Girls basketball

Closing the Book: No. 2 Konawaena (23-4, 10-0 BIIF) The work was done well, as always, by the Konawaena Wildcats. No, it wasn’t a state-championship season. It was very close, though. In the state final, they took on No. 1 ‘Iolani, a team that routed the Wildcats in preseason. Konawaena was left in the dust early on, then roared back to take the lead. It was a battle to the end before ‘Iolani won its second state title in a […]

Closing the Book: No. 1 ‘Iolani Raiders (25-2, 11-1 ILH) vs. Top 10: 20-2 (.909) Top 10 wins: LAH, KON, KAH, PUN, KS, S. Medford, MS, PUN, KS, MS, PUN, KS, KS, PUN, KS, MS, PUN, MS, WAIK, KON Top 10 losses: Mater Dei (USA Today #18), MS Non-Top 10 losses: None Playoffs: 2-0 HHSAA: 3-0 The ‘Iolani Raiders closed the season with their second consecutive state championship, extracting all they could out of a roster of just nine players. […]

On this date turns to a more recent year, the day in 2003 that Leilehua’s Pikake Nutter-Gaudet almost single-handedly saved the Mules against rival Mililani. Nutter-Gaudet scored 19 of her 28 points in the fourth quarter — only one of her made shots was a 3-pointer — but Mililani beat Leilehua 49-46 early in the girls basketball season. Thanks to Nutter-Gaudet, the visiting Mules outscored the Trojans 25-7 in the final stanza, but the comeback fell just short. Christy Duvachelle […]

Sometimes, there’s something simply marvelous about Malie Marfil’s game. The Kamehameha senior had 12 points, 11 rebounds and six assists without a single turnover, adding a block and a steal as the ILH squad ran the OIA team off the floor in a 92-63 rout in the Hawaii Senior Classic hosted by Geremy Robinson. A crowd of about 300 at Moanalua High School saw the private-school unit, coached by ‘Iolani’s Dean Young, turn a 38-31 halftime lead into a straight […]