Boys basketball

Tennessee State came calling and Sage Tolentino now has two Division I college basketball scholarship offers. Tennessee State was 18-15 last season, including 9-9 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Belmont, Murray State and Austin Peay are the league’s top teams. “I just feel the same way about the Kansas offer. Every offer is amazing for me. It doesn’t matter which school is the top school. Every school has a purpose,” Maryknoll’s 7-foot junior said on Tuesday from Cincinnati. “The school […]

The awards and honors are piling up for Christmas Togiai. The Kamehameha senior was named Gatorade boys basketball player of the year in Hawaii on Thursday. Togiai averaged 14 points, six rebounds and nearly three blocks per game for the Warriors. He was voted by coaches and media the Star-Advertiser All-State player of the year. He was also selected ILH player of the year. Kamehameha (28-6) won the ILH with a perfect 13-0 record and reached the state tournament final. […]

Closing the Book: No. 3 Kahuku (19-7, 9-2 OIA) Brandyn Akana is a basketball coach, but before that, he was always a basketball fanatic. The first thing he says before the questions about his Kahuku Red Raiders’ season is about the now. He asks, “How boring is March without March Madness?” Well, Coach, sorrow shared is half the sorrow, so feel free. In fact, reminiscing about Kahuku’s season is much more fun. The Red Raiders were one win away from […]

Closing the Book: No. 2 Kamehameha (28-6, 12-0 ILH) > vs. Top 10: 16-6 (.727) > Top 10 wins: MOA, PUN, MOA, CYN, KD, PUN, MPI, PUN, MS, MPI, DMS, STL, MS, LEI, MS, KAH > Top 10 losses: MS, LUHI, KAIS, COL, ER, MS > Non-Top 10 losses: None > Home: 6-0 > Away: 9-0 > Neutral: 13-6 > Playoffs: 1-0 > HHSAA: 2-1 The season was remarkable for the Kamehameha Warriors, walking in a dream. They were 12-0 […]