Boys basketball

Yoshi Kobayashi raced to 18 points as Punahou pulled away for a 72-61 win over La Jolla Country Day (Calif.) on Saturday night. Punahou (9-6) will meet Tennessee powerhouse Science Hill in the final of the Punahou Invitational on Monday at 8 p.m. Science Hill outlasted San Marcos, 68-60, in the other semifinal. Ryder Hsiung tallied 16 points and Kanoa Kalahiki added 10 for the Buffanblu, who shot 13-for-27 from the foul line. Center Jordan Deshawn Hepting had 11 points, […]

Luke Pardini scored 12 of his 18 points in the third quarter as Kalaheo turned a three-point halftime lead into a 61-42 road win at Kaiser on Saturday night. Mario Drummer scored 12 points and Cyrus Singelman added 10 for Kaiser (9-5 overall). It was the OIA East regular-season opener for both teams. “We got a lot of easy buckets and I think that was key for us, especially coming out of the first half pretty even. For us to […]

Michael Johnson is the new boys basketball coach at Moanalua, the school announced on Saturday. A letter by Principal Robin Martin to the players and parents made public also explains that interim coach Col. Michael Wingfield will be retained as a “co-coach.” “Today, we welcomed Michael Johnson as our new addition to the coaching staff,” Martin wrote. “Michael Johnson has been assisting at the Division II college level for the past three years. Col. Michael Wingfield and Mr. Michael Johnson […]

The Farrington Governors got one part of the mission done. They just didn’t have a way to fill in the rest of the blanks. Farrington limited Moanalua’s high-scoring junior, Geremy Robinson, to just 13 points, but Na Menehune still coasted to a 72-36 win on Thursday night to open OIA regular-season play. Farrington used a box-and-one defense to limit Robinson’s touches, but Elijah McGruder came through with 10 points and nine rebounds, and Kyle Hughley added 11 points. Jibraun Emerson […]

There is a black mamba in the world of Cam Thomas. He likes it that way. The 6-foot-4 senior was a workhorse in the ‘Iolani Prep Classic, relentlessly slashing to the bucket for layups, runners and free throws. Thomas’ 30 points, plus seven rebounds, led No. 14 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) to the school’s eighth tourney title with a 76-65 win over No. 15 Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, Utah) on Saturday night. “His favorite player is Kobe […]

No. 14 Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 76, No. 15 Wasatch (Mount Pleasant, Utah) 65, final Haven’t seen Coach Evans (Wasatch) nor Coach Smith (Oak Hill) this tense before a game all week. Not nervous tense, but definitely feeling the moment. This is big for both programs. Oak Hill, not their finest team ever, but very fluid, good chemistry and explosive. Wasatch, balanced, big, talented. Wasatch doing a lot of switching out of man defense, but they haven’t been […]

No. 14 Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 79, Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 61 Cam Thomas scored 33 points as the Warriors advanced to the title game. Darius Maddox added 16. Oak Hill will meet No. 15 Wasatch Academy in the final on Saturday, 8 p.m. Kamron Robinson had 18, Marquis Cook 14, Nate Rawlins-Kibonge 12 and Jason Davis Jr. 10 for the Demos. The Demos ran into trouble in the first quarter when center Nate Rawlins-Kibonge picked up his second […]