Girls basketball

The Kalani Falcons have landed at No. 10 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10. Coach Chi Mok’s squad is on a six-game win streak and eked out Mid-Pacific by one point for the 10 spot in the voting by coaches and media. The Lady Falcons, 6-0 in OIA East play, visit unranked Kahuku on Wednesday night. Maryknoll remained the unanimous pick by coaches and media as the No. 1 team. The Spartans won three of four games at the […]

The Maryknoll Spartans finished 3-1 with a consolation title at the Tarkanian Classic today in Las Vegas. Maryknoll defeated Gillette (Wyo.) 53-50 today for ninth place. Spartans center Isabella Cravens and wing Kamalu Kamakawiwo‘ole were selected to the all-tournament team. The Spartans, ranked No. 1 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10, opened the tournament with a heartbreaking 49-47 overtime loss to Post Falls (Idaho). They defeated Buckeye Union (Ariz.) 62-26 on Thursday and Marlborough (Calif.) 69-27 on Friday. Maryknoll […]

The ILH is ahead of most leagues when it comes to preseason performance in girls basketball. Rugged is the word in a league where the lower half had been successful against perennial powerhouses. This ballot was submitted on Sunday for Monday’s Star-Advertiser Top 10 release. Here’s how I voted. (All win-loss records as of Saturday, Dec. 16.) Pupule BKG Top 10 12/17/17 1. Maryknoll Spartans (14-1, 3-0 ILH) Pupule ranking last week: No. 1. Last week’s games W 46-38 #2 […]

Yes, No. 1 Maryknoll held on for a 46-38 win over No. 2 Kamehameha on Friday night. But with a key injury to one of the state’s best post players, Kamehameha really shouldn’t have been this close. “You didn’t give us enough credit,” Warriors coach Joseph Cho said. He’s right. I’ve seen quite a bit of this mature Warriors team. Young as they are, they hang in there no matter what the situation. And this time, the situation should’ve been […]

Sherice Ajifu says there was no choice. The Mid-Pacific girls basketball coach, who led the Owls to the Division II state championship last season, resigned on Sunday after several days of crisis within the program. It came down, she said, to “core values.” “I don’t want to put anybody on a hot seat, but I’ll say this: we decided to resign due to a lack of administrative support,” Ajifu said Thursday night. “It has nothing to do with a kid. […]