Boys basketball

By Paul Honda phonda@starbulletin.com There’s not a whole lot of air under the feet of the St. Joseph Cardinals, but they certainly wear wings. The Cardinals, using a methodical halfcourt offense and fine-tuned efficiency with a sticky 2-3 zone, stunned Moanalua 56-50 on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Na Menehune Holiday Classic at Moanalua’s gym. St. Joseph will face defending state champion Kamehameha in a 6 p.m. semifinal on Tuesday. Thomas Fairman, a 6-foot-5 sophomore, had 18 points and […]

Na Menehune Holiday Classic Moanalua High School gym Monday, Dec. 28, 2009 Quarterfinal: Marina (Calif.) 61, Kaimuki 47 Dane Okuda poured in 21 points, including five treys, J.J. James added 14 points and Tyler James had 13 for the Vikings. Marina, of Huntington Beach, Calif., will meet ‘Iolani in Tuesday’s semifinal at 7:30 p.m. Gabriel Stetziel led Kaimuki with 23 points, including four 3-pointers. The Vikings shot 9-for-30 from the 3-point arc. Kaimuki was 7-for-20 from deep. A 3-pointer by […]

By Paul Honda Aaron Fernandez scored 17 points despite a box-and-one defense as Kalaheo rallied from an early six-point deficit to beat Island Pacific 56-47 Tuesday night in the Walter Wong Classic final at McCabe Gym. IPA zoomed to an 18-12 lead, using Theo Duplechain and London Amorin to track Fernandez. Duplechain, a 6-3 junior, hustled for 14 points and 10 boards in the first half, but went to the bench with his third foul with 1:26 left. Kalaheo then […]

By Paul Honda Final day of the Classic. Teams are tired, but playing hard, their fifth game in six days. Kamehameha won a thriller over Tsinghua in consolation play despite missing key free throws down the stretch. Championship: Yates (Houston) 97, Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia) 96 Yates 24 23 21 29 — 97 Neumann-Goretti 31 22 21 22 — 96 Yates: Joseph Young 25, Darveon Trahan 0, Elton Roy 6, Trey Dickerson 0, Marshall Lange 2, Gary Jackson 4, Ronnie Lewis 0, […]

By Paul Honda Updates from Monday’s games at the ‘Iolani Classic. Semifinal: Yates (Houston, Texas) 88, Columbia (Decatur, Ga.) 66 Joseph Young poured in 30 points as the Lions hounded the Eagles in the late game, breaking open a close battle during the third quarter. Yates led just 38-36 at intermission, but relentless fullcourt press wore down Columbia. Young’s 3-point bombs were daggers during the third-quarter blitz. He finished with seven treys in all. Darius Gardner and Elton Roy added […]

By Paul Honda Got the abacus* out and did the math. There are some seriously interesting numbers behind Yates’ 95-88 win over Lutheran from last night’s thrilling quarterfinal at the ‘Iolani Classic. Lutheran comes from a town named Orange, near Anaheim, Calif., and was relatively unheard of coming into the tourney. Yates (Houston, Texas) had a lot of hype, deservedly so, for averaging 130 points per game. Also, for carrying a national ranking. • Lutheran outrebounded Yates 42-28, an astounding […]

By Paul Honda After 32 exhausting minutes — and he played every second — of a 95-88 win over Lutheran (Calif.), Yates (Texas) senior Brandon Peters had every reason to take a pass on the ‘Iolani Classic slam-dunk contest. The competition began within 10 minutes after the game, which was a run-and-gun affair from the opening tip. Peters had a tremendous game — 23 points, including several alley-oop dunks that electrified his team and a capacity crowd — but showed […]