Girls basketball

The girls basketball regular season begins this week in the ILH and OIA. ALREADY! The days of January starts are long gone. Girls basketball is ahead of the boys by two weeks, as it has been in recent seasons, to alleviate strenuous gym-time challenges at just about every high school. Interesting that there are a number of coaches, current and retired, who still bemoan the conflicts caused by having boys and girls season in the winter instead of split up […]

Kamehameha junior Kalina Obrey was named most outstanding player of the Orthopedic Associates Sacred Hearts Invitational basketball tournament on Saturday. Obrey had 21 points against Kamehameha-Maui, 19 points and 21 rebounds against Waiakea, and poured 20 points against Hawaii Baptist. Teammate Jewel Paaluhi-Caulk, their point guard, was also selected to the all-tournament team. 14 vs ksm, 16 against Waiakea and 11 against HBA. Joining them are Dallas Martinez and Te‘Hiwa Medeiros of Sacred Hearts, Kelsie Imai of Waiakea and Ally […]

Frankly, the Kamehameha Warriors weren’t interested in playing Sacred Hearts twice in a five-day period. Instead of playing the host Lancers in the final of the Orthopedic Associates Sacred Hearts Invitational, Kamehameha coach Joseph Cho opted to switch spots with Waiakea after beating the Big Islanders on Friday in the semifinals. Kamehameha played Hawaii Baptist in what amounted to a third-place matchup. The Warriors overcame the resilient Eagles in a 49-41 win on Saturday afternoon at Dorothy Macy Nobriga Gymnasium. […]

The Waiakea Warriors didn’t really consider this a championship game, but there they were. After losing to Kamehameha in Friday’s semifinal round of the Orthopedic Associates Sacred Hearts Invitational, Waiakea was prepared to play in Saturday’s third-place game, but there was a hitch. Kamehameha coach Joseph Cho wanted to avoid facing Sacred Hearts Academy, which ousted Hawaii Baptist in the other semifinal. Sacred Hearts (7-4 nonconference), a fellow member of ILH Division I girls basketball, plays Kamehameha on Thursday in […]

Looking for girls basketball tournament and preseason scores? Click here for scores through Nov. 27. Got a score for a preseason or tournament game not listed or an upcoming game or tournament that is not shown, please email hawaiiprepworld@staradvertiser.com . There are three girls basketball tournaments scheduled for this week: the Orthopedic Associates Sacred Hearts Invitational, the Ka Makani Girls Basketball Tip-off Classic at Hawaii Prep, and the Kapaa Goodwill Tournament.

There was a time, not so long ago, when LaToya Wily and Chico Furtado were not coaching counterparts. In fact, Wily was one of the top hoopsters in the state, and she departed from Kahuku to play at Furtado’s girls basketball juggernaut at Kalaheo for a season. Furtado, now coach at Maryknoll, remembers it clearly. “That was some crazy times. She played for me one summer with Hawaii Select. Then she came over after her freshman year. Leaving a community […]