Girls basketball

. (Here’s the complete, extended version of today’s follow-up story on Konawaena’s girls basketball championship victory.) Foul trouble. Illness. Punahou. The road back to the state championship was a path of roundball destruction by the Konawaena Wildcats. At the Hawaiian Airlines/Hawaii High School Athletic Association State Championships, the onslaught of wipeouts continued. A 25-point win over Kaiser. A 31-point rout of ‘Iolani. Just a continuation, apparently, of a season when the ‘Cats outscored opponents by more than 43 points per […]

Division I Halftime: ‘Iolani 38, Farrington 22, McKinley Student Council Gym Konawaena vs. Kaiser to follow. Consolation: Kaimuki 47, King Kekaulike 33. McKinley Student Council Gym Consolation: Waiakea 45, Pearl City 26, James Alegre Gymnasium (Radford) Division II Consolation: Kalani 46, Waianae 41 Paul Honda, Star-Advertiser

Into the time machine we go for highlights of Konawaena’s game with Incarnate Word (Mo.) back in early December in the ‘Iolani Classic. VIDEO: Konawaena-Incarnate Word (Mo.) highlights Paul Honda, Star-Advertiser

(Here’s the extended version of today’s feature story on Punahou basketball standout Hailey-Ann Maeda.) No, she was not named after a celestial object consisting of ice and dust. In fact, Nelson and Jodi-Ann Maeda weren’t even sure, as she grew and grew for nine months in the womb, whether their first child would be a girl or a boy. Modern technology just couldn’t say. But the day finally came, and two weeks after her birth, she became Hailey-Ann. She became […]

The Lady Rams of Radford are the No. 1 seed in the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Division II Girls Basketball State Tournament. Seedings and pairings were released by the Hawaii High School Athletic Association this morning. The Rams will have a first-round bye before facing the Hawaii Prep-Hanalani winner on Wednesday, 5 p.m., at Farrington’s Richard Kitamura Memorial Fieldhouse. Defending state champion Molokai is the No. 2 seed and will play Waianae or Maryknoll on Wednesday, 7 p.m, at Kaimuki’s gym. Also […]

The seedings and pairings are out for the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships this morning. Konawaena is the No. 1 seed in the Division I tournament, which tips off on Tuesday. After a first-round bye, the Wildcats will meet the King Kekaulike-Kaiser winner on Wednesday, 7 p.m., at McKinley Student Council Gym. The No. 2 seed is defending state champion Lahainaluna, which will meet the Kapolei-Pearl City winner on Wednesday, 5 p.m., at Radford’s James Alegre Gymnasium. Third-seeded Punahou […]

Bonus shot: Brydgette Tatupu-Leopoldo scored her 29 points on just 13 field-goal attempts. She was 12-for-13 from the foul line.