Boys basketball

Saint Louis is atop the Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10 for a third week in a row. The Crusaders opened ILH regular-season play with wins over Kamehameha and Mid-Pacific last week. They garnered nine of 11 first-place votes from the panel of coaches and media. ‘Iolani, which routed Damien its lone ILH game last week, has the other two first-place votes and remains at No. 2. Maryknoll jumped two spots to No. 3 after recording wins over Punahou and Mid-Pacific. […]

Homemade is quite often sloppy, inelegant, lumpy and bumpy. Once in awhile, though, homemade is perfectly blended, customized and made to fit an exacting standard beyond anything else in a cookie-cutter world. Amari Westmoreland-Vendiola is the latest among game changers from the North Shore, firmly rooted and proud to represent one of the state’s top high school basketball programs. When the old basket fronting the home of the Vendiola ohana got weak and wobbly, his grandfather, Berto Vendiola, took it […]

Logan Dias didn’t go very far to regain his confidence. He just heard it directly from his basketball brothers. The 6-foot-1 swingman missed all eight of his shots in the first half as Maryknoll fell behind, 26-17, to rival Punahou on Tuesday night. In an empty gym at Maryknoll Community Center, the sound of those misses off iron can seem amplified. “My team picked me up. They said, ‘Keep shooting. Don’t worry about it.’ I guess I made a couple […]

The tie is broken without a single shot taken. Saint Louis has emerged at No. 1 this week in the Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10. The Crusaders were tied at the top spot a week ago with ‘Iolani. The Raiders had more first-place votes (six) than Saint Louis (five), but finished two points behind in this week’s tally of coaches and media ballots. Punahou collected one first-place vote and is No. 3. Kamehameha and Maryknoll round out the top five. […]

The ILH boys basketball regular season is still eight days away, but voters in the Star-Advertiser Top 10 are decidedly convinced. ‘Iolani and Saint Louis share the No. 1 ranking in the first boys basketball poll of the season. ‘Iolani collected six first-place votes and Saint Louis tallied five. Punahou, ranked No. 3, received one first-place vote. Maryknoll, the two-time defending state champion, and Kamehameha round out the first five. Mililani, Kahuku. Baldwin, Kailua and Maui Prep round out the […]