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Wednesday, January 19, 2000

By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
Sanoe Mokuahi of St. Louis makes a jump pass around
Iolani's Bobby Nash during action last night at Iolani gym.

Nash lifts Raiders
over Saints

Iolani sits alone atop the
ILH basketball standings after
beating St. Louis

Star-Bulletin staff

Freshman forward Bobby Nash scored a season-high 16 points and Iolani took over sole possesion of first place in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu last night with a 60-48 boys' basketball victory over previously unbeaten St. Louis.

The visiting Crusaders (4-1) led, 25-24, at halftime but the Raiders used a zone defense and outscored St. Louis, 18-3, in the third quarter to pull away.

"We stepped it up on defense and tried to make it hard for Junior Wong to score,'' said the 6-foot-6 Nash, who had nine of his points in the deciding third quarter.

Wong, the leading scorer for St. Louis, finished with a game-high 17 points, six of those points coming on free throws. No other Crusader was in double figures.

"It was a big win for us,'' said Iolani coach Mark Mugiishi. "St. Louis is known for cranking up the pressure and (sophomore point guard) Bronson Melemai did a super job handling the pressure."

For Iolani (5-0), Travis McGaughy finished with 12 points and Bobby Webster 11. Melemai had two turnovers in playing 32 minutes.

St. Louis	12 13  3 20-48
Iolani	14 10 18 18-60

ST. LOUIS: Bobby Tappy 0, Joey Borja 4, Junior Wong 17, Brenden Clement 0, Enoch McKeague 2, John Paul Kanoa 8, Jason Rivers 7, Kalvin Koverman 8, Sanoe Mokuahi 0.

IOLANI: Bronson Melemai 9, Travis McGaughy 12, Kyle LaBenz 2, Shane Ouchi 0, Bobby Nash 16, Bobby Webster 11, Tyler McCready 0, Joe Udell 4, Donny Mateaki 2, Ryan Hannemann 4.

Also in the ILH:

Maryknoll 58, Damien 47:

At Mid-Pacific, Kenny Lindsay, the ILH's leading scorer, hit for 19 of his game-high 28 points in the second half to lead the Spartans over the Monarchs.

Adi Maranovic added 12 and Russell Sypowicz 10 for Maryknoll (3-2). Jarin Garma scored 11 and Palani Lopez 10 for Damien (0-5).

Damien	10  6 14 17--47
Maryknoll	14 14 11 19--58

Damien: Palani Lopez 10, Iosepa Nicholas 0, Mark Aquero 0, Aaron Jaramillo 3, Ashton Saifoloi 1, Jarin Garma 11, Jay Saavedra 5, Sam Taeu 9, Marcus Anguay 0, Andy Lee 8.

Maryknoll: Erik Valdriz 2, Nate Cowan 3, Sean Ortiz 3, Russell Sypowicz 10, Adi Maranovic 12, Jason Lum 0, Kenny Lindsay 28, Justin Holzgrove 0, Janssen Kilangtang 0.

University 65, Kamehameha 53:

At Kekuhaupi'o Gym, the Junior Rainbows used a 24-16 fourth quarter to pull away from the Warriors.

Casey Kushiyama scored 11 of his game-high 24 points in the final period to lead University (3-3). Rodney Timario added 14, eight in the last quarter.

For Kamehameha (1-5), Isaiah Alapai scored 17 points, hitting three 3-pointers, while Kanoa Alapai added 14, hitting four 3-pointers.

University 	13 16 12 24--65
Kamehameha	20  8  9 16--53

University: Rodney Timario 14, Conan Salanoa 5, Patrick Okubo 8, Chaz Hirata 4, Tyson Nam 0, Casey Kushiyama 24, Kory Yonemoto 6, Manu McBraun 4.

KAMEHAMEHA: Nouveau Naumu 0, Sean Uehara 3, Nainoa Spencer 6, Kanoa Alapai 14, Isaiah Alapai 17, Kolo Kapanui 11, Josh Steinhoff 0, Willie Melemai 2, Reggie Maldonado 0.

OIA WEST

RADFORD 65, LEILEHUA 51:

At Radford, Sa Tanuvasa scored 21 points and Isaac Duncklee had 18, as the Rams (4-0) took over sole possession of the OIA West.

Josh Jumawan paced the Mules (3-2) with 14 points, including two 3-pointers in the last four minutes of play.

Leilehua	9 14  9 19-51
Radford	16 17 17 15-65

Leilehua: Garland Gantt 8, Ricardo Bachelor 5, Travis Meeker 0, Josh Jumawan 14, Clifton Feliciano 10, Shane Tangonan 0, Charles Lewis 7, Josh Thomas 4, Kenny Whiteside 0, Leonardo Warren 3.

Radford: Jacob Avilla 5, Jacob Sur 2, Brandon Reyes 4, Sa Tanuvasa 21, Sam Baker 7, Frank Paresa 8, Isaac Duncklee 18.

Junior varsity-Leilehua 49, Radford 29.

NANAKULI 49, MOANALUA 42:

At Nanakuli, Aaron Figueroa hit for half of his 12 points and Louis Mafua scored four of his 12 in the fourth quarter as the Golden Hawks rallied to upset the previously unbeaten Menehunes.

Nanakuli (3-2) trailed, 36-35, after three periods but finished strong to secure its third win in five games.

Moanalua (3-1) was led by Jonathan Tanibe with 11 points.

Moanalua	10 11 15  6-42
Nanakuli	16 12 7 14-49

MOANALUA: Jonathan Tanibe 11, Aaron Fujino 3, Bryce Campbell 9, Saffery Silva 7, Thompson Ahlou 0, J Marxen 4, Taeger Sagadraca, Shawn Robinson 0, Keivon Liburd 0, David Kilborn 0, Chris Young 2, Chris Beck 0.

NANAKULI: Anthony Sandobal 4, Albert Napoleon 0, Barry Medeiros 0, Lensie Mahelona 0, Aaron Figueroa 12, Louis Mafua 12, Keoki Duarte 6, Herman Asinsin 8, Janilo Paulo 2, Kapena Keopuhiwa 5, Jason Laguaton 0.

Junior varsity-Moanalua 41, Nanakuli 36.

Mililani 50, Pearl City 42:

At Pearl City, the Trojans used a balanced scoring attack and a 15-9 first-quarter run to take charge against the Chargers.

Lawrence Ching led Mililani (3-2) with 10 points. Miguel Parks was tops for Pearl City (1-4) with 14 points and Christian Luke added 11.

Mililani	15 10 9 16--50
Pearl City	9 11 9 13--42

Mililani: Chad Townsend 6, Ian Monogdo 5, Daireyon Abrams 4, Edwin Hernandez 3, Koji Price 4, Lawrence Ching 10, Hoku Patoc 2, Justin Grahovac 8, Ryan Santos 8.

Pearl City: Terry Ayers 6, Miguel Parks 14, Courtney Shirmer 4, Christian Luke 11, Richard Lehner 7, Joseph Kang 0, Kaipo Moniz 0, Justin Angel 0.

Junior varsity--Mililani 43, Pearl City 36

Waipahu 54, Waialua 43:

At Waipahu, Clint Fludd scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half to help the Marauders break open a tight ball game.

Eugene Adduro added eight of his 12 points after intermission for Waipahu (2-3). Randy Ubarbe led Wailua (0-4) with 14 points.

Waialua	8 11 12 12--43
Waipahu	17  7 20 10--54

Waialua: Randall Isomura 0, Nicky Manguino 6, Julian Luke 0, Emmanuel Dagupion 0, Jameson Romualdo 2, Gregory Sistoso 6, Ikaika Soares 10, Desmond Amper 2, Jason Pacarien 0, Ikaika Lean 0, Randy Ubarbe 14, Stanley Kawai 0, Clifford Waiwaiole 3.

Waipahu: Christopher Duke 2, Jasper Tacacon 3, Arnold Orpilla 2, Marvin Macadangdang 0, Brandon Fagaragan 0, Christopher Coloma 0, Maurice Daniels 7, Paulo Aga 2, Darrell Moore 7, Eugene Adduro 12, Calsen Kaawa 2, Clint Fludd 14, Feeunei Solomua 3.

Junior varsity--Waipahu 73, Waialua 27.

Aiea 58, Campbell 56:

Game statistics were not reported.