D-I BOYS STATE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS
RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
Kamehameha goalkeeper Micah Swain grabbed the ball away from Kamehameha-Maui's Ryan Felipe in the second half of the Division I boys semifinal.
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Dydasco puts Kamehameha in final
Zane Dydasco's twisting direct kick from 28 yards out in the final seconds of regulation tied the game at 1, and Kamehameha went on to upset second-seeded Kamehameha-Maui 2-1 on penalty kicks last night in the Division I semifinals of the JN Automotive/HHSAA Boys Soccer State Championships.
State Boys Soccer
At Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park:
Yesterday's results
Division I
Semifinals
All games in stadium
» Iolani 3, Mililani 2, OT
» Kamehameha 2, Kamehameha-Maui 1, PK
Division II
Quarterfinal
» Honokaa 1, Kauai 0, PK (completion of suspended match)
Semifinals
» Kapaa 2, Honokaa 1
» Mid-Pacific 1, Kamehameha-Hawaii 0
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Dry conditions prevailed for 1,000 fans at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium, where KS-Maui looked every bit the unbeaten champion for much of the match and had a 1-0 lead entering the final minute.
However, Kamehameha midfielder Nickolas Brown was fouled just outside the box to set up the long attempt by Dydasco. Brown seemed to crumble at the slightest contact, drawing the whistle.
"I saw a 50-50 ball, so I went for it. I didn't know if anyone was behind him," Brown said. "The guy hit me in the air."
His kick took aim at the right post, where a KS-Maui defender stood. The ball curled over his head and bent into the net to give the Kapalama Warriors a minor miracle.
"The wall's there and the keeper can't really see (the ball)," said Dydasco, who recalled only one or two other direct kicks good for goals this season. "Personally, I'd rather play it out in regulation time, but it's better to be lucky."
RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
Kamehameha's Zane Dydasco scored against Kamehameha-Maui in the second half of a D-I HHSAA boys soccer semifinal at Waipio soccer park last night.
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After two overtimes, Kamehameha got successful penalty kicks from Kimo Komomua, Kainoa Kahui, Dydasco, Gareth Gomes and Ryan Ho.
KS-Maui got PKs from Cody Felipe, Jose Ledesman II and Ryan Felipe, but their second kicker, Kody Ganiko, was stopped by Kamehameha goalkeeper Micah Swain.
"It looked like a miracle," Kamehameha coach Andrew Ah New said. "Punahou scored on us with a late shot, and one week after that, we came back and beat Iolani on PKs. I'm proud of the way they played. They got better as time went on."
State Boys Soccer Division I
At Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park
Yesterday
Consolation
Kaiser 1, Aiea 0 (4-3 PK)
Kealakehe 5, Roosevelt 2
Semifinals
Kamehameha 2, Kamehameha-Maui 1 (5-3 PK)
Iolani 3, Mililani 2, OT
Today
Consolation final
Baldwin vs. Castle, 4 p.m., field 7
Fifth-place game
Kaiser vs. Kealakehe, 4 p.m., field 8
Third-place game
Kamehameha-Maui vs. Mililani, 4 p.m., field 5
Championship game
Kamehameha vs. Iolani, 8 p.m., stadium
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KS-Maui (15-1-2) got a beautiful score at the 46-minute mark on a long pass upfield to Ryan Mountcastle, who scored 1-on-1 against Kamehameha's keeper on a 15-yarder.
In extra time, Dydasco missed on a 45-yard direct kick -- a foul was called against his team at point-blank range, and Kamehameha seemed to be out of chances. Then came the play by Brown.
Mountcastle suffered a hamstring cramp in the second overtime, but later returned. However, the visiting Warriors lost midfielder Kelii Dias to a red card at the 96-minute mark.
"They were rushing (in the first half). They didn't have rhythm," Ah New said. "In the second half, they slowed it down and got it back."
Coach Jayson Nakasone's KS-Maui team beat Kamehameha 1-0 in a preseason match.
Iolani 3, Mililani 2 (OT)
Blaine Gonsalves saved his best goal for last, heading in a long cross from Nicholas Goo that just got past the left post in the final minute of overtime.
Gonsalves, a senior forward, finished with a hat trick for the top-seeded Raiders in a thriller against the Trojans.
Mililani's Michael Anduha trickled in a 10-yarder that found the left side of the net to tie the game at 2 in the final minute of regulation.
Iolani (12-1-2) had an opportunity to score midway through the first overtime, but Kevin Fung's 30-yard direct kick midway through caromed off a Mililani (14-2-1) defender.