Thursday, February 19, 1998
By Kathryn Bender, Star-Bulletin
Moanalua's Ramsey Williams, left, tries to drive
around Hilo's Kimo Keiter-Charles.By Kathryn Bender, Star-Bulletin
Hilo's Ananda Hall, right, and Keiter-Charles, left,
battle Moanalua's Ki Deok Kwon for the ball.
Moanalua storms
‘back door’The Menehunes open the
By Pat Bigold
state tournament with
an easy victory
Star-BulletinFor the third year in a row, Moanalua is off and running through the back door of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association boys' basketball tournament. But for the first time in three unseeded state tournament starts, the two-time defending state champion Menehunes didn't have to rally from a substantial deficit to win in the preliminary round.
Behind senior guard Ramsey Williams' 20 points, which included four 3-pointers, Moanalua took command early and coasted past Hilo, 74-42, last night at McCabe Gym.
The Menehunes (13-1) will face fourth-seeded Maui Interscholastic League champion Maui High (12-1) today at 3:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals at Blaisdell Arena.
In other quarterfinal games at Blaisdell today, second-seeded Oahu Interscholastic Association champion Kalaheo (12-0) will face the MIL's Seabury Hall (12-2) at 5 p.m; top-seed and Interscholastic League of Honolulu champion Iolani (11-1) will meet the OIA's Kaimuki (9-1) at 6:30; and Big Island Interscholastic Federation champ Waiakea (11-2) will face the ILH's St. Louis (12-3) at 8.
In its 1996 run, Moanalua had to come back from a nine-point, first-quarter deficit against Seabury Hall. In 1997, the Menehunes had to overcome a 15-point third-quarter deficit against Punahou.
But this time the savvy Menehunes, with three key third-year players, methodically took apart the BIIF power.
"They were patient on offense and their defense was beautiful -- a real team effort," Hilo head coach Larry Manliguis said.
Moanalua's Marvin Santiago and Williams opened the game with consecutive 3-pointers. Hilo's notorious fast break, which led it to eight Big Island Interscholastic Federation titles and one state title in the last nine years, never got going.
By the end of the first quarter, the Menehunes had a 26-10 lead, and at the half it was 43-17. Williams had 13 points and 10 Moanalua players broke into the scoring column.
That was a complete turnaround from the first half of last week's 54-45 loss to Kalaheo in the OIA title game, when Williams had 18 of the team's 29 points.
"We talked about that," Moanalua head coach Eddie Maruyama said. "Teams scouted us and we know they're going to give towards Ramsey, so that opens up a lot of holes."
Hilo 10 7 14 11--42 Moanalua 26 17 12 19--74Hilo: Jason Mandaquit 7, Brandon Kauhi 4, Joseph Nicholas 2, Dennis Delfin 8, Clarence Cox 3, Kimo Keiter-Charles 9, Ray Cobile 6, Ananda Hall 2, Isaac Goya 1.Moanalua: Marvin Santiago 6, Bryson Kamakura 8, Brian Rosado-Galindo 3, Ramsey Williams 20, Ricky Marshall-Greene 6, Ki Deok Kwon 4, Brian Green 5, Mike Yadao 7, Jeremy Harper 2, Clint Fivella 2, Michael Towner 7, Jonathan Tanibe 4.
Kaimuki 55, Waimea 34: The Bulldogs jumped out to a 19-2 first-quarter lead, then survived a 21-11 Menehune run that lasted through 3:30 of the third quarter.
William Maiava scored seven of his 11 points in the first quarter. Darrel Tautofi led the Bulldogs with 13 points.
Kaimuki 19 10 11 15--55 Waimea 2 17 7 8--34Kaimuki: Tyrone Tausaga 2, Warren Tang 8, Ryne Sonoda 4, William Maiava 11, Travis Francisco 9, David Tautofi 6, Darrel Tautofi 13, Alton Wong 2, Diamond Villaruel 0, Mathew Faga 0.Waimea: Freddy Constantino 6, Chauncey Medeiros 2, Tony Brun 5, Jaime Cabral 2, Kareem Fuertes 9, Michael Karratti 4, Jason Caldeira 3, Marcus Robinson 3.
Seabury Hall 16 6 18 24--64 Aiea 14 9 11 15--49Seabury Hall: Joe Marsh 12, Eric Sokalski 8, Jamil Newirth 16, Cliff Sison 10, David Mayer 15, Daniel Defoe 2, Chad Aldrich 1, B.J. Anderson 0, David Roth 0, Tyler McNish 0.Aiea: Mark Stringert 10, Ing Aleaga 4, Robert Nakagawa 2, Adrien Williams 9, Rex Kolone 17, Michael Pierce 4, Jonathan Mosqueda 1, Anthony Riel 0, Jesmond Toilolo, Jarron Pope 0, Shane Tam 0, Kapono Yin 0.
St.Louis 8 10 15 10--43 Mililani 7 12 9 13--41St.Louis: Matt Vivas 20, Kapena Lum 7, Anthony Arceneaux 0, Timmy Chang 4, Brett Nakoa 4, Joe Siofele 6, Kailin Dudley 1, Junior Wong 3, Sione Thompson 0.Mililani: Kenji Price 22, Shane Alfar 4, Cory Brailsford 8, Orville Smith 2, Jose Serate 2, Kris Andrews 2, Michael Hudson 3, Calvin Falmon 0, Chris Deverturda 0.
Boys' state tournament