Hawaii Sports

More on last night’s matchup between Hawaii Baptist and Newport Harbor (Calif.) at the Clash of the Titans boys volleyball tournament at Hemmeter Fieldhouse. Newport Harbor was off-key in the opening set, then played lights-out the rest of the way for a 22-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-16 win. “We got back into a little bit of rhythm,” Sailors coach Dan Glenn said. “We didn’t get into a rhythm (Thursday) night. Punahou kicked our butts.” Newport Harbor, which is 7-5 overall and […]

After a season of Division II competition in the Maui Interscholastic League, it was imperative for the Molokai Farmers to find ways to retain their sharpness. How does a team stay on edge without a nemesis for the entire regular season? Molokai, a team with Division I talent — junior center Kalei Adolpho has already committed to play for the University of Hawaii — needed to develop, even after winning the D-II state title last year. Guard Danna-Lynn Hooper is […]

By Paul Honda Some post-game notes from the semifinal game between Konawaena and ‘Iolani in the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships at Blaisdell Arena last night. The defending champion Wildcats won 54-22 in what was the second-widest of margin of victory in a semifinal, according to the “Wizard,” longtime statistician and former sportswriter Frank Mauz. The Wizard, this morning: “The largest semi-final margin was 33 points (Kamehameha 73, Radford 40 in 1992) and close behind was 32 points (Konawaena […]

By Paul Honda It was a demonstration of basketball knowledge. It was also a live example of carnage, predator feasting on prey. In this case, there was no blood or gnashing of teeth. It was just Konawaena’s girls basketball team completely ravaging a Kapolei squad that had more turnovers (31) than field goals. It was a 59-31 win for Konawaena in a game that easily could’ve been a bigger blowout, but the Wildcats wisely saved their legs for the semifinal […]