Boys basketball

Darrick Jones Jr. is the undisputed slam dunk champion of high school basketball. He was 5-0 coming into the slam dunk contest at the ‘Iolani Prep Classic on Thursday night. With a series of windmills, East Bay Funk and lob-off-the-side-of-the-backboard throwdowns, Jones prevailed once again. He was won all six dunk contests he has entered. All of them were at high school tournaments. At ‘Iolani, he brought fans to their feet again and again. “How much power I dunk with, […]

Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) 65, Mount Vernon (N.Y.) 57, final Kamron Robinson‘s 20 points powered the Demos in a rough, physical battle with the Eagles. Lamar Washington added 14 and rim protector Nate Rawlins-Kibonge chipped in 10. Troy Hupstead led Mount Vernon with 18 points and Xavier Riullano tallied 13. Dontae Myrick with the lob to Nate Rawlins-Kibonge gets the Demos bench jumping. Lead is 60-49 with 3 minutes left after the 8-0 run. Eagles get within 60-55, miss a 3 […]

The Damien Monarchs are in Phase 2 — life after Jydon Hall — with one big test now behind them. The Democrats of Jefferson (Portland, Ore.), also known as the Demos, provided that challenge. Up just eight points at the half, Jefferson locked down defensively with an air-tight man-to-man commitment en route to a 75-49 win on day two of the ‘Iolani Prep Classic. Keshawn Hall led the Demos with 18 points and Kamron Robinson added 15. Lamar Washington tallied […]

So far, so not like day one. Garfield (Wash.), Archbishop Wood (Penn.) and familiar face Oak Hill (Va.) raced to easy wins on day two of the opening round at the ‘Iolani Prep Classic. In the final game of the night, Jefferson (Ore.) turned a close game into a second-half runaway, 75-49. Wednesday’s games Garfield 81, Kaiser 41 Archbishop Wood 73, Moanalua 38 Oak Hill 91, Mid-Pacific 35 Jefferson 75, Damien 49 Thursday’s games Consolation 9:30 a.m. Moanalua vs. Tsinghua […]

For nearly four quarters, Kamehameha hung tight with national powerhouse Long Island Lutheran (Brookeville, N.Y.) In the end, the 1-2 combo of 6-foot-8 Zed Key and point guard Andre Curbelo was enough for the visiting Crusaders to escape with a 63-57 win over the Warriors in opening-round action of the ‘Iolani Prep Classic. Key, a commit to Ohio State, was a tower of strength, but faced resistance from Kamehameha’s bigs and finished with a modest 13 points. He was, however, […]

Tuesday’s games Kalani 45, ‘Iolani 44 Wasatch (Utah) 101, Tsinghua (China) 59 Mount Vernon (N.Y.) 66, Mililani 51 Long Island Lutheran (Brookeville, N.Y.) 63, Kamehameha 57 Wednesday’s games 3:30 p.m. Kaiser vs. Garfield (Wash.) 5 p.m. Moanalua vs. Archbishop Wood (Westminster, Penn.) 6:30 p.m. Mid-Pacific vs. Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 8 p.m. Damien vs. Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) Kalani 45, ‘Iolani 44 Micah Kouchi scored 13 points, Jacob Shibuya tallied 11 and Brandon Chung added 10 as Kalani stunned […]

Chad Townsend doesn’t want to hear about status or perceptions. For the Leilehua boys basketball coach, all that matters is the next game on Saturday. “We got Saint Louis,” Townsend said on Friday afternoon after the Mules edged ‘Iolani 47-46. Landyn Jumawan led a balanced scoring attack with 11 points. Nick Cheung splashed six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points to lead ‘Iolani, which has lost three close nonconference games in the past week. True, there’s a lot to digest […]

He’s not just an interim coach. Col. Michael Wingfield is the JROTC instructor at Moanalua. The players simply call him “Colonel”. Wingfield and four assistant coaches, nearly all brand-new since the resignation of head coach Byron Mello on Nov. 27, saw Na Menehune escape with a 56-54 overtime win over ‘Iolani on Thursday night. In other matchups on day one of the OIA-ILH Challenge, Leilehua outlasted Mid-Pacific 62-54, Maryknoll defeated Kalaheo 45-37 and Kahuku hit three key free throws in […]