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Kordel Ng scored 16 points, including a free throw with 5.4 seconds left, as No. 2 Kamehameha edged No. 1 Maryknoll 46-43 on Tuesday night at Kekuhaupio Gymnasium. After Ng’s free throw, Maryknoll advanced the ball to halfcourt, using two time outs. With 2.5 seconds left, inbounds passer Justin Yap misfired as Sage Tolentino, their 7-footer, waited for the ball. Kamehameha dribbled out the final ticks on the clock. “I feel good. Right now, our finishing is a little suspect. […]

Maryknoll remains on the throne while Kahuku lands in the Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10 for the first time this season. Maryknoll (18-1, 2-0) received all 10 first-place ballots for a second week in a row. The Spartans edged ‘Iolani and Mid-Pacific to open ILH regular-season play. Kahuku got a boost with the return of Robbie Sauvao, a 6-foot-3 senior. Sauvao’s versatile skill set helped the Red Raiders surprise Moanalua, 63-60, on Thursday. Kahuku then defeated Farrington, 58-48, on the […]

When it matters most, the top-ranked Maryknoll Spartans demonstrate the most basic, perhaps most important skill of all. The Spartans make free throws. It was true when Tony Sellitto was their coach in the 1980s. It remains true today with former Sellitto protege Kelly Grant at the helm. Top-ranked Maryknoll made 13 of 16 free-throw attempts in the final quarter for a dramatic 42-36 win over sixth-ranked Mid-Pacific at the Owls’ gym on Saturday night. Again, as was the case […]