Yesterday’s opening round gave underdogs plenty of opportunity, but none could walk away with victory in hand. Nope. It wasn’t to be. Maui ran and ran, shot better than 50 percent from the field and still lost to Kalaheo 77-65. The Sabers had 39 turnovers, early double their number of field goals made. Playing […]