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No. 1 Maryknoll, No. 3 ‘Iolani march to showdown

By Paul Honda on March 15, 2022

After one week of softball for dozens of teams from across the state, Maryknoll left no doubt. The Spartans swept through the Glenn Ah Sam Trojan Softball Classic with an 8-0 mark, beating Campbell, 4-2, and Mililani, 4-0, on Sunday for the title. The 2021 ILH champions collected 10 of 11 first-place votes from the panel of coaches and media on Monday. Maryknoll will meet No. 8 Punahou in its ILH season opener on Wednesday at Sand Island. Campbell remained […]

Senior Classic at Saint Louis honors former player, assistant coach Damien Farias

By Paul Honda on March 10, 2022

(Note: Roster additions released on Friday, Mar. 11.) EJ Kapihe, meet O’Shen Cazimero. Amari Westmoreland-Vendiola, this is Drew Triplett. Some of the state’s top basketball players will join forces on Saturday at the inaugural Damien Farias Senior Basketball Classic. The game will tip off in Saint Louis’ Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium at 7 p.m. On Team Red: Kapihe, the 6-foot-5 Kamehameha swingman, and Cazimero, the 2020 Gatorade player of the year from Kohala, along with Peyton Macalupay (Punahou), Shoncin Revuelto […]

Mid-Pacific girls basketball coach Reid Sagawa steps down

By Paul Honda on March 9, 2022

After three years guiding one of the top Division II girls basketball programs in the state, Reid Sagawa has resigned. The longtime coach plans to spend more time with son Brody, a ninth-grader at ‘Iolani, and visiting daughter Madison, who plays at Chapman (Calif.). He will also spend more time with his parents. “It’s always tough to give it up. When I applied for this position three years ago, I was the third coach in three years and I just […]


Maryknoll reigns in Softball Top 10 as season openers near

By Paul Honda on March 9, 2022

Nearly three long years have passed since the last softball state tournament which means, on paper, ‘Iolani is still the defending champion. Maryknoll, however, collected six of eight first-place votes and is No. 1 in the season-opening Star-Advertiser Softball Top 10. The Spartans won the ILH title in 2021, when the state tournament was on hold. The Campbell Sabers, who won three state crowns in a row from 2015 to ’17, garnered one first-place vote and are No. 2. ‘Iolani […]

Saint Louis opens baseball season at No. 1

By Paul Honda on March 9, 2022

In 2021, the baseball season began in late April. This year, it is already underway with OIA regular-season play. The ILH begins this week, but the state’s top five teams are all from the private-school league in the first Star-Advertiser Baseball Top 10 of ’22. Saint Louis collected nine of 10 first-place votes from the panel of coaches and media on Monday. The Crusaders have several stellar seniors back, including Nu‘u Contrades and recent basketball state tournament most outstanding player […]

Devotion and loyalty run deep for Saint Louis’ Revuelto ohana

By Paul Honda on March 9, 2022

The glue guy is the bridge between past and present, and in this case, the father and the son played the role to the fullest, and a breakthrough state title was the result for the Saint Louis Crusaders. Shoncin Revuelto, a senior starting guard, and father Mark Revuelto, an assistant coach, were part of the transition from the previous regime to new coach Dan Hale in 2019. Often enough, Shoncin was an unsung, ultra-reliable and trustworthy grit and grinder. The […]

Hoopbook: Pupule’s Top 10 post-season questions

By Paul Honda on March 6, 2022

The 2022 postseason in answered some vital questions about many things Hawaii high school roundball. There are also many questions left unanswered, like why aren’t there UNDISPUTED boys champions in the BIIF and MIL? There is logic, of course, in the eyes of fans at Division I programs like Baldwin and Hilo, which won their respective leagues. If D-II programs want it, they can always request to move up given the proper procedures and timing. But the pupule fan in […]

Aqua power: Mililani scholar-athlete champions Belise, Blaise Swartwood

By Paul Honda on March 4, 2022

For years, Belise and Blaise Swartwood were home schooled by their mother, Weni. That set the foundation for their prowess at Mililani. Belise, a sophomore who won three OIA girls swimming events recently, has a 4.2 grade-point average. Blaise, a senior, won four first-place medals at the OIA championships and has a 4.4 GPA. The talented, hard-working sister and brother helped Mililani capture team titles at OIAs, and they are in the mix when the state championships get underway on […]