High School Basketball

Sunday, January 8, 2023 By: Wes Nakama Solid defense and free throw shooting are usually not things that make SportsCenter Top 10 highlights, but they were key for Maryknoll’s girls on Saturday afternoon in the Spartans’ stunning 43-23 road victory at three-time defending state champion ‘Iolani. A surprised crowd of about 250 watched No. 1-ranked […]

Friday, January 6, 2023 By: Wes Nakama With its best player sitting out almost the entire first half due to foul trouble, Saint Louis turned to two juniors and a freshman for offense and they delivered big time to help the No. 3-ranked Crusaders eventually hold off visiting No. 2 Punahou, 42-35, in ILH boys basketball […]

By: Wes Nakama The Oakwood (North Hollywood, Calif.) School boys basketball team completed a Happy Homecoming for its head coach Friday night by squeaking past Saint Louis, 51-50, to win the Punahou Invitational championship. A sparse but vocal crowd at Hemmeter Fieldhouse watched Ben Eisendrath score 14 points and Oliver Ford add 11 points — […]

Thursday, December 29, 2022 Photos by: Lori McKeown

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Participants (*Dunk Champion) Mount Vernon High School- Hadi Adeyi ʻIolani High School- Casey Lyons Milton High School- Roman Atlow Mount Vernon High School- Jaylin Sampson Lake Oswego High School- Max Archambo Montverde Academy- Dravyn Gibbs Lawhorn*

Saturday, December 17, 2022 Day 1 Results: Mount Vernon 73, Moanalua 39 View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESPN Honolulu (@espnhonolulu) ‘Iolani 54, Radford 43 Photos by: Lori McKeown View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESPN Honolulu (@espnhonolulu) Mount St. Joseph 81, Leilehua 51 Photos by: Lori McKeown View […]

Saturday, December 10, 2022 Written By: Wes Nakama Incarnate Word (St. Louis), the No. 1-ranked girls basketball team in the nation according to MaxPreps, used its height advantage and hot 3-point shooting Friday night to pull away from three-time defending state champion ‘Iolani, 67-34, in the ‘Iolani Prep Classic semifinals. An excited and vocal crowd […]

Dec. 21, 2021 The ‘Iolani Raiders put up a fearless effort against the #3 ranked team in the nation last night, but Sierra Canyon managed to avoid an upset after trailing to the Raiders 31, 29 at the half. Ramel Lloyd of the Trailblazers put up 20 points, while ‘Iolani freshman JJ Mandaquit ended the […]

Final scores from last day of the ‘Iolani Classic girls tournament: Kamehameha-Kapalama 55, Hawaii Baptist 45 Maryknoll 42, Lahainaluna 37 3rd-place game: Centennial (Nev.) 50, ‘Iolani 38 Championship game: Archbishop Mitty (Calif.) 63, Salesian College Prep (Calif.) 60

The 37th annual ‘Iolani Classic kicked off last night with four match ups in the girls division. Winning their games and moving forward were the Centennials from Las Vegas, Salesian from California, the ‘Iolani Raiders, and Archbishop Mitty from California. First-round final scores from ‘Iolani Classic girls tournament: Centennial (Nev.) 69, Lahainaluna 36 Salesian College Prep […]