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• Boys' Basketball: Scores, schedules, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003
  12/31/03
  Talkstory Central for Hawaii's high school sports fans! LINK: Boys' Basketball: Scores, schedules, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003...
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Iolani tops Kamehameha for Punahou Holiday Classic title
  12/31/03
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• Boys' Basketball: No. 1 Iolani, No. 4 Kamehameha in showdown Tuesday for Punahou Holiday Classic title
  12/30/03
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• Iolani, Punahou remain No. 1 and 2 in latest HondaReport.com Top 10
  12/29/03
  Talkstory Central for Hawaii's high school sports fans!...
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: Scores, Schedule, Sunday, Dec. 28
  12/28/03
  LINK: Boys' Basketball: Scores, Schedule, Sunday, Dec. 28...
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: Walter Wong semifinals, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003
  12/27/03
  LINK: Boys' Basketball: Walter Wong semifinals, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003...
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: Scores, schedules, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2:15 p.m.
  12/27/03
  LINK: Scores, schedules, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2:15 p.m....
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: HRC Top 50 Players, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003
  12/24/03
  There is no doubt—and has been none for two years—about who the best player in the state is. After that, however, it’s all a matter of debate for Hawaii’s high school basketball fans. The
  
  
• Wednesday's Roundup
  12/24/03
  The news from East Hawaii is tragic today. Kea'au High School standout athlete Austin Meyers died Tuesday afternoon after basketball practice, according to a breaking story in the Honolulu Advertiser....
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: Scores, schedules, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 3:30 p.m.
  12/24/03
  LINK: Boys' Basketball: Scores, schedules, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 3:30 p.m....
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: Voters don’t flinch after Raiders lose to national powers Montrose, Fairley
  12/23/03
  Two losses later, the Iolani Raiders have lost not a single believer.
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: Iolani opens season at No. 1 in HRC Top Ten Poll
  12/21/03
  Other leagues may not agree, but ILH teams garnered the biggest point totals in the first HondaReport.com Boys’ Basketball Top Ten poll of the season....
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Oak Hill leaves no doubt in Iolani Classic title win
  12/21/03
  A packed house at Iolani School saw Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) cap a dominant performance in the Classic. Leading the way were Tournament Most Valuable Player Rajon Rondo and Tournament Most Outstanding Player Joshua Smith.
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Mt. Vernon gets shot at nation’s No. 1 team, Oak Hill, in Iolani Classic final
  12/19/03
  Oak Hill looks more like an NBA expansion team than a high school squad. No doubt about it. Mount Vernon is the ultimate Rocky going up against the nation's top-ranked boys' basketball team Saturday in the final of the Iolani Prep Classic.
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Oak Hill, Fairfax power into the Iolani Classic semifinals
  12/18/03
  Oak Hill doled out thunderous dunks and rainbow treys to reach the semifinals. Fairfax relied on old-school man defense to advance. They clash Friday in one of the best matchups ever in the Iolani Classic.
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Last of Hawaii’s Iolani Classic hopefuls fall
  12/17/03
  Joshua Shipp pumped in 30 points, with slam dunks and 3-pointers meeting their targets, as the Lions devoured Waimea, 104-25, Wednesday evening. In other games Wednesday, Dr. Phillips (Orlando, Fla.) rallied past Kalaheo, 64-61, in two overtimes, Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.) defeated Waimea, 104-25, and Mount Vernon (N.Y.) outlasted Fairley (Memphis, Tenn.) 61-55.
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Last-second 3-pointer by backup PG lifts Montrose over Iolani, 42-41
  12/17/03
  Finally, it seemed, Iolani’s string of heartbreaking losses in the Iolani Classic was going to end. Inevitably, however, it took a last-second 3-point bomb by a player who had taken just one shot all game to end the Raiders’ title dream.
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Iolani joins Fairley, Mt. Vernon, Montrose in quarterfinals
  12/15/03
  Three powerful mainland squads notched opening-round wins Monday at the Iolani Prep Classic. Host Iolani, behind Derrick Low’s 30 points, outlasted Hamilton (Ariz.) to advance, as well....
  
  
• Boys' Basketball: Scores, schedules, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 11:45 a.m.
  12/14/03
  Boys’ basketball preseason schedules and scores. Updated Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, 11:45 a.m. Send missing scores and schedules to hondareport@aol.com....
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Hepa’s clutch trey lifts Kamehameha over Radford, 37-35
  12/13/03
  The Radford Rams would have liked nothing better than to win the championship koa bowl of its own James Alegre Invitational. And then, perhaps, hand the bowl to the legendary, retired coach himself. It wasn’t to be, however. Kawika Hepa drilled an open 3-pointer with seven seconds to play, lifting Kamehameha over Radford, 37-35, in the title game of the tourney Saturday night.
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Kaimuki, Roosevelt advance to McKinley Invitational final
  12/12/03
  Moanalua High School’s ‘Winter Fantasy’ proved to be a nightmare for its basketball team Friday. Kaimuki, playing in the real world, rolled over Moanalua to advance to the final of the McKinley Invitational.
  
  
• Boys’ Basketball: Hawaii Prep, Nanakuli, University and host MPI advance
  12/12/03
  Thursday night, HPA exacted a measure of revenge, knocking out Punahou II, 52-42, in the opening round of the Mid-Pacific Invitational. In other games, University powered past Waialua 48-37, Nanakuli rallied past Hawaii Baptist 51-36, and host Mid-Pacific routed Myron B. Thompson Academy 72-16.
  
  
• Baby steps, indeed: Defeat in first sporting event won’t slow Thompson Academy
  12/11/03
  We’ve pounded into them that we don’t expect them to be a professional team,” said Aki, who is also the school’s athletic director. “We stress (to them), have fun and get your education.”
  
  
• Movie Review: Oscar-worthy Last Samurai crosses bridges like few other cross-cultural films
  12/08/03
  Ironically, Last Samurai shares some of the same basic values that made another recent film, Twilight Samurai, so effective. The two films are equally wonderful and honest about relationships. Without a doubt, I find it mesmerizing that two stories about an era 130 years ago struck such a unique chord in today’s world. It is one of the few war films—come to think of it, the only one—that I am eager to see again. Soon.
  
  
• Movie Review: Ferrell's Elf delivers delightful present
  12/04/03
  This film was lauded long before it was released, and one critic went so far as to call it a new holiday classic. Millions of dollars worth of marketing set this film up for major success or dismal failure with no middle ground in between. Ferrell has done his share of comedies since leaving Saturday Night Live—a program that has lost all bite and relies on heavy-handed, unfunny bark now—but could he actually carry a mega-project alone?
  
  

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