Boys basketball

Kahuku’s Jessiya Villa leads 2017 boys basketball Fab. 15 voting Brandyn Akana is not a fortune teller, nor is he a prophet. He simply wants to enjoy the moment, which is a wise choice. Kahuku’s first boys basketball state championship captured the imagination of hometown fans and faraway foes alike. With all the chaos that surrounded the University of Hawaii men’s basketball program while he was an assistant coach there, the NCAA violations, the questions over the hiring of Akana […]

The 2016-17 Fab. 15 All-State team in boys basketball will be released in Sunday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Punahou’s Christopher Kobayashi figures to make the team after being named the ILH Division I boys basketball most valuable player. Maryknoll’s Kelly Grant is the ILH coach of the year in Division I. Below are the complete ILH all-star teams as voted on by league coaches. Division I Most valuable player—Christopher Kobayashi, Sr, Punahou Coach of the year—Kelly Grant, Maryknoll FIRST TEAM Hugh Hogland, […]

There is no closet space for excuses, but there is a prayer closet for the devoted. All the years that Kahuku had enough talent and schematics and willpower to capture a boys basketball state championship — three seasons of reaching the finals, to be exact — those elements were not quite enough. Three times, Kahuku fell at the hands of private-school programs with esteemed history and tradition. 2017 was different. The returning slate under second-year head coach Brandyn Akana was […]

This time, Saint Francis finished the state tournament the way it started. Last year, the Saints were awarded the top seed in the Division II boys basketball bracket but settled for third after a three-point loss to Seabury Hall in the semifinals and watched University celebrate the title. The Saints got back to work this season and rolled to the ILH D-II title to again earn the No. 1 distinction in the eight-team state tournament field. They won their first-round […]

Facing a 13-point deficit with less than 90 seconds left, Kalani nearly completed the arduous climb in Friday’s Division II state championship game. But the furious rally stalled after closing to within three with 22.6 seconds remaining, leaving the Falcons again just short of the peak. Saint Francis managed to protect just enough of the lead to capture the D-II title of the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball Championships with a 52-46 win Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center. Kalani, the tournament’s […]