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The names are familiar enough. Their identities? That’s another matter. Just about every team in this year’s OC-16/HHSAA Boys Basketball Division I State Championships has undergone a transformation (or two or three) since the start of preseason. If this boys basketball season was a human, it would be a cross between Al Pacino’s “Sonny” in “Dog Day Afternoon” and Sly Stallone as Balboa in “Rocky”. Maybe. The OIA started out with few surprises. Leilehua was the best in the West. […]

Interscholastic League of Honolulu champion ‘Iolani drew the No. 1 seed for the upcoming boys basketball state tournament. Oahu Interscholastic League champ Kalaheo is No. 2, followed by Maui Interscholastic League winner Lahainaluna at No. 3 and Big Island Interscholastic Federation titlist Waiakea at No. 4. St. Francis drew the No. 1 seed for Division II. The Division I bracket is here: http://bit.ly/1XsjWbl The Division II bracket is here: http://bit.ly/1U2chAC

If you haven’t noticed, Punahou is really coming around, and despite a slow start to the boys basketball season, the Buffanblu are now in the states. There are a lot of reasons for that, including teamwork, unselfishness and — in the case of Friday’s night’s ILH tournament victory over Kamehameha — deadly 3-point shooting. Another reason is the emergence of sophomore point guard Cole Arceneaux. He has played all season, but his role has increased steadily. In Punahou’s platoon system, he […]