Boys basketball

From the outside, the basketball gym at Parker School is nondescript. A small structure as residents and passers-by blitz by on the highway. Thelma Parker Gym and the school campus are close to the town center at Waimea on the Big Island, a place where basketball culture comes and goes. With a small enrollment, Parker’s boys basketball team has a good season once in awhile. On Wednesday night, the Division II Bulls made it a memorable night. They matched their […]

Kelly Grant was less than pleased about his team’s defensive performance. No. 4 Maryknoll welcomed No. 5 St. Francis to Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division I boys basketball with a 65-52 win over the Saints in Manoa on Thursday night. The Spartans were efficient offensively with 49-percent field-goal shooting (24-for-49), decent enough at the free-throw line (12-for-19, 63 percent) and persistent on the offensive glass with 11 second chances. Marcus Tobin’s expanded range wasn’t necessary as he continually scored in […]

With St. Francis moving up from Division II to D-I, the Interscholastic League of Honolulu now has three berths in the D-I state championships. It’s a godsend for a league that has long been underrepresented in terms of quality programs. Often enough, there are four to five Top 10 teams in ILH D-I, and only two teams permitted to represent the league at the state tourney because of the HHSAA by-laws, which follow a mathematical formula for each league’s participation. […]

Punahou garnered nine out of 10 first-place votes to become the first team this season to hold down the No. 1 spot for a second week in a row. Unlike some ILH teams that traveled, the Buffanblu (15-1, 0-0) were idle from game action last week. They open league play on Thursday against Mid-Pacific, one of four consecutive road games to start the regular season. ‘Iolani (9-4, 0-0 ILH) remains at No. 2 after a busy week at The Classic […]

The Farrington Governors are doing it quietly and effectively. The Govs shot 76 percent from the free-throw line and got a monster game from Raefe McEnroe — 16 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and four blocks — in a stunning 59-55 win over No. 7 Moanalua on Friday night. It was a loud audience at Richard Kitamura Fieldhouse with roughly one-third of them cheering for the visiting Na Menehune. The visitors’ decibel level was as high as the home crowd’s […]