Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, January 17, 1997

Williams paces
unbeaten Moanalua

Junior guard Ramsey Williams scored 20 points as 1996 state champion Moanalua High defeated Leilehua, 54-40, last night at home to improve to 4-0 in the Oahu Interscholastic Association's Western Division.

Williams had nine of his total in the first half as the Menehunes opened a 29-21 lead over the Mules (2-3).

Leilehua   	4	17	7	12--40
Moanalua   	13	16	12	13--54

Leilehua: Rhone 6, Semorile 5, Cooper 2, Lung 0, Gutierrez 0, Richey 9, Beard 0, Timoteo 0, Cash 11, Maines 7, Sape 0.

Moanalua: Santiago 6, Kamakura 0, White 0, Kasagi 2, Rosado-Galindo 11, Williams 20, Edwards 0, Espada 3, Marshall 6, Bruce 6, Stevenson 0.

Aiea 49, Radford 47: At Aiea, Kenny Offerman sank a pair of free throws and Ing Aleaga scored on a layup as Na Alii (5-1) won in overtime.

The Rams (1-3) held a 29-25 lead at the half but Aiea took a 40-38 lead into the fourth quarter.

Adrian Williams led Aiea with 13 points while Aleaga added 11.

Radford 	8	21	9	7	2--47
Aiea 		15	10	15	5	4--49

Radford: Jerry Polyascko 2, Lelie 0, John Polyascko 0, Perez 11, Bumanglag 0, Hussey 2, Grissett 4, Kealoha 7, Degruy 6, Morrow 0, Hunter 2, Leverenz 13.

Aiea: Offerman 7, Williams 13, Davis 7, Sullivan 0, Yian 0, George 11, Kolone 0, Liilii 0, Aleaga 11.

Nanakuli 60, Mililani 50: At Nanakuli, just two nights after ending Aiea's four-game win streak, the Trojans (3-2) found themselves the victims of an upset. Edmanuel DeFreitas, last season's OIA scoring champion, popped in a game-high 23 points to lead the way for Nanakuli (2-2).

DeFreitas hit four of his seven 3-pointers in the third quarter to help break open a close game. The Golden Hawks led, 29-24 at the half and took a 49-32 advantage into the fourth quarter.

Byron Marfil added 21 points for Nanakuli and Kalama Marfil had 13.

Mililani 	15	9	8	18--50
Nanakuli 	17	12	20	19--60

Mililani: Alfar 4, Hudson 8, Cabico 0, Kimura 0, Banks 2, Nishimura 4, Smith 12, Serate 2, Stevenson 0, Chin 2, Price 12, Lilly 0, Parker 4.

Nanakuli: Kapu 0, Cabral 0, DeFreitas 23, Kununkau 0, La'a 11, B. Marfil 21, Brannigan 0, Kahoano 0, K. Marfil 13.

Waipahu 59, Waialua 39: At Waialua, James Letua's five points helped the visiting Marauders (3-2) jump out to a 17-7 first-quarter lead and they never looked back.

Pelupulu Vesega led Waipahu with 12 points, 10 of them in the 20-point third quarter. Letua finished with 11.

Keola Fuiava led the Bulldogs (0-5) with nine points.

Waipahu		17	10	20	12--59
Waialua		7	9	14	9--39

Waipahu: Barba 2, Canencia 2, Chang 0, Acidera 9, Aquino 8, Gailele 6, Letua 11, Takeshita 2, Tacavon 2, Vesega 12, Mendoza 1, Williams 2, Wright 2.

Waialua: Siu 0, Pascual 1, Alburo 3, Garcia 3, Lavaras 5, Yuen 4, Lagata 0, Fuiava 9, Cabucana 2, Anper 4, Lungren 8.

Campbell 56, Waianae 42: At Campbell, Gerald Cook, Russell Raymundo and Ernest Limjoco had 12 points apiece to pace the Sabers (3-2).

John Easley had seven of his team-high 11 points in the first half to stake Waianae (2-3) to a 23-21 lead.

Waianae 	14	9	8	11--42
Campbell	14	7	19	16--56

Waianae: Togia 2, Brown 4, Easley 11, Jackson 5, DeMello 0, Donnell 6, Dennison 7, Evaimalo 7.

Campbell: Limjoco 12, Limjoco 10, Matanane 0, Cook 12, Raymundo 12, Viloria 4, Unutoa 2, Clemmons 4.