Boys basketball

The monarchy is intact. Damien made certain of it, withstanding a major rally by Mid-Pacific for a 58-54 win to secure a state-tournament berth on Saturday afternoon in a near-capacity Bishop Scanlan Gymnasium. The Monarchs will meet Maryknoll on Monday in their next step up the staircase format of the ILH’s second-round tournament. The Damien-Maryknoll winner will meet Kamehameha, the regular-season first-place team, for the league title on Wednesday. “After we lost on senior night, this was a good team […]

The kookiness, zaniness and flat-out heartbreak is real across the state this week — just ask Punahou and Waiakea. Konawaena, the fourth-place team in the BIIF, stunned first-place Waiakea 66-50 on Tuesday, eliminating the Warriors from title and state-berth contention. Waiakea was 10-1 during the regular season, but had no protection, and the playoff games were played at Kealakehe. Konawaena then lost to Kamehameha-Hawaii, which had earlier knocked Hilo out. KS-Hawaii and Konawaena will represent the BIIF at the D-I […]

Drake Watanabe poured in 20 points as Roosevelt escaped with a 61-54 overtime win over Kaimuki to secure a Division II state-tournament berth on Wednesday night. Freshman Kayman Lewis added 12 points, including the go-ahead 3 in the extra period, and Logan Quinlan tallied 14 points for Roosevelt (11-7). Center Kaulana Koki manned the key with nine points and six rebounds. The Rough Riders advanced to the final of the OIA D-II playoffs and will meet McKinley for the title. […]

This season of OIA boys basketball was the superhero with a big question mark on his chest. Who? What? Really? The OIA playoff brackets were released on Friday morning and here’s a look at what was, what is and what could be. East boss Kalaheo is in the same sub-bracket with West 2 Mililani, which lost to Leilehua 50-49 in a Thursday thriller to end the regular season. Also in the sub-bracket: Kapolei, Kailua, Moanalua and Campbell. Between these six […]

The crescendo is at fever pitch in Hawaii boys basketball. With the playoffs about to tip off, 18 teams received votes in the Star-Advertiser Top 10 this week, the most all season. The panel of coaches and media had no issues with Kamehameha as a unanimous No. 1 today’s rankings, but the turbulence of the late regular season has seven teams in new spots. That includes Kaiser, which returned to the Top 10 at No. 9 following a stunning 41-40 […]

The most predictable thing about the BIIF boys basketball race is that it is… unpredictable. The game of musical chairs continued on Saturday as Kohala stunned Waiakea 44-41 at Hisaoka Gymnasium. O’shen Cazimero pumped in 18 points and Jeffery Francisco tallied nine for the Cowboys in a game that had been originally scheduled two weeks ago. Weather conditions and a leaky roof at Hisaoka forced the postponement, but only whetted the appetite of Kohala’s fans. “The crowd was crazy,” Kohala […]

The first time Maryknoll and Damien met, the visiting Spartans had to scrap for every board and bucket en route to a rugged 44-40 win on Jan. 16 at Bishop Scanlan Gymnasium. Fifteen days later, on Friday night, Damien visited Maryknoll and, again, lost by the same margin in a 45-41 loss at Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium. Maryknoll (25-3, 9-2 ILH) clinched a state-tourney berth with the win. For Damien (15-13, 6-6), a major difference was the void left behind […]

The final day of the OIA boys basketball regular season on Thursday shook up the league playoff bracket. Leilehua’s 50-49 victory over Mililani gave the Mules the No. 1 seed in the West with the previously undefeated Trojans dropping to the No. 2 seed. Both will receive a first-round bye and open their playoffs in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. In the East, Kahuku needed a win to lock up the No. 1 seed, but lost to Kaiser, giving Kalaheo the […]