Boys basketball

It’s hard to argue with success. Especially when it looks like this on paper: 21 points, 18 rebounds, two blocks. Sure, 8-for-21 shooting isn’t prime, but on the other hand, Chance Kalaugher re-established himself as the dominant low-post scorer in the OIA on Tuesday. Kaiser improved to 9-1 in the OIA East and a remarkable 23-4 overall with a 59-55 win over powerhouse Kalaheo. With first place in the division on balance, the Kaiser senior scored 15 points in the […]

Saint Louis is off to a 5-1 start in the extra-tough Interscholastic League of Honolulu and is the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s fourth No. 1 boys basketball team in the last four weeks. The Crusaders received 10 first-place votes and moved up 10 spots to inch past last week’s No. 1 team — Kaiser. The Cougars (8-1 Oahu Interscholastic Association East) suffered 62-58 overtime loss to Roosevelt last week and fell to No. 2. Two weeks ago, Punahou (2-4 ILH) was the No. […]

The whirlwinds of high school basketball aren’t contained to the Interscholastic League of Honolulu (take your pick, D-I or D-II). Nope, they’re alive and well in the OIA East, where a No. 1 team (Kaiser) fell on the road (at Kailua) and a No. 4 team (Kalaheo) fell on the road. Which was more impressive? Hmm… At Theodore Roosevelt High School gymnasium, where half-moon backboards were part of the landscape through the 1980s, it was unranked Roosevelt that shocked No. […]