Girls basketball

Can it be here already? It sure can. Blink, hesitate or fall behind, and the ‘Iolani Raiders will be 94 feet upcourt hitting another 3 or layup. That’s the deal for the rest of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu, which will have to deal with a speedy ‘Iolani squad that returns most of its rotation from a year ago. Defending league champion Punahou will have something to say about that. So will contenders Kamehameha and Mid-Pacific. Punahou is in its […]

Story in tomorrow’s print edition In the Prep-Collegiate final, Kalei Adolpho scored 14 points and Kyla Evers added 12 in Team E’s 50-44 win over Team D. Paul Honda, Star-Advertiser

. (Here’s the complete, extended version of today’s follow-up story on Konawaena’s girls basketball championship victory.) Foul trouble. Illness. Punahou. The road back to the state championship was a path of roundball destruction by the Konawaena Wildcats. At the Hawaiian Airlines/Hawaii High School Athletic Association State Championships, the onslaught of wipeouts continued. A 25-point win over Kaiser. A 31-point rout of ‘Iolani. Just a continuation, apparently, of a season when the ‘Cats outscored opponents by more than 43 points per […]