Girls basketball

Sometimes the 1-3-1 zone can look like a Rubik’s cube. Other times, it unlocks and great shooters cash in. Earlier in the week, Punahou’s Ryder Hsiung was on the receiving end of perfect passes by his teammates and the result was 6-for-6 shooting from the arc for 22 first-half points in No. 3 Punahou’s 59-49 win over No. 7 Saint Louis. On Thursday, Radford’s girls weren’t so opportunistic, shooting just 3-for-14 from 3-point range against a similar 1-3-1 look in […]

All of that work to finish as high as possible in the OIA regular season did nothing for the first round of the league playoffs. All four first-round games in Division I played Wednesday were won by the lower seeds with sixth-seeded Kapolei out of the West knocking off East third seed Castle and Kalani, which was sixth in the East despite finishing the regular season 7-4, beating Waipahu. >> CLICK HERE FOR A PHOTO GALLERY FROM ROOSEVELT/NANAKULI Kaiser needed […]

Defending OIA champion Kahuku, which has won 23 consecutive games in the regular season, is the No. 1 seed in the playoffs that begin Wednesday at four different sites. The Red Raiders (11-0) have a bye into the quarterfinals on Thursday when they host the winner between West No. 4 Leilehua and East No. 5 Kaiser. The Cougars are the only team the Red Raiders failed to beat by at least 20 points in the regular season, winning by 19 […]

There was no stifling the joy on senior night, even after a loss. Melody Lum and Shania Moananu led Punahou (12-10, 2-10 ILH) with seven points apiece in a down-to-the-last-minute 51-46 loss to No. 5 Kamehameha. The sixth-ranked Buffanblu celebrated their seniors after the game. They’ll have four practices to prepare for first-place and No. 1-ranked ‘Iolani. Punahou will visit ‘Iolani on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m., according to Buffanblu coach Gary Pacarro. In their four previous matchups, […]

There wasn’t a whole lot on the line for the Kamehameha Warriors on Monday night. Nothing but pride. The visiting Warriors got a clutch 3-point shot from Haley Masaki with 24 seconds left to break a 46-all tie as No. 5 Kamehameha edged No. 6 Punahou 51-46 at Hemmeter Fieldhouse. “Coach (Pua Straight) just told us to run our play and let our offense come to us,” Masaki said. “When we trust each other, a lot opens up.” It was […]

Senior night was the right night for No. 4 Maryknoll, which stunned No. 1 ‘Iolani 55-51 at Clarence T.C. Ching Gymnasium on Tuesday. ‘Iolani had not lost an ILH game since Dec. 7, 2018, a 49-45 loss at home against Kamehameha. Including last season’s playoffs, the Raiders had won 16 league games in a row. Serenity Moananu poured in 16 points, Aloha Akaka added nine and the Spartans (13-5, 5-4 ILH) went deep on their bench en route to the […]