For a second week in a row, the Maryknoll Spartans rule in the Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10.
Maryknoll (5-0) collected six out of 10 first-place votes from the panel of coaches and media. The Spartans played Kapolei on Monday night and battle No. 5 Mililani on Thursday in the James Alegre Invitational at Radford.
No. 3 Punahou is also in the Alegre tournament and will take on Lahainaluna on Friday. Fourth-ranked Saint Louis also plays on Thursday, against Moanalua.
The Surfrider Holiday Classic at Kailua will feature three Top 10 squads. No. 2 ‘Iolani will return from a break and meet Roosevelt on Thursday. No. 6 Kamehameha will play King Kekaulike and No. 7 Kailua will meet Waipahu.
Kamehameha and Kailua ventured to Upcountry Maui for a bunch of games over the weekend. The Warriors defeated Baldwin 62-47 on Friday, then routed KS-Maui 67-35 on Saturday. Both games were at KS-Maui’s gym.
Kailua maxed out their short stay with two games on Friday and two more on Saturday. The Surfriders won at King Kekaulike, 73-64, and lost at KS-Maui, 48-35, on Friday. Kailua then went to Seabury Hall in Olinda for a 77-44 win on Saturday, then drove into Wailuku and beat Baldwin 66-50.
“No sightseeing. It was all business. Play games and team bonding,” Kailua coach Walter Marciel said.
Star-Advertiser Boys Basketball Top 10
Nov. 28, 2022
Rank School (1st) (Record) Pts LW
1. Maryknoll (6) (5-0) 93 1
> bye
> next: vs. Kapolei, Monday (vs. Mililani, Thursday)
2. ‘Iolani (1) (1-0) 86 2
> bye
> Next: vs. Roosevelt, Thursday
3. Punahou (1) (1-0) 71 3
> def. Nanakuli 91-40
> next: vs. Lahainaluna, Thursday
4. Saint Louis (1) (3-0) 67 4
> def. Campbell 55-49
> next: vs. Moanalua, Thursday
5. Mililani (0-0) 58 5
> bye
> next: vs. McKinley, Thursday
6. Kamehameha (1) (3-0) 57 7
> def. Baldwin 62-47, KS-Maui gym
> won at KS-Maui 67-35
> next: vs. Kailua, Thursday
7. Kailua (6-1) 38 6
> won at King Kekaulike 73-64 (Friday)
> lost at KS-Maui 48-35 (Friday)
> won at Seabury Hall 77-44 (Saturday)
> won at Baldwin 66-50 (Saturday)
> next: vs. Waipahu, Thursday
8. Kahuku (0-0) 25 8
> bye
> next: vs. Molokai, Thursday
9. (tie) Leilehua (0-1) 17 9
> bye
> next: vs. Mid-Pacific, Thursday
9. (tie) Moanalua (1-0) 17 10
> won at Waianae 70-23
> next: vs. Saint Louis, Thursday
No longer in Top 10: Baldwin (No. 10).
Also receiving votes: Campbell 8, Kamehameha-Maui 5, Waiakea 4, Kapaa 2, Baldwin 1, Roosevelt 1.
