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‘Tis the season for hoops hysteria

By Paul Honda on November 24, 2016

I‘m grateful for many things. One is covering sports for eight years in a place that has, as my old editor Bobby Command (at West Hawaii Today) would say, “provincial” qualities. Honokaa vs. Kohala basketball in the 1990s drew packed gyms for boys and girls games. Cousins versus cousins, going back generations. Keone Emeliano, Kalei Emeliano, Travis Van Zandt, Kihei Kapeliela, Benny Alcoran launching 3-point bombs all night for Kohala. Jayme Carvalho, Taich Alip, Kaulana Noa holding down the fort […]

Ex-Moanalua G Keene leads NCAA in scoring

By Paul Honda on November 23, 2016

Point guard Marcus Keene made quite a splash during his one season at Moanalua. Playing under then-Na Menehune boys basketball coach Greg Tacon, Keene was a 5-foot-8 starting point guard as a freshman on a team that featured 6-4 high flyer Marcus Monroe. Behind Keene’s team-high 14 points, Na Menehune defeated Kahuku 64-58 in the OIA Red championship game and reached the state-tourney quarterfinal round. A year later, Keene’s military family moved to San Antonio. In 2012, the San Antonio […]

7-time champ Oak Hill returns to ‘Iolani Classic

By Nick Abramo on October 22, 2016

Seven-time ‘Iolani Classic champion Oak Hill will return to the ‘Iolani Classic boys basketball tournament this year. The boys and girls tournament fields are set for the December event. Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) captured the boys title in 1989, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2010 and 2014. Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), the 2012 champ, is also in this year’s tourney. Mount Vernon (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), De La Salle (Concord, Calif.), Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.), Southwind (Memphis, Tenn.) and Corona […]

Bud Scott left a great legacy at Punahou

By Nick Abramo on July 22, 2016

The Punahou basketball community lost a great one recently with the death of Charles “Bud” Scott on June 22. Scott, the winningest coach in the long and storied history of the Buffanblu hoops program, was 88. He also coached at Laupahoehoe and Hilo on the Big Island, and finished with a career mark of 224-59. His involvement in Hawaii high school athleteics spanned from 1952 to 1991. In 2014, Scott was given the Ka‘i Alapa Award by the Punahou O-Men, […]

Moanalua rocks a colorful new scoreboard

By Nick Abramo on May 5, 2016

For anyone who has been to the Moanalua gym recently, you’ve seen this big, colorful, beautiful new scoreboard. It’s way more than a scoreboard actually. It’s made up of multiple TV screens and can be used for presentations at school assemblies and also by coaches to show live or recorded videos of a practice session for instructional purposes. Joel Kawachi, the Moanalua athletic director, briefly told Hawaii Prep World about the capability of the equipment during a state boys volleyball […]

‘Iolani’s Hogland earns Gatorade honor

By Hawaii Prep World on March 17, 2016

‘Iolani junior Hugh Hogland, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser all-state player of the year, was named the Gatorade Hawaii Boys Basketball Player of the Year on Thursday. Hogland averaged 15.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.0 blocks per game to lead the Raiders to a 22-9 record and the ILH and state championships. He is now the seventh different ‘Iolani player to win the award, joining Ikaika Phillip (2013-14), Kyle Pape (04-05), Derrick Low (01-02, 02-03, 03-04), Cord Anderson (1998-99), Derek Christensen (96-97) […]

ILH coaches select ‘Iolani’s Mann as best player

By Hawaii Prep World on March 7, 2016

It turns out the ILH and Honolulu Star-Advertiser differ on who the best player in the league was this year. ILH coaches voted ‘Iolani’s Robby Mann as the ILH boys basketball player of the year. The complete All-ILH teams were released Monday, a day after the Star-Advertiser selected ‘Iolani junior Hugh Hogland as its player of the year with Mann finishing third in the voting. The complete teams are below: Division I Most valuable player—Robby Mann, Sr, ‘Iolani Coach of […]

Mann most improved, Hogland leads All-Defense

By Paul Honda on March 6, 2016

The opportunity to probe the minds of coaches and a few media about all-state selections is usually a mixed bag. Basketball, as much as any team sport, is about teamwork. Postseason individual honors are not. As much as some people believe that an all-state selection should or must be as close to a championship trophy as possible, it just ain’t so. Ernie Banks won a National League MVP award while playing for a last-place Chicago Cubs team. The debate about […]

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‘Tis the season for hoops hysteria

Ex-Moanalua G Keene leads NCAA in scoring

7-time champ Oak Hill returns to ‘Iolani Classic

Bud Scott left a great legacy at Punahou

Moanalua rocks a colorful new scoreboard

‘Iolani’s Hogland earns Gatorade honor

ILH coaches select ‘Iolani’s Mann as best player

Mann most improved, Hogland leads All-Defense

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