Girls basketball

Please report scores and tournament schedules to sports@staradvertiser.com (follow-up call 529-4321) immediately after games. Also, CC me at phonda@staradvertiser.com, moiliiliquarry@gmail.com. Mahalo! Monday, June 26 Lahaina basketball players putting in hard work over the summer Lahaina News Wednesday, July 9 Llamedo Balances Music, Coaching Surfrider Basketball MidWeek Thursday, Nov. 13 • Waiakea Tournament √ Konawaena 64, Kamehameha-Hawaii 20 √ Maui 69, Keaau 24 √ Waimea 62, Waiakea 60 Friday, Nov. 14 • Nonconference √ Konawaena 77, Waiakea 21 √ Waimea 60, […]

(Note: Updates to add Hilo. I totally forgot about them in my faux ballot.) There’s no school on Saturday unless you are kid in Japan. But we did learn a thing or two that day — and in the past three weeks — on the girls’ roundball courts. I still haven’t seen all of the state’s top teams — Konawaena is 7-0, including a recent 85-2 win over Maui, and hosting its tourney next week, followed by a visit to […]

They’re so young, and their lead point guard is just a sophomore. I saw the future of the Kamehameha Warriors on Saturday and it was impressive. Even in a 47-42 loss to Roosevelt, they were gritty, relentless in the paint, and handled Roosevelt’s fullcourt press fairly well. It was in the halfcourt sets where the visitors came up with momentum-changing steals for buckets, and that’ll get better with time. “We worked well on defense, communicating well on the bench,” sophomore […]

When Kamehameha hosted Roosevelt on Saturday, I really wasn’t sure what to expect from the Warriors, who are down to three seniors with the graduation of several key players, including Alohi Robins-Hardy and Tiare Kanoa. But Roosevelt didn’t have it easy at all. They looked quicker, more cohesive and sharper in the early going and led 15-9. From there, points were hard to come by in the paint against a taller, bigger, stronger Kamehameha interior defense. But Roosevelt never lost […]

Earlier in the week, I got to see Maryknoll’s evolution from a defensive-oriented team to a defense-first team that loves to run. ‘Iolani has already been there with the quick offensive transition for awhile. They were at it tonight against a dangerous Kailua squad. After sinking four 3-pointers in the opening quarter, ‘Iolani led 20-13 and enjoying the quick pace. But they went cold for the next two quarters from deep and Kailua found itself. ‘Iolani put Kailua in the […]

Kailua had a rough go at it earlier in the week at Maryknoll, losing 60-35. That game was fairly close for about a half, but Maryknoll’s trapping defense wore the Surfriders down. It won’t get easier here at ‘Iolani. The Raiders ran and launched threes when I last saw them play Kaiser two weeks ago. They hit nine treys that night, and if Kailua gets tired, the home team will rain more treys. Last year, Tau Williams scored 44 points […]