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Some quick thoughts on the brackets that were released this afternoon for the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships. Seeded teams 1. Maryknoll 2. Kalaheo 3. Lahainaluna 4. Kamehameha-Hawaii Not a surprise here. Maryknoll (25-4) has been dynamic against one of the toughest schedules in the state. In addition to winning the ILH championship — taking the regular season with a 9-1 mark, then capturing the league playoff tournament — the Spartans were 13-5 against Top 10 competition. Three of those […]

Cannen Chiu‘s 3-pointer in the final seconds to stun Kahuku on Wednesday gave Kalaheo an OIA title and the No. 2 seed in the Snapple/HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships that begin Monday. Maryknoll (11-2) is the top overall seed, followed by the Mustangs (10-3), Lahainaluna (13-0) and Kamehameha-Hawaii (15-0). OIA runner-up Kahuku hosts Kailua and ILH runner-up Punahou will receive a visit from McKinley in Monday’s first round. Moanalua will travel to Konawaena and Kapolei will head to Kamehameha-Maui in […]

He started basketball life as a Falcon, flew to Oahu from Maui, and wound up a Falcon again. Brandon Chung knows the rigamarole and routine well now. He also knows the warm and fuzzy feeling of being an OIA champion. The 6-foot-2 sophomore scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half to help lead Kalani over Roosevelt, 61-52, in the Division II championship game on Wednesday night at McKinley Student Council Gymnasium. That makes it back-to-back titles for […]

If you are a Kahuku boys basketball fan, it may be best to stop reading right here. Unranked Kalaheo proved, with a miraculous 55-53 win over Kahuku in the Oahu Interscholastic Association championship game on Wednesday night, that in this league, it’s never how you start. Kalaheo not only learned to finish, the Mustangs finished strong with wins over two teams — Kapolei was the other one — that were previously unbeaten in league play. They did it with tough-nosed […]