Iolani Alumni

The Iolani Boys’ Basketball team picked up its first loss of the ILH season on Saturday night against the St. Louis Crusaders despite holding their leading scorer and main offensive threat, 6-6 center Scott Smith to 9 points. During the first half the Raiders were on fire hitting 6 three pointers to take a 9 point lead midway through the 2nd quarter, but were not able to sustain it as St. Louis ended the half on a 9-0 run to tie the game at 25.

The second half went back and forth until the Saints went on a 9 point run sparked by the accurate shooting of Kulia Aiona (son of Lt. Governor Duke Aiona) who had one of his better days hitting for 15 points on 7-8 from the field. Iolani was able to close the gap and had several chances to close the margin, but were not able to get any closer than 3 points which is how the game ended. The Raiders were led by seniors Case Miyahira (15 pts) and Ryan Dung (14 pts).

On Friday, the Raiders took care of Damien at home pulling away in the end for a 16 point victory. Up next for Iolani is a tough week of games including Maryknoll (Tuesday), Mid Pacific (Thursday @ Mid Pacific) and Punahou (Saturday @ Punahou).

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The Iolani Softball team (8-4) pulled out a big 7-6 win on Saturday morning against the Kamehameha Warriors (6-4) putting them clearly in second place a game and half ahead of the Warriors. On the same day, the first place St. Francis Troubadours were upset by Punahou leaving them only one game ahead of Iolani at 8-2. The Raiders will face the Troubadours this coming Wednesday, January 17th at 3:45 at Kamamalu Park in a game that could decide the ILH Champion. (As for the state tournament implications, the top TWO teams in the ILH are given births to the state tournament.)