Girls basketball

Konawaena senior guard Cherilyn Molina is the Gatorade Hawaii girls basketball player of the year for the second year in a row, the Gatorade Company announced Monday. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court. Molina led the Wildcats to a 26-2 record and their fourth consecutive Division I state championship in the recently completed season. She averaged 16.1 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 3.5 steals and one […]

Here’s the 2017-18 Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball All-State Fab 15 including individual capsule summaries for the 15 plus honorable-mention players and close misses. Also included are the All-Defensive Team and Most Improved vote-getters. All selected by a panel of coaches and media. Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball All-State Fab 15 2017-18 Player of the Year: Cherilyn Molina, Konawaena Coach of the Year: Bobbie Awa, Konawaena Fab 15 1. Cherilyn Molina, Konawaena, 5-4, G, Sr. A four-time Fab 15 selection, repeats as Player of […]

For the eighth time in 10 seasons, the top girls basketball player from the state hails from Kona. Of course, those eight player of the year awards belong to only three people and for the fifth year in a row, the winner has the same last name. Konawaena’s Cherilyn Molina adds her second All-State player of the year award following older sister Chanelle Molina, who just completed her sophomore season at Washington State. Chanelle won three, Cherilyn has two and […]

Sunday will mark the 30th consecutive Hawaii girls basketball All-State team when the Honolulu Star-Advertiser releases its 2018 edition. In the lead up to the release of the All-State team, we will look back at the first 30 years — 10 at a time — to remember some of the great girls basketball players of all time. Enjoy. Previous: 1998 to 2007 Previous: 1988 to 1997 Note: Frank Mauz did a girls basketball All-State team for the Honolulu Advertiser in […]

Sunday will mark the 30th consecutive Hawaii girls basketball All-State team when the Honolulu Star-Advertiser releases its 2018 edition. In the lead up to the release of the All-State team, we will look back at the first 30 years — 10 at a time — to remember some of the great girls basketball players of all time. Enjoy. Round 2: 1998 to 2007 Previous: 1988 to 1997 Note: Frank Mauz did a girls basketball All-State team for the Honolulu Advertiser […]

A week from today will mark the 30th anniversary of the first Hawaii girls basketball All-State team when the Honolulu Star-Advertiser releases its 2018 edition. In the lead up to the release of the All-State team, we will look back at the first 30 years — 10 at a time — to remember some of the great girls basketball players of all time. Enjoy. Up first: 1988 to 1997 Note: The Honolulu Advertiser ran its first All-State team in 1988. The […]

For years, Talia Brandner played with her 808 Basketball Club teammates, another budding hoopster star in the making. Unlike her club teammates, she didn’t play in the ILH or OIA. She wound up attending high school at Calvary Chapel. In fact, she was virtually out of the spotlight, playing against opponents like Koolau Baptist, Trinity Christian and Friendship Christian. When she was selected to play on the ILH squad in the Geremy Robinson Senior Classic, Brandner was stunned. “I was […]

Maryknoll senior Isabella Cravens was named the ILH most valuable player in Division I to headline the league’s girls basketball all-star teams released Wednesday night. Four different schools were represented on the first team in Division I with ‘Iolani’s Dean Young winning coach of the year honors. In Division II, St. Francis senior Kaimi Kalei was named most valuable player and the Saints’ Christopher Hoe was coach of the year. Christian Academy senior Khrystyna Kanahele is the most valuable player […]