Girls basketball

There’s a list a certain pupule writer is composing that, in terms of importance, breaks apart like this — if was a pie chart: 60 percent, All-Defensive Team; 39 percent, most improved player; and 1 percent, roughly 200 girls basketball players rated in my latest sumo-rankings style groupings. So the order of priority is simple enough. By vote via coaches and media, here’s the 2017 All-Defensive team in girls basketball, in ranked order: ALL-DEFENSE 1. Celena Jane Molina, Konawaena 2. […]

The 2017 Honolulu Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Fab. 15 can be found in Sunday’s newspaper. Konawaena junior point guard Cherilyn Molina is the state player of the year. Konawaena’s recent dominance could continue well into the future with 5-foot-10 forward Caiyle Kaupu the fourth Wildcats freshman to be named to the Fab 15, joining Lia Galdeira, Cherilyn Molina and Chanelle Molina. Freshmen to be named All-State first team: Caiyle Kaupu, Konawaena, 2017 Cherilyn Molina, Konawaena, 2015 Chanelle Molina, Konawaena, 2013 Lia […]

Three years ago, Mona Fa‘asoa was ready to call it a career after more than a decade as Kaimuki’s esteemed girls basketball coach. The circle of supporters at Kaimuki pulled her back in, and the results were astounding. The Bulldogs made the move back to Division I and reached the OIA championship game this season, falling to Farrington. This time, Fa‘asoa is stepping away for good. Friday morning, Kaimuki announced vacancies for the girls basketball and boys soccer head coaching […]

The ILH released its girls basketball all-star teams on Tuesday as voted on by the league coaches. Maryknoll’s Chico Furtado earned coach of the year honors after guiding the Spartans to their third consecutive ILH championship while Kamehameha senior Mikiala Maio took home player of the year honors in Division I. Division I Most valuable player—Mikiala Maio, Sr, Kamehameha Coach of the year—Chico Furtado, Maryknoll First Team Camy Aguinaldo, Sr, ‘Iolani Kalina Obrey, Soph, Kamehameha Isabella Cravens, Jr, Maryknoll Kamalu […]

Anti-climatic, sure. Polls at the high school level are more like whipped cream than anything nutritious. But for voters, there are mini dilemmas. Konawaena’s win over Maryknoll in a thriller of a state-championship game makes the top spot on a ballot easy to pick. But what about the likes of ‘Iolani, which lost to Kamehameha, a state semifinalist, by just three points in an ILH playoff game. And ‘Iolani had only seven players in uniform. What about Mililani, which won […]

Two weeks before the state championships, Sherice Ajifu took a stark look at her unbeaten Mid-Pacific Owls. They had pulled out a 43-37 win over St. Francis to complete the ILH Division II girls basketball season. After rolling over D-III competition by margins of 54, 49, 55 and 39 points, and league D-II foes by 16, 12, 14, 25, 28 and 35 points, the six-point win over St. Francis was jarring. It was the Owls’ first ILH girls basketball title […]

Cherilyn Molina of Konawaena and Ciera Kameehonua of Mid-Pacific were named the most outstanding players of their respective divisions at the Snapple/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships on Saturday. Molina was impeccable on both ends of the floor as the Wildcats swept through the tourney to win their third state championship in as many years. Molina, a junior, has been a key part of all three titles in this run. She scored 14 points with four rebounds and five assists in […]