Girls basketball

It was a long 48 hours for the team from mauka side. Kealakekua is mostly on a slope, its local high school bordered by ranch land, cows and horses. Perched roughly 800 feet above the sea, it takes some time to get down to historic Kealakekua Bay. When the Konawaena Wildcats arrived on Oahu after a 7 a.m. flight on Thursday morning, there was no talk of dominating opponents, of threading the needle, so to speak, and getting past nationally-ranked […]

Took almost an hour to get from the OIA-ILH Challenge (Moanalua High School) to ‘Iolani, where the Konawaena-Riverdale Baptist game was running about 45 minutes late. Thank you, Lord. Riverdale is 3-1 and ranked No. 1 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 Writers Poll. Q1: Riverdale 9, Konawaena 7 The Crusaders, ranked first or 16th depending on who you believe, are towering. Unlike Miramonte (Calif.), who Konawaena beat 63-62 on Thursday, Riverdale has girls 6-4, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. As tall as […]

Between all-state football photo-taking and two basketball tournaments, it’s been a lot of shifting around today. Thank God traffic was pretty smooth. I’m also thankful that I got to see — and record — an instant classic. Konawaena’s 63-62 thriller over CIF powerhouse Miramonte might turn out to be the best game of the year. It had star power: Konawaena junior Chanelle Molina scored 12 of her 27 points in the first quarter, and she added six rebounds and seven […]

A capsule look at the opening-round games of the ‘Iolani Classic girls tournament, which tips off today. Konawaena, Roosevelt, ‘Iolani are the darkhorses in a tourney featuring three nationally-ranked teams. Riverdale Baptist of Upper Marlboro, Md. was 28-3 last year and is a clear favorite in the Classic. They won the Dick’s Nationals title last season. Shenzen (China) vs. Riverdale Baptist (Md.), 3:30 p.m. Word is Riverdale is the real deal, the favorite to win this tournament. It’s a long, […]