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The brutal OIA East: Adapt or go extinct

By Paul Honda on January 14, 2015

For a half, neither team would concede. Not to each other, but more than that, not to the officials. The crew at Tuesday night’s McKinley-Kalaheo game consistently whistled hand checks, and that left two Tigers with three fouls by halftime. Kalaheo had its share of foul troubles — defensive stopper Kekai Smith was among the Mustangs who sat with fouls early — but made the right adjustments in the second half. Or rather, Kaleb Gilmore did. Instead of relying on […]

Pupule: Kalaheo earning its status

By Paul Honda on January 13, 2015

Star-Advertiser BOYS BASKETBALL Jan. 13, 2015 Team PTS. 1. Kalaheo (14) 158 2. Punahou (2) 146 3. Saint Louis 119 4. Kahuku 104 5. ‘Iolani 95 6. Farrington 90 7. Leilehua 52 8. Maryknoll 43 9. Lahainaluna 33 10. Baldwin 15 Also receiving votes: Campbell 12, Pahoa 5, McKinley 3, Roosevelt 3, Kamehameha 2. Pupule ballot BKB 1/12/14 1. KLH 2. PUN 3. KAH 4. STL 5. LEI 6. FAR 7. IOL 8. LAH 9. PAH 10. MS Here we […]

Pupule: Kona unanimous at No. 1 – almost

By Paul Honda on January 13, 2015

Star-Advertiser Top 10 GIRLS BASKETBALL Jan. 13, 2015 Team PTS. 1. Konawaena (14) 149 2. Roosevelt (1) 128 3. Lahainaluna 109 4. Maryknoll 107 5. Punahou 98 6. Hilo 62 7. Mililani 48 8. Kamehameha 42 9. ‘Iolani 39 10. Kailua 16 Also receiving votes: Kaiser 14, Leilehua 7, Farrington 2, Nanakuli 2, Hawaii Baptist 2. Pupule ballot BKG 1/12/14 1. KON 2. ROOS 3. LAH 4. MRY 5. PUN 6. HIL 7. KS 8. IOL 9. KAIS 10. MIL […]


Roosevelt coach leans on family, friends

By Paul Honda on January 12, 2015

He flew thousands of miles during the holidays to be with his mother. Roosevelt boys basketball coach Steve Hathaway got on a plane and arrived in Iowa a few weeks ago to spend time with his mom, Lorna Beckwith, as she laid in a hospital, extremely ill. He returned to the islands in time for the Rough Riders’ OIA regular-season opener against Castle two days after New Year’s. After Roosevelt’s close loss to Kahuku on Friday, he and his family […]

Campbell swimming program expands

By Nick Abramo on January 11, 2015

The Campbell boys and girls swimming program has nearly tripled in size in four seasons under coach Laxmi Diaz. In the 2012 season, when she began coaching the Sabers, she was in charge of six boys and six girls swimmers. The next year, the total number was up to 24, and in 2014, it rose to 35. This year, there are 34 Sabers swimmers. “When I started teaching at Campbell, I couldn’t believe that the total number of swimmers was so low […]

Saint Louis’ Mr. Intangible plays a big role

By Nick Abramo on January 11, 2015

If you want tough, hard-nosed basketball, you might want to check out the Saint Louis Crusaders. The team, which is ranked fifth in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Top 10 poll, is 2-0 in the ILH and is coming off an 11-3 preseason campaign. The two wins have come against league contenders who also happen to be in the Top 10 — No. 7 Maryknoll and No. 3 ‘Iolani — and both were on the road. It should also be noted that coach […]

Existentially speaking, Kaleoaloha is the water

By Nick Abramo on January 11, 2015

Kamehameha’s Kanoa Kaleoaloha had just set his third of four meet records at the 38th annual Dorothy Aki Swimming Invitational on Saturday, when he was asked how his day was going. “Pretty good. The water was a lot warmer than yesterday,” he said. A little prompting was needed to — as the saying goes — lead this horse to, pun intended, water and get him to drink. “I ate some good food.” And? “I got a good rest and did some really […]