Girls basketball

The pairings and bracket for the Snapple/HHSAA Girls Basketball Division I State Championships released on Wednesday night are nearly duplicate to last year’s template. The layout posted here at Hawaii Prep World a few days ago had Lahainaluna as the No. 2 seed instead of Waiakea, the most obvious difference. Also, Maui reached the tourney as the MIL’s runner-up instead of King Kekaulike. As always, there’s at least one potential gangbuster in the quarterfinal round. This season, it’s going to […]

Life on the road can be fun and it can be frazzled, particularly during the Snapple/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships. The Leilehua Mules learned from a state-tournament trip to the Valley Island in 2017. They flew in on game day and departed that night. In between, they lost a heartbreaker to Kamehameha-Maui, 33-31. A busy school day. A short flight. A long drive Upcountry (Pukalani). A long drive back to the airport. Back on the plane. Then a drive from […]

ILH champion ‘Iolani, which has reigned as the No. 1 team in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Top 10 for 10 consecutive weeks, is the top seed in the Snapple/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships. Brackets were released Wednesday with BIIF champion Waiakea seeded No. 2 after ending four-time defending state champion Konawaena’s run of BIIF titles that extended for the last decade. The Warriors will host the winner between Kalani and Radford next Thursday while the Wildcats will host Leilehua in a […]

The Lady Raiders of Kahuku never wavered. The ups and downs made them stronger as they rose to capture the Oahu Interscholastic Association girls basketball Division I title last week with a 63-59 win over Kalani. Leiah Naeata surpassed expectations all season, capping it with a 33-point, eight-rebound, seven-assist performance against Kalani. Coach Latoya Wily saw her team, especially returnees like Naeata, transform after a postseason loss to Moanalua last year. “I know that was one of her biggest games […]

The ‘Iolani Raiders remain at No. 1 for a 10th consecutive week in today’s Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10. ‘Iolani (20-6) completed its Interscholastic League of Honolulu season on Saturday, defeating No. 3 Kamehameha 60-48 for the title. The season-long No. 1 status for ‘Iolani is a rarity for any program. The Raiders are likely to be the top seed when the Hawaii High School Athletic Association reveals the seedings, pairings and brackets for the Snapple/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships […]

With the Snapple/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships brackets expected to be released soon, here’s a look at last year’s Division I pairings and how they would compare if the same numbers were used this season. 2018 D-I State Tournament pairings OIA 4 (Mililani) @ MIL 2 (KS-Maui). Winner vs. #1 seed Maryknoll. OIA 5 (Campbell) @ BIIF 2 (Waiakea). Winner vs. #4 seed Kalani. >> quarterfinals at Moanalua OIA 6 (Kaiser) @ OIA 2 (Moanalua). Winner vs. #2 seed Konawaena. […]

The drought has finally ended for Waiakea. The Warriors got 17 points from Tayvia Cabatbat to topple Konawaena 58-48 for the Big Island Interscholastic Federation championship on Saturday night at Col. Ellison Onizuka Gymnasium. Waiakea ended Konawaena’s iron fist atop the BIIF standings. Konawaena had won 10 league championships in a row. Waiakea also ended a title drought that went all the way back to 2008. Cabatbat, a transfer from Konawaena, scored seven points in the final quarter. Down by […]

‘Iolani’s 60-48 win over Kamehameha tonight means the Raiders have their first Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls basketball championship since 2012. In the six years since that crown, Kamehameha (’13), Punahou (’14) and Maryknoll (’15-’18) ruled the throne. In ’12, the Raiders reached the state final after defeating Mililani and Lahainaluna, but lost to Konawaena 56-45 for the title. Since then, the Raiders reached the big dance in ’13, losing to Konawaena in the semifinals, then went five seasons without […]