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All-BIIF Division II basketball: Arima, Maltezo share top honor

By MATT GERHART Hawaii Tribune-Herald

BIIF Division II girls basketball of late has been all about Honokaa and Kamehameha.

The Dragons had a multitude of attention-grabbers in 2015. Some games it was point guard Kizzah Maltezo or shooting guard Shayla Ignacio, and oftentimes it was Eliyah Fernandez who shined inside.

“On any given day, anybody could stand out,” coach Daphne Honma said. “It wasn’t just one player.”

The Dragons used that depth to repeat as BIIF and HHSAA champions.

At Kamehameha, No. 1 wasn’t so hard to pinpoint. That would be sweet-shooting senior Riana Arima, a four-year contributor at guard who had to take on a bigger role to lead the Warriors back to the BIIF final and a third-place finish at states.