Boys basketball

“Dead in the water.” That was Kalaheo coach Alika Smith’s description of the Mustangs’ plight facing an 11-point deficit with 3:35 left in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s OIA East boys basketball game against No. 4 Kahuku. But top-ranked Kalaheo still had hope — and Kaleb Gilmore. For much of the first half and into the second, Kalaheo tried to shoot over Kahuku’s zone. Gilmore attacked the defense late in the game to set up teammates for scores and his quickness […]

HIGHLIGHTS FIRST HALF SECOND HALF

The Campbell Sabers spent part of their winter break playing basketball in Las Vegas. Coach Wyatt Tau‘s team appreciated the aloha of many transplanted islanders on the so-called “ninth island”. They played four games there, winning one. Campbell defeated Liberty 56-50 on Dec. 26, then lost to Cathedral 80-26, Chaparral 39-24 and Cypress 57-55. “Heck yeah, we’re freezing,” Tau texted during the trip. “We are having fun. Maybe too much.” Temperatures in Las Vegas dipped into the 30s during their […]

Maybe it’s sacrilegious, the way some of us love the holiday basketball season. I mean, not that we worship the game, but would I be willing to give up basketball, say, for lent? Ai. Yai. Yai. Tough call there. But Tuesday night was champeeenship night with final games — and the promise of a great postseason — before us. Here’s a quick spin through the three tournaments in Honolulu that closed shop until next December. >> The Mustangs gallop to […]