For Maryknoll boys basketball coach Kelly Grant, the past is the past. The Spartans have turned the page on last season's Division I state championship — the school's first in 35 years — and are approaching this season with a clean slate. "It's not fair for me to continually talk about last year's team, so we've moved on," said Grant, who earned All-Hawaii Coach of the Year honors after guiding his alma mater to a 30-2 overall record last year, including a 13-1 mark in league

STEVEN ERLER / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Kahuku running back Tomasi Pasi broke free into the Campbell secondary No. 4 Kahuku played classic Red Raider football in the rain at home Saturday night and it resulted in a 46-0 drubbing of No. 5 Campbell in the OIA Open Division semifinals. It’s now on to Aloha Stadium next week for the Red Raiders (7-3), who will play defending league champion Mililani (8-3) for the OIA title. “Mililani is No. 1 in the OIA until proven otherwi

SAMANTHA MADAR / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER The Kahuku Red Raiders gathered on the field before their game against the Timpview Thunderbirds at Timpview High School in Provo, Utah, on Saturday. Provo, Utah >> One could be forgiven for thinking the Kahuku Red Raiders were actually playing a home game on Saturday. Additional bleacher seating for 2,000 people was installed at Timpview High School and the game was moved from Friday to Saturday to help accommodate the fan inte

Kahuku running back Zealand Matagi (26) gained yards with two Timpview defenders struggling to bring him down. Photo by Samantha Madar/Special to the Star-Advertiser. Bishop Gorman. Liberty (Nev.) High. Long Beach Poly. Sierra Vista (Nev.). And now Timpview (Utah). Hawaii improved to 8-0 over the last eight days against mainland schools with Kahuku flexing its muscle in a 34-14 win over Timpview (Utah) on Saturday in front of a packed house on the Timpview campus. Kahuku won

Kahuku running back Zealand Matagi (26) runs the ball past Waianae defensive back Samson Cook (18) on Saturday. Both teams put in a few tricky wrinkles, but after a scoreless first half it was obvious that the team deciding to commit to old-school, hard-charging running was going to prevail. This looked like the 1970s. Waianae at No. 5 Kahuku on the North Shore. Real grass. And then, the avalanche came. It was the Red Raiders who decided to grind it and grind it and grind it

On a night when the home team shot 9-for-24 from the free-throw line, Punahou fans could’ve had a lot to worry about. Instead, the Buffanblu jolted the visiting Kahuku Red Raiders with six steals in the second quarter to turn a one-point deficit into a 14-point halftime lead. Unseeded Punahou went on to oust Kahuku 64-48 on Monday night in the opening round of the Snapple/ HHSAA Division I Boys Basketball State Championship. The Buffanblu shot 54 percent from the field (27-fo

Punahou opened up title defense of its 2018 Division I state title with a bang. Three players scored in double figures to power the Buffanblu over visiting Kahuku, 64-46, at Hemmeter Fieldhouse Monday night in the opening round of the Snapple Boys Basketball Championships. Duke Clemens led all scorers with 15 points to lead Punahou in a rematch of the past two D1 state championship games. Tamatoa Falatea had 11 and Jakob Kimura added 10 more to round out the top scorers for t

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Moanalua’s DiAeris McRaven, above left, found major resistance from Kahuku’s Marcus Damuni on this shot during an OIA semifinal at McKinley on Wednesday. Geremy Robinson poured in 25 points as No. 6 Moanalua rallied past Kahuku 66-58 on Monday night in the semifinals of the Oahu Interscholastic Association boys basketball playoffs. Moanalua (19-6 overall) will meet Kailua on Wednesday night for the title. Moanalua last won the league c

Photo courtesy of Sharlene Cravens The agony and ecstasy of coaches throughout the OIA and ILH is as rollicking as ever. Kahuku is one of many examples. The Red Raiders were ranked No. 10 in the Star-Advertiser boys basketball poll just three weeks ago after wins over Waiakea, Kauai and Mililani over a two-week span. Their first landing in the top 10 was followed by OIA East losses to Kailua (58-52), Kaiser (45-43) and Farrington (57-54). At 0-3, the Red Raiders decided not t

Kailua's Everett Torres-Kahapea drives by Kahuku's Thorton Alapa in the first quarter. Michael Lasquero | SL KAHUKU — The monkey is finally off their back. The seventh-ranked Kailua Surfriders defeated No. 8 Kahuku for the first time since 2014 with a 58-52 win at Thomas G.S. Walker Gymnasium in both teams' OIA opener Wednesday night. Kailua (9-8 overall, 1-0 OIA East) forced 19 turnovers in the victory as they ended a seven-game losing streak to the Red Raiders, who eliminat

Often times, we forget the work that goes in behind the scenes. We see the boys run out on the field, stretch, warm up and play. We don’t realize that the games are just a small part of what contributes to the success of this team. Its the team practices. It’s the individual drills, the resistance training, the early morning runs on the bike path. These things are done daily by these boys. As Eric Thomas said, “Everybody wants to be a beast until its time to do what beasts do

In 2008 Jray Galea'i made the Honolulu Star-Bulletin's Fab 15 @ # 6 while joined by a #StraightFromTheBush Punahou player named Manti Te'o @ # 13. In 2009 Jray made 1st team for the Honolulu Advertiser while securing the # 5 spot in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin's Fab 15. Nehoa Akina secured a 2nd team nod for the Advertiser while being selected # 8 in the Star Bulletin's Fab 15. 2010 saw Keanu Akina ascending to 1st team all-state for the Advertiser and up to # 4 in the Star Bu

Kahuku's Tolu Smith brings the ball up the floor against Kalaheo in the OIA Division I championship game. CJ Caraang | SL 2018 All-OIA Eastern Division Boys Basketball selections Selected by ScoringLive staff Player of the Year: Tolu Smith, Kahuku Coach of the Year: Everett Frye, Kalani FIRST TEAM Caleb Casinas, Moanalua - Senior Andrew Kearney, Kalaheo - Senior Kyle Moraga, McKinley - Senior Tolu Smith, Kahuku - Senior Everett Torres-Kahapea, Kailua - Junior SECOND TEA

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM Kahuku’s Ruanui Winitana (10) passed the ball under Maryknoll’s Isiah Gelacio (3) during the second half of the Division I HHSAA Boys Basketball State Championship semifinals on Thursday. It’s safe to say, finally, that Ruanui Winitana feels at home now. The New Zealand native scored eight points during Kahuku’s game-closing 12-2 run as the unseeded Red Raiders stunned No. 1 seed Maryknoll 49-43 on Thursday night in the semifi

Kahuku’s Tolu Smith was unstoppable according to Maryknoll coach Kelly Grant. Photo by Cindy Ellen Russell/Star-Advertiser. Nobody has forgotten that day in December when Punahou and Kahuku played to the very end. The game was tied at 48 on Dec. 20 when Cole Arceneaux made the winning shot, giving Punahou a first-day win over Kahuku in the St. Francis Holiday Hoops Classic. Photos after the game showed that the ball was still in Arceneaux’s shooting hand when the clock hit :0