Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, January 31, 1997

Acidera’s buzzer bomb
gives Marauders win

Star-Bulletin staff

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Jaymar Acidera sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Waipahu to a 48-45 home-court victory over Campbell last night in Oahu Interscholastic Association Western Division basketball action.

The OIA West regular season ends Saturday with five games.

The OIA East concludes tonight with Kalaheo at Farrington, Kalani at Kaimuki, McKinley at Kahuku, Roosevelt at Castle, and Kaiser at Kailua.

The league championship playoff preliminaries will be held Feb. 6 and Feb. 8.

The Sabers (6-3) pulled into a 45-45 tie with four seconds left in the game. Waipahu (6-3) then inbounded the ball with a long pass to just past half court and called a timeout with three seconds left to set up Acidera's shot.

Acidera, who had eight points in the third quarter when Waipahu took a 34-28 lead, finished with 20 points.

Ernest Limjoco led Campbell with 17 points.

Campbell	8	9	11	17--45
Waipahu		7	10	17	14--48

Campbell: E. Limjoco 17, Raymundo 11, Cook 9, Happeney 4, Matanane 2, Vilona 2, A. Limjoco 0, Pauputti 0, Bumanglag 0, Unutoa 0, Ezell 0.

Waipahu: Acidera 20, Williams 13, Vasega 6, Takeshita 4, Aquino 3, Gossett 1, Wright 1.

Moanalua 66, Pearl City 44: At Pearl City, the defending state champion Menehunes (9-0) clinched the OIA Western Division title behind Ramsey Williams' 24 points.

Williams had 13 in the first half as Moanalua built a 30-21 lead.

Bryson Kamakura and Ricky Marshall each had 10 points for the Menehunes, while Kyle Okinaka led the Chargers (3-6) with 16.

Moanalua	17	13	13	23--66
Pearl City	9	12	4	19--44

Moanalua: Willams 24, Kamakura 10, Marshall 10, White 8, Edwards 7, Jones 2, Santiago 2, Kesaji 2, Espada 1, Stevenson 0, Rosado-Ganndo 0.

Pearl City: Okinaka 16, Scott 13, Custodio 6, Abordonado 5, Hines 2, Chang 2, Shelton 0, Swanger 0, Totten 0, Dolores 0, Hew-len 0, Marshall 0.

Aiea 64, Waialua 25: At Aiea, Lee George scored 10 of his game-high 19 points in the first half as Na Alii (7-2) grabbed a commanding 32-14 lead against the Bulldogs (1-8).

Waialua		7	7	5	6--25
Aiea		17	15	19	13--64

Waialua: Fuiava 7, Pascual 5, Amper 4, Lavarias 3, Lundgren 2, Garcia 2, Yuen 1, Lagapa 1, Fujinaga 0, Albura 0, Cabucana 0.

Aiea: George 19, Offerman 8, Sullivan 8, Okano 7, Riel 4, Davis 4, Liilii 4, Aleaga 4, Yin 3, Kolone 3, Williams 0.

Radford 57, Nanakuli 52: At Radford, in what was a close game throughout, the Rams (4-5) gradually built a slight lead in the second half led by Richard Kealoha, who scored 17 of his 20 points after intermission.

Edmanuel DeFreitas' 19 points paced the Golden Hawks (5-4).

Nanakuli	6	15	11	20--52
Radford		6	15	13	23--57

Nanakuli: DeFreitas 19, B. Marfil 12, K. Marfil 7, Laa 7, Quebral 5, Kahoano 2, Pascua 0, Kapau 0, L. Kotrys 0, T. Kotrys 0, Kunukau 0, Branigan 0.

Radford: Kealoha 20, Je. Polyascko 8, Leverenz 8, Jo. Polyascko 7, Perez 6, Grissett 4, Hussey 2, Morrow 2, Bumanglag 0, Lelie 0, Deruy 0.

Waianae 45, Leilehua 39: Bryce Brown pumped in 15 of his 20 points in the second half as the Seariders (3-6) overcame a one-point halftime deficit.

Pedro Semorile and Ahdae Maines each scored 10 points for the Mules (2-8).

Waianae		7	12	11	15--45
Leilehua	9	11	6	13--39

Waianae: Brown 20, Jackson 9, Evaimalo 8, Irvine 3, DeMello 2, Kealoha 2, Donnell 1, Easley 0.

Leilehua: Semorile 10, Maines 10, Richey 8, Rhone 7, Cash 2, Sape 2, Lung 0, Gutierrez 0, Timoteo 0.

Iolani 58, Maryknoll 50: Derek Christensen scored 17 points and Akoni Ah Yat had 15 to lead the Raiders who raised their unbeaten mark in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu to 9-0.

The Spartans fell to 1-8.

Maryknoll	14	10	8	18-50
Iolani		13	11	18	16-58

Maryknoll: Mau 17, Ward 10, Hazama 7, Silva 6, Basse 5, Nip 3, Almanza 2.

Iolani: D. Christensen 17, Ah Yat 15, Jackson 13, Yasuhara 8, Miyashiro 3, S. Christensen 2, Fuller 0, Oesterly 0, Kishinami 0.