Girls basketball

Simon Bitanga is back in charge of the Kaiser girls basketball team. Bitanga is being investigated for alleged wrongdoing by the Department of Education. According to Lindsay Chambers, a DOE spokesperson, the investigation is in its final stage. “The status for Coach Bitanga has been moved from ‘temporary release as head girls basketball coach’ to ‘head coach, girls basketball,’ ” Chambers wrote in an email to Hawaii Prep World. Bitanga did not return either a phone call or an email […]

The Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10 poll is another unanimous vote for defending state champion Konawaena, which has all 15 first-place clicks at the balloting station. (No, there’s no balloting station.) Lahainaluna remains locked at No. 2 since a preseason loss to Konawaena. Maryknoll edged Punahou last week, and the two ILH powerhouses flip-flopped between No. 3 and No. 4 in today’s rankings. Leilehua returned to the Top 10 after a brief departure. Some pupule thoughts: >> Ailing Wildcats Starters […]

Konawaena, ranked No. 7 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 national rankings, lost to Forestville Military Academy 60-54 today at the Title IX Holiday Classic in Washington, D.C. It is the first loss of the season after 11 wins for Konawaena, which took the ‘Iolani Classic crown two weeks ago. The Wildcats defeated Mililani (75-22), South Medford (Ore.) (62-48) and Bishop O’Dowd (Calif.) (62-50) at the Classic. More recently, the WIldcats were coming off victories over Pahoa (81-11) and Ka‘u (101-8).