Boys basketball

They were in black Under Armour shirts and tan khaki shorts. The Honokaa Dragons had just opened their week-long visit to Oahu. After a 69-57 win over host Roosevelt, the team shook hands with the Rough Riders, disappeared from the gym and emerged in their post-game outfits. They looked very much like a cohesive unit. Not quite a military squadron, but very streamlined on and off the court. These are not the usual 21st-century Honokaa Dragons, who have been competitive, […]

This was close after one quarter, Punahou ahead 14-13. It was still close at 19-18 before Punahou’s fullcourt press wreaked havoc on the Governors. The visitors sank four treys during a 25-8 run in the final 6 minutes of the first half. Cole Arceneaux’s fastbreak trey from the left wing beat the buzzer. Punahou leads at the break 44-26. Buffanblu open the lead to 63-28 with 2:24 left in the third quarter. Coach Steven Leopoldo platooning his guys from the […]

The Pupule Barnstorming Tour resumes this lovely (a little rain, a little sunshine) with an awesome inter-league, preseason matchup at Richard Kitamura Fieldhouse. I’ll blog as long as my phone battery holds out. It’s on 66 percent. It’s been only one week or so since coaches made their roster cuts. Very few teams look sharp this early in the season. It’s not even December yet. But ‘Iolani has some horses back and Dean Shimamoto continues to be one of the […]

The 17th annual James Alegre Invitational is scheduled for Dec. 2-5 at Radford. The Rams will host the 10-team boys basketball showcase pitting five OIA teams (Radford, Farrington, Leilehua, Mililani, Moanalua) against non-OIA teams. Punahou and Saint Louis will represent the ILH with Honoka’a out of the BIIF and Lahainaluna representing the MIL. James Alegre Invitational Wednesday, Dec. 2 Honoka’a vs. Radford, 2 Lahainaluna vs. Mililani, 3:30 Punahou vs. Leilehua, 5 Saint Louis vs. Farrington, 6:30 Thursday, Dec. 3 Honoka’a […]

Caroline Tatupu is the new Farrington varsity girls basketball coach, Governors athletic director Harold Tanaka confirmed Monday. Tatupu was previously the Govs girls basketball coach before downgrading to assistant coach for a few seasons and then taking a break all of last season. Steven Leopoldo, the girls coach last season, was hired as the Farrington boys coach in June. That hire came after Allan Silva left the boys varsity post to take the Saint Louis head coach position. “She won […]