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Media Advisory: Maryknoll School Celebrates Boys Basketball Team Winning First State Championship in 35 Years
Maryknoll School will hold a celebratory assembly for all students, staff and faculty for grades K-12 to recognize the Boys Varsity I Basketball Team for winning the Hawaii State Division I Basketball Championship this past weekend.
When: Thursday, February 28, 2019
- 9:55 a.m. Basketball team and High School students parade from Maryknoll High School on Punahou Street, down Wilder Avenue to Maryknoll Grade School campus on Dole Street
- 10:15 a.m. Assembly begins in Maryknoll Community Center
- Drumline performance
- Remarks by Maryknoll School President Perry Martin
- Remarks by Head Coach Kelly Grant
- Remarks by graduating senior basketball players
- Prayer and Alma Mater
Where: Maryknoll Community Center – 1722 Dole St. Honolulu, HI 96822
Interviews:
- Perry Martin, Maryknoll School President
- Kelly Grant, Head Coach, Boys Varsity I Basketball Team
- Basketball players including:
- Payton Grant, graduating senior and son of Head Coach Kelly Grant
- Makoto Kamata, graduating senior and All-Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Marcus Tobin, graduating senior and All-Tournament Team Member
Background:
The Maryknoll Boys Varsity I Basketball Team triumphed over Punahou 50-34 on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Stan Sheriff Center to clinch the State Division I title. This is the Spartans first basketball state championship since 1984, when Head Coach Kelly Grant himself was a senior guard on the Maryknoll team.
The Maryknoll Boys Varsity I Basketball Team triumphed over Punahou 50-34 on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Stan Sheriff Center to clinch the State Division I title. This is the Spartans first basketball state championship since 1984, when Head Coach Kelly Grant himself was a senior guard on the Maryknoll team.
- Marcus Tobin, Makoto Kamata power Maryknoll to 1st state title since 1983
Hawaii Prep World, Saturday 2/23/19 - Maryknolls 1st state title
Hawaii Prep World, Sunday 2/24/19 - Maryknoll stifles Punahou for D1 crown
Scoring Live, Sunday 2/24/19 - Spartans dominate Punahou 50-34 in Division I final
Hawaii News Now, Saturday 2/23/19 - Maryknoll is king again
KITV4, Saturday 2/23/19 - Maryknoll and Damien cut down the nets as boys basketball state champs
KHON2, Monday, 2/25/19 - Family Ties
Hawaii News Now, Thursday, 2/21/19
For media inquiries, please contact:
Lori Carlos '87
Director of Marketing, Communications, and Community Engagement
Email: lori.carlos@maryknollschool.org
Office Line: (808) 952-8460
Director of Marketing, Communications, and Community Engagement
Email: lori.carlos@maryknollschool.org
Office Line: (808) 952-8460
About Maryknoll School
Maryknoll School was founded more than 90 years ago by the Maryknoll Sisters and is Hawaii’s largest coeducational Catholic school serving students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Maryknoll is at the forefront of innovation in education as the first school in Hawai‘i to offer Mandarin immersion during the school day. The school is committed to creating 21st-century learners, leaders, and global citizens of character.
