Girls basketball

Konawaena two-sport standout Chanelle Molina is the Gatorade Hawaii girls basketball player of the year for the third time in a row, the Gatorade Company announced Thursday. Molina, who led the Wildcats to a 26-1 overall record and the state Division I championship, was named the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s player of the year last week. She also made the newsapeper’s girls volleyball All-State team in the fall. The 5-foot-7 senior guard averaged 19 points, eight rebounds and 7.6 assists per game, […]

As if they needed it, the neighbor islands got another example of its dominance of prep girls basketball. Led by Chanelle Molina again this year, neighbor island girls have been the player of the year in eight of the last nine years. The only exception is Princess Lauvao of Kaimuki in 2013. The ILH hasn’t had the player of the year since Shawna-Lei Kuehu of Punahou in 2008. The complete 2015-16 Honolulu Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Fab 15 was released in […]

The ILH released its 2016 girls basketball all-star teams on Monday as voted on by league coaches. DIVISION I Player of the year—Tyra Moe, Sr, Punahou Coach of the year—Chico Furtado, Maryknoll FIRST TEAM Camy Aguinaldo, Jr, ‘Iolani Alexis Delovio, Sr, Maryknoll Vonica Malufau, Sr, Punahou Kamaile Kandiah, Jr, Punahou Jessica Hanashiro, Sr, Sacred Hearts SECOND TEAM Brooke Maeda, Sr, ‘Iolani Mikiala Maio, Jr, Kamehameha Kalina Obrey, Fr, Kamehameha Chayse Milne, So, Maryknoll Rhianne Omori, So, Maryknoll Honorable mention ‘Iolani: […]

State Division I girls basketball champion Konawaena is at No. 24 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings. The Wildcats (15-0 in Hawaii and 27-1 overall) captured their sixth D-I state title since 2004 last week with a 44-34 victory over Maryknoll in the tournament final. The MaxPreps rankings released Feb. 17 are here: http://t.maxpreps.com/1RSuf8f. The Wildcats’ only loss came to No. 8 Forestville (Md.) in Washington D.C.