Girls Basketball
Lahainaluna, Honokaa top seeds in girls basketball state tourneys


A pair of neighbor island teams drew the top seeds in the Hawaiian Airlines/Hawaii High School Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Championships.

In the Division I bracket, Maui Interscholastic League champion Lahainaluna is the No. 1 seed. Konawaena, the Big Island Interscholastic Federation titlist and reigning state runner-up is the second seed, Interscholastic League of Honolulu champ Punahou is the third seed and Oahu Interscholastic Association winner Roosevelt is the No. 4 seed. All four teams have a first-round bye and play their first game of the 12-team tournament Saturday under the new regional format.

First-round games get underway on Oahu Friday with doubleheaders at Moanalua and McKinley high schools.

Honokaa, the BIIF champion drew the top seed in the Division II tournament. ILH-champ Hawaii Baptist is the second seed, OIA-titlist Farrington is the third seed and MIL-winner Molokai is the No. 4 seed. Kalani and Kaimuki High Schools will host the the first three days of the tournament before the action moves over to the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Saturday. The D2 championship will be played at 7 p.m. that day and will follow a pair of D1 regional finals at 3 and 5 p.m.

A complete schedule of both tournaments is listed below.


HAWAIIAN AIRLINES GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVISION I
Friday, Feb. 7
First Round
At Moanalua High School
Game 2 — Mililani vs. Radford, 5 p.m.
G1 — Maryknoll vs. Kailua, 7 p.m.
At McKinley High School
G3 — King Kekaulike vs. Moanalua, 5 p.m.
G4 — Hilo vs. Leilehua, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Quarterfinals
At Lahaina Civic, Maui
G5 — No. 1 Lahainaluna vs. Game 1 winner, 6 p.m.
At Kealakehe High School, Hawaii
G6 — No. 2 Konawaena vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m.
At Blaisdell Center
G7 — No. 3 Punahou vs. Game 3 winner, 3 p.m.
G8 — No. 4 Roosevelt vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 14
Semifinals
At Blaisdell Center
G9 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 winner, time TBD
G10 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner, time TBD
Saturday, Feb. 15
At Blaisdell Center
Third-place final
G11 — Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 loser, 5 p.m.
Championship final
G12 — Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m.

DIVISION II
Wednesday, Feb. 5
First round
At Kalani High School
Game 1 — Kohala vs. Castle, 5 p.m.
G2 — Kamehameha-Hawaii vs. Le Jardin, 7 p.m.
At Kaimuki High School
G3 — Kapaa vs. Saint Francis, 5 p.m.
G4 — Kalani vs. University High, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 6
At Kaimuki
Consolation
G5 — Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 3 p.m.
Quarterfinals
G9 — No. 4 Molokai vs. Game 3 winner, 5 p.m.
G10 — No. 1 Honokaa vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.
At Kalani
Consolation
G8 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3 p.m.
Quarterfinals
G6 — No. 3 Farrington vs. Game 2 winner, 5 p.m.
G7— No. 2 Hawaii Baptist vs. Game 1 winner, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 7
At Kalani
Consolation
G11 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 3 p.m.
G12 — Game 10 loser vs. Game 9 loser, 5 p.m.
G14 — Game 7 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 7 p.m.
At Kaimuki
Semifinals
G13 — Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 winner, time TBD
G15 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 6 winner, time TBD
Saturday, Feb. 8
At Blaisdell Center
Fifth-place final
G16 — Game 12 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 11 a.m.
Third-place final
G17 — Game 13 loser vs. Game 15 loser, 1 p.m.
Championship final
G18 — Game 13 winner vs. Game 15 winner, 7 p.m.





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