Girls basketball

‘Iolani remained atop the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10 on Monday, collecting nine of 11 first-place votes from a panel of coaches and media. The Raiders (13-2 overall) open play in the Heide & Cook/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships this week as the top seed. No. 2 Konawaena (10-2), a nine-time state champion under coach Bobbie Awa, received two first-place votes. MIL mainstays Lahainaluna (11-3) and Maui (13-3) are entrenched at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Punahou (7-6) moved […]

A week ago, the Campbell Sabers were close enough to see the finish line. Prior to the OIA playoffs, Julien Parado was the leading scorer for a squad that was unbeaten in OIA West play. “It’s definitely a goal for all of us. We’re trying to bring something home for Campbell, like a banner. That’s the main goal for us, but now it’s like starting all over,” the junior guard said. Now, with the school’s first OIA girls basketball championship […]

The Heide & Cook/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships brackets are out with no surprises in the seedings. ‘Iolani, a season-long No. 1 team in the Star-Advertiser Top 10, is seeded first by the HHSAA committee. Konawaena is seeded second, Lahainaluna third and Campbell fourth. The opening-round “play-in” games on Monday include two sites on the neighbor islands while one site on Oahu is to be determined. Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be at regional sites, Moanalua and McKinley, with the […]

The trend is your friend, especially if you play basketball on the West side. Campbell won its first OIA girls basketball championship on Wednesday night, ending a title drought and setting the bar for one of the state’s largest schools. Softball, baseball and football have earned success at the Ewa Beach campus over the years. Basketball has often been competitive, especially during the years of the late Nate “Bigz” Macadangdang. Under Macadangdang, the Sabers competed for an OIA title. They […]

‘Iolani collected 12 of 14 first-place votes to remain atop the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10 on Monday. The Raiders won three games last week, all by double-digit margins. They have already sealed a berth in the upcoming state championships. ‘Iolani is 12-2 overall, unbeaten in ILH play. Konawaena garnered two first-place votes and remained at No. 2. Lahainaluna, which edged Maui 44-42 last week to secure a state-tournament berth, is No. 3. Maui and Hilo round out the first […]

This is how the West, and possibly the OIA, was won. There have always been good players and teams in OIA West girls basketball. But it has been some time since three of the OIA’s four Division I semifinalists came from the West side, where softball and soccer has ruled girls’ athletic success in team sports for years. On Thursday, West 1 Campbell dispatched East 4 Kahuku, 54-27, West 2 Mililani ousted East 3 Moanalua, 37-32, and West 3 Radford […]

While ‘Iolani and Konawaena have been locked at the top two spots, the midsection of the Star-Advertiser Girls Basketball Top 10 has turned dynamic. Old-school powerhouse Lahainaluna vaulted three notches higher to No. 3 after knocking off the MIL’s first-place team, Maui, 43-41, at the Sabers’ gym. Maui remained at No. 4 despite the loss, and only 10 points separate the Sabers and No. 7 Kamehameha. Hilo moved up two slots to No. 5 after a 49-42 win over rival […]

So many things in prep hoops this season are long overdue, including this post. Here goes. >> ‘Iolani 3-peat? The relaunch The last time Punahou met ‘Iolani, the Buffanblu stayed close with big plays in the second half. A lot of clutch 3s. ‘Iolani hammered out a 54-47 win on Jan. 15. On Thursday night, 12 days later, the Raiders smelled blood in the water and left no doubt. With two starters out with injuries, including junior playmaker Shania Moananu […]