Boys basketball

For a half, neither team would concede. Not to each other, but more than that, not to the officials. The crew at Tuesday night’s McKinley-Kalaheo game consistently whistled hand checks, and that left two Tigers with three fouls by halftime. Kalaheo had its share of foul troubles — defensive stopper Kekai Smith was among the Mustangs who sat with fouls early — but made the right adjustments in the second half. Or rather, Kaleb Gilmore did. Instead of relying on […]

Star-Advertiser BOYS BASKETBALL Jan. 13, 2015 Team PTS. 1. Kalaheo (14) 158 2. Punahou (2) 146 3. Saint Louis 119 4. Kahuku 104 5. ‘Iolani 95 6. Farrington 90 7. Leilehua 52 8. Maryknoll 43 9. Lahainaluna 33 10. Baldwin 15 Also receiving votes: Campbell 12, Pahoa 5, McKinley 3, Roosevelt 3, Kamehameha 2. Pupule ballot BKB 1/12/14 1. KLH 2. PUN 3. KAH 4. STL 5. LEI 6. FAR 7. IOL 8. LAH 9. PAH 10. MS Here we […]

He flew thousands of miles during the holidays to be with his mother. Roosevelt boys basketball coach Steve Hathaway got on a plane and arrived in Iowa a few weeks ago to spend time with his mom, Lorna Beckwith, as she laid in a hospital, extremely ill. He returned to the islands in time for the Rough Riders’ OIA regular-season opener against Castle two days after New Year’s. After Roosevelt’s close loss to Kahuku on Friday, he and his family […]

If you want tough, hard-nosed basketball, you might want to check out the Saint Louis Crusaders. The team, which is ranked fifth in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Top 10 poll, is 2-0 in the ILH and is coming off an 11-3 preseason campaign. The two wins have come against league contenders who also happen to be in the Top 10 — No. 7 Maryknoll and No. 3 ‘Iolani — and both were on the road. It should also be noted that coach […]

Potential is the first word that comes to mind after watching ‘Iolani’s Hugh Hogland play basketball for the first time. The boy is 6-foot, 8 inches and is probably still growing. And … drum-roll please … he’s only a sophomore. Confidence is the second word that comes to mind. Not because he possesses a ton of it, mind you, but, boy, if he ever does block out the naysayers, this giant (by Hawaii standards) has the potential — there’s that […]