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Punahou teams up, tourney back on

By Paul Honda on December 21, 2010

The Punahou Invitational Basketball Tournament was on the ropes in the past 18 hours. Last night, the first two games were moved to Maryknoll, across the street, when high humidity made the hardwood floor at Punahou’s Hemmeter Fieldhouse unplayable. The hope was that the later games would be played at Punahou. But an e-mail came from the Punahou athletic department noting that the humidity levels were “horrendous” and that the games would be postponed until morning. That meant the four […]

Punahou girls hoops: 8-0

By Paul Honda on December 14, 2010

This morning’s Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10 lists Punahou at No. 2 with a 7-1 record. WRONG! The Buffanblu are 8-0. I had the win-loss record wrong a couple of weeks ago, but corrected it. But this week (today) we had an error on our desk and bungled it again. My apologies to the team. 2. Punahou Buffanblu  7-0 (3-0 ILH) Nonconference: 4-0 ILH: 3-0 Coach: Mike Taylor W 67-23 Pearl City Thur Nov 11 Na Menehune Peek W 54-21 […]

OIA basketball: Saturday (today) start time, all 2 p.m.

By Paul Honda on December 11, 2010

All OIA basketball games today will begin at 2 p.m. with junior varsity, followed by varsity. This season, Saturday games have a normal start time of 10 a.m. (JV followed by varsity). However, some dates will have a 2 p.m. tip-off due to testing. Today is ACT testing day. Paul Honda, Star-Advertiser


‘Iolani Classic girls tourney: Semifinals

By Jerry Campany on December 10, 2010

Archbishop Mitty (Calif.) and Konawaena had dreams of reaching the ‘Iolani Classic finals, but both teams were foiled by nationally-ranked powerhouses tonight. Brea Olinda (Calif.), ranked No. 3 in the USA Today Super 25, was too balanced and big in a 69-45 runaway win over Konawaena, the top-ranked team in Hawaii. Lia Galdeira was sometimes spectacular in a 24-point performance. Memphis Central, No. 8 nationally, was clutch down the stretch in a 55-52 win over Archbishop Mitty. Frankly, I think […]

‘Iolani Classic (girls) extended version

By Paul Honda on December 10, 2010

(A little extra on last night’s opening round of the ‘Iolani Classic girls basketball tourney. This piece has some bonus info on the Konawaena-Incarnate Word game and a little more on the other three contests, plus all four boxscores.) Dawnyelle Awa scored 12 of her game-high 21 points during a crucial second-half run as Konawaena rallied for a 52-45 win over Incarnate Word (Saint Louis, Mo.) last night in the opening round of the ‘Iolani Classic. Awa, a 5-foot-9 point […]

‘Iolani Classic (girls) opening round scores

By Jerry Campany on December 9, 2010

Konawaena coach Bobbie Awa talks with her team during a time out. (Photo: Paul Honda) So far, one local team has reached the semifinals: Konawaena. Farrington was zinged real good by the nation’s No. 3 team, Brea Olinda (Calif.) Konawaena 52, Incarnate Word (Missouri) 45 Memphis Central 65, Tsinghua (China) 30 Brea Olinda (Calif.) 72, Farrington 24 Archbishop Mitty 24, ‘Iolani 21, half (Added 11:06 p.m.) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.) 50, ‘Iolani 41 Paul Honda, Star-Advertiser

Heckling, bad-apple parents spoil it for kids

By Jerry Campany on December 8, 2010

To the handful of Moanalua “fans” who heckled an injured Roosevelt player Tuesday night … Auwe! To the cynical woman sitting midway up the bleachers in the midcourt area: To act all irritated because a kid was seriously in pain with leg cramps is fine … but to start complaining that he’s “faking” it? Especially after he went down a second time? Naturally, a Roosevelt fan — a mom or auntie — sitting nearby stood up and rebuked her. Then […]

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