Girls basketball

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had a hit song back in 1970 that proclaimed, “Cecilia, you’re breakin’ my heart. You’re shakin’ my confidence daily. Oh Cecilia, I’m down on my knees. I’m beggin’ you please to come home.” Kahuku knew that feeling well a month ago, though the Lady Raiders have roared to success since. Kahuku is unbeaten in the OIA East at 8-0 after a 1-4 preseason. The Lady Raiders are without All-State Fab 15 post Sisilia Kaufusi, who […]

The baseline, the short corner, the pocket. Whatever it is called across the basketball universe, the Kalani Falcons put that location to use after a harrowingly close first half against unranked Kaiser on Thursday night. No. 5-ranked Kalani attacked Kaiser’s sticky 2-3 matchup zone by going Tar Heels, using that soft spot along the baseline in 1970s-Matt Dougherty fashion, getting a huge third quarter from center Kandyce Woods for an 82-57 win over the Cougars. “We always have slow starts […]

Punahou athletic director Kale Ane remembers Lili Thompson as a dedicated athlete always striving to get better. Thompson was a freshman girls basketball player for Punahou in 2009-10 before finishing her high school career on the mainland. She won a national collegiate title with Notre Dame last year as a graduate-student transfer from Stanford, where she was named All-Pac-12 twice. And now? Thompson, whose full first name is Khaliyah, is now with the Harlem Globetrotters and loving it. Subscribers can […]

The wheels were wobbling. After owning a 29-12 lead in the second quarter, Moanalua saw Kaimuki come rallying like crazy. Na Menehune shot 1-for-12 from the field in the third quarter. Kaimuki gunner Kaelyn Espinda caught fire, scoring 11 points in the third as the visiting Bulldogs pulled within 36-30. Then Raven Rosa-Lasco took over. The senior pumped in 10 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter, hitting five of her six field-goal attempts, as Moanalua roared to 62-38 […]

For the fourth week in a row, the ‘Iolani Raiders are No. 1 in the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10, which was released today. ‘Iolani is 14-3, 5-1 in the brutally difficult Interscholastic League of Honolulu. The Raiders overpowered Mid-Pacific on Tuesday, then rallied past then-No. 2 Kamehameha with the return of Lily Lefotu Wahinekapu. Lahainaluna (9-4, 4-0), one win away from posting its 150th consecutive win in Maui Interscholastic League play, skipped past Kamehameha to the No. 2 spot. […]