Boys basketball

Defending state champion St. Francis is the top seed in Division II in the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships that begin Wednesday. The Saints, who are ranked No. 3 in the state in the latest Honolulu Star-Advertiser Top 10, will host Roosevelt in a first-round game on Wednesday. Hawaii Prep will play Kauai in the first game at St. Francis. OIA champion Kalani is the No. 2 seed and will play Honokaa at Kaimuki on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Seabury […]

Some quick thoughts on the brackets that were released this afternoon for the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships. Seeded teams 1. Maryknoll 2. Kalaheo 3. Lahainaluna 4. Kamehameha-Hawaii Not a surprise here. Maryknoll (25-4) has been dynamic against one of the toughest schedules in the state. In addition to winning the ILH championship — taking the regular season with a 9-1 mark, then capturing the league playoff tournament — the Spartans were 13-5 against Top 10 competition. Three of those […]

Cannen Chiu‘s 3-pointer in the final seconds to stun Kahuku on Wednesday gave Kalaheo an OIA title and the No. 2 seed in the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships that begin Monday. Maryknoll (11-2) is the top overall seed, followed by the Mustangs (10-3), Lahainaluna (13-0) and Kamehameha-Hawaii (15-0). OIA runner-up Kahuku hosts Kailua and ILH runner-up Punahou will receive a visit from McKinley in Monday’s first round. Moanalua will travel to Konawaena and Kapolei will head to Kamehameha-Maui in […]

He started basketball life as a Falcon, flew to Oahu from Maui, and wound up a Falcon again. Brandon Chung knows the rigamarole and routine well now. He also knows the warm and fuzzy feeling of being an OIA champion. The 6-foot-2 sophomore scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half to help lead Kalani over Roosevelt, 61-52, in the Division II championship game on Wednesday night at McKinley Student Council Gymnasium. That makes it back-to-back titles for […]

If you are a Kahuku boys basketball fan, it may be best to stop reading right here. Unranked Kalaheo proved, with a miraculous 55-53 win over Kahuku in the Oahu Interscholastic Association championship game on Wednesday night, that in this league, it’s never how you start. Kalaheo not only learned to finish, the Mustangs finished strong with wins over two teams — Kapolei was the other one — that were previously unbeaten in league play. They did it with tough-nosed […]

The ILH boys basketball title came down to the final possession. Maryknoll senior Jordyn Perez converted a 3-point play with 11.1 seconds remaining and the Spartans recovered from blowing a 10-point lead with 3:02 remaining to hold off Punahou 57-52 on Wednesday night for their first league title since 2013. Perez finished with 11 points and eight rebounds and Jaylen Cain led four Spartans in double figures with 16 points and sealed the game with two free throws with less […]

Kahuku advanced to the OIA championship game with a 56-40 win over McKinley on Monday night, but it was more than just a solid win for Kahuku. It was about patience. Dealing with walkers instead of runners. Kahuku (24-3 overall) could have tried more to speed the game up, but opted not to press fullcourt. They do more than enough, really, out of a rugged man-to-man defense. But the Tigers were not quite accommodating. Plan A worked to near perfection […]