Boys basketball

This is Final 4 day, semifinal-round play and consolation bracket battles at the Punahou Invitational. Had some work to clear out this morning and got here to Hemmeter Fieldhouse by 12:30 p.m. for the tip-off between No. 9 Kamehameha-Hawaii and a very talented, freshman-heavy Damien squad. Capsules below will be newest to oldest, or reverse chronological order. Consolation Bracket No. 1 Punahou 44, Tesoro (Calif.) 41, final Cole Mausolf’s 3 gives Punahou a 43-41 lead, and a blocked shot by […]

Kapolei at Mililani sounded like a game without a lot of pizazz. I was still interested, though, when the assignment came my way. How does Kapolei respond after a week of outstanding basketball? Mililani might not be at powerhouse form this year, but they’ll be scrappy, and they’ll be playing at home. Stranger things have happened. But to supplement my diet of hoops, I squeezed in a quarterfinal game at the Punahou Invitational. St. Francis against the mighty Cherokee of […]

No, it’s not a typo. In fact, Everett Torres-Kahapea had no idea how many points he was scoring and scoring and scoring in Kailua’s clutch 84-80 overtime victory over Moanalua on Thursday night. The junior’s 42 points, a career high, was needed in every way by the Surfriders. Their versatile 6-foot-6 junior, Isaiah Hopson, left the game with an ankle injury in the second quarter. Lydell Romero stepped up. Moanalua kept bringing tough man-to-man defense, changing defenders on Torres-Kahapea. “My […]

Kameron Ng poured in 31 points, including 11-for-14 the free-throw line in the final quarter, as St. Francis stunned Sequoia (Redwood City, Calif.) 66-61 on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the Punahou Invitational. It was a clutch win for the small school from Manoa Valley. The Saints, ranked No. 5 in the Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10, had lost only two games to this point, both to ILH Division I powerhouses Punahou and Kamehameha. “We held it down […]

A bumpy week for some teams, but a lot of optimism despite these early-season struggles. Punahou is clearly the alpha dog in many ways. Here’s how I voted in this week’s Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10. All win-loss records and results as of Dec. 23, 2017. Pupule BKB Top 10 ballot 12/24/17 1. Punahou Buffanblu (12-1, 0-0 ILH) Pupule ranking last week: No. 1. Last week’s games W 89-44 Waiakea 12/19 St. Francis Inv W 50-48 #6 Kahuku 12/20 St. […]