Boys basketball

  .   It’s 1:35 a.m., I got done with 12 hours of coverage (video, reporting, photos) at the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships and, after a late-night dinner, I’m officially fried brains. It’s a nice, happy kind of fatigue, though. It’s not like I’m a hoops glutton, no way, not even with me finally home and watching the NBA All-Star Saturday skills challenge off the DVR. I have to say this (and a few other things): the Division […]

Well, the semifinals are done in the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships. Kahuku rallied from 10 down to beat Kamehameha-Hawaii, which not only came to the game worn out by illness, but lost captain and point guard Lanaki Apele on a freakish accident, a collision with Mekeli Fiso that led to a dislocated left elbow. But going back to the illnesses, coach Dominic Pacheco and player Shaun Kagawa confirmed tonight that Kagawa was ill last night after the Warriors’ […]

Hard to believe something like this could happen, but it has. The Kamehameha-Hawaii basketball team has suffered from food poisoning since late last night after a post-game meal, which followed a 39-37 overtime win over AOP. See the breaking story on our home page here. I had a case of food poisoning and dehydration last summer. It was awful. I came home, felt extremely tired (mid-day), took a nap, got up and was throwing up and had diarrhea non-stop. Then […]

(Here’s the extended version of today’s preview for the Division II bracket of the boys basketball state tourney.)  This is the land of mystery and intrigue. It’s not the old set for “Lost” or the Bermuda Triangle. This is the Division II bracket of the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships, where the top seed gets no opening-round bye and any underdog could end up taking the Big Dance. “There’s so much parity that anything can happen. Any one of […]

(Here’s the extended-length version of this morning’s preview of the Division I bracket in the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships.) The big blue mountain awaits any basketball team seeking to upset top-seeded Punahou. DeForest Buckner, a 6-foot-7, 250-pound senior, is the difference between the Buffanblu being a very good team or a great team. Without him, Punahou sustained its only loss during the regular season. With him, no opponent can score and rebound at the rim against Buckner, who […]

Final: Kamehameha 54, ‘Iolani 40. The Warriors advance to the state tournament, ending ‘Iolani’s late-season run. Halftime: ‘Iolani leads defending state champ Kamehameha 27-23. Gabriel Vega with 10 points and Duke Pauli with eight for the Raiders. Dyrbe Enos scored all 10 of his points in the second quarter. Winner claims third place in the ILH and a state-tournament berth. Loser is done for the season. Near-capacity crowd at ‘Iolani. Tough to get parking. Baseball game also going on (Kaiser-‘Iolani, […]

In case anyone wasn’t aware: the OIA boys hoops playoff game between Pearl City and Mililani has been moved up from Saturday to Friday due to gym inavailability. Pearl City at Mililani, 6 p.m. Should be rockin’. Paul Honda, Star-Advertiser