Girls basketball

Harley Simon is only a junior, but she sure played like a senior on Thursday night. She dove to the floor for loose balls on numerous occasions in a comeback attempt that eventually failed. Her Mid-Pacific team cut an 18-point halftime deficit throughout the second half, but the Owls ended up losing to Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls basketball front-runner Hawaii Baptist 45-35. It was a party-like atmosphere at the Mid-Pacific gym. The band played. They announced raffle winners in […]

See Part 1 here Radford’s lopsided win over rival Leilehua was enough to push the Rams up a notch to No. 7, swapping spots with ‘Iolani. The Rams have been impressive in the OIA West under coach Charles Chong. The stars have aligned and Chong has gotten plenty out the Rams. Mililani is still ranked in the Top 10, two spots behind Radford, even though star forward Shantel Appleby had been out since tweaking a knee in early December. She […]

See the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10 here With or without their starting five intact, the Konawaena Wildcats aren’t missing a beat. Nope. The music still plays and the defending state champions continue to be a unanimous selection as the No. 1 team in the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10. Chanelle Molina (ankle) and Mercedes Ihi Victor (back) have been sidelined for weeks now. This is where Coach Bobbie Awa’s persistent and consistent approach, using fundamentals on both ends, as […]

The OIA girls basketball playoffs tip off Friday with four Division I first-round games. Here’s a look at the opening week matchups. Friday W6 Kapolei (5-5) at E3 Farrington (8-2), 6 p.m. Farrington lost out on the East No. 2 seed and a bye when it lost to Kaiser, 43-37. The Govs feature the No. 2 scorer in the East in Moli Heimuli, who averaged 16.4 points per game in league play, including a career-high 40 in a win over […]

With only one regular season game left in OIA East and West girls basketball, the OIA playoff brackets are taking shape. Roosevelt has the East’s top seed locked up at 9-0 overall with a two-game lead over Kaiser (7-2) and Farrington (7-2). The Rough Riders, behind OIA East leading scorer Keala Quinlan (20.0 ppg), played their closest game back on Jan. 6 against the Govs, winning 54-48. That was the only game Quinlan, whose season-high is 31 points against Moanalua, […]