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Thursday, February 17, 2000
It’s Radford,
Roosevelt for OIA
championship
Kalaheo's six-year run as
By Dave Reardon
the league's basketball kingpin
comes to an end
Star-BulletinTim Harrison was smiling after his alma mater lost last night.
Harrison played for Kalaheo when it won the 1976 Oahu Interscholastic Association basketball championship. Last night he coached Radford one step closer to the 2000 OIA title, as the Rams battled their way past the Mustangs, 46-43.
A Ram-bunctious crowd of about 1,200 saw host Radford (12-0) overcome a 37-32 fourth-quarter deficit as Kalaheo (9-2) made only 2-of-13 shots from the field in the last 6:45.
Sa Tanuvasa led the Rams with 17 points.
Radford, ranked No. 1 in the state all season, meets Roosevelt for the OIA championship Friday at the Blaisdell Arena at 7 p.m., following the junior varsity championship game between Roosevelt and Mililani.
TITLE SHOWDOWN
What: Oahu Interscholastic Association basketball championship game
In the other varsity semifinal last night, Roosevelt beat Mililani, 59-53.
All four semifinalists are in next week's state tournament.
With Radford's victory, Kalaheo's six-year stranglehold on the OIA championship came to an end. But it wasn't easy.
"This was our toughest game, right here," said Harrison, who coached with Pete Smith at Kalaheo for several seasons. "(Smith) got us to play his style of ball. I like a little more up-tempo. We've been working at being more patient in our pattern offense and I think our guys did a good job of that tonight."
Radford adjusted to a Kalaheo defense that put extra pressure on Ram point guard Jacob Avilla.
"They got me tired, and I couldn't concentrate on my shot," Avilla said. "So I knew I had to get the rest of the team involved."
Avilla ended up with only two points, but he had three assists and only one turnover.
"We had the game plan. We took the point guard out of the game," Smith said. "We just needed some help scoring. We just missed too many free throws and too many layups. ... You win games with free throws and layups."
And offensive rebounds.
Tanuvasa scored on a putback and added a free throw to give Radford the lead it would keep, 42-39, with 4:19 left.
Frank Kuresa, who scored eight tough points for the Rams, then made it 44-39 off another offensive rebound at 3:33.
It capped a 12-2 run, and at that point, the five-point lead seemed like much more, as neither team shot very well.
Kalaheo was 15-of-47 from the field and Radford was a bit better at 20-of-53.
But the Mustangs still had D.C. Daniels, who was the game's high scorer with 20 points.
He seemed to tire late in the game, however, and shot two air balls on 3-point attempts before his last bucket let Kalaheo close it to 44-41 with 2:10 left.
Radford then effectively ran out the clock, despite making only 2-of-6 free throws after going to a slowdown at 2:06.
At the end of a first half that saw 11 ties and lead changes, Radford led, 22-20, as Tanuvasa scored eight points.
Kalaheo took temporary control with a 9-0 run sparked by Daniels' fastbreak basket and two free throws. Adrian Aurelio's 17-footer made it 37-32 with 6:46 left, but Tanuvasa hit a 3-pointer 11 seconds later, and the Rams' comeback had begun.
Kalaheo 12 8 13 10 - 43 Radford 10 12 10 14 - 46 KALAHEO: Eric Sandoval 2, Nate Ijima 4, Shayden Marumoto 2, Ikaika Francis 6, Duane Ijima 3, Erin Moorhead 2, D.C. Daniels 20, Adrian Aurelio 4.
RADFORD: Jacob Avilla 2, Jacob Sur 2, Sa Tanuvasa 17, Sam Baker 9, Frank Kuresa 8, Isaac Dunklee 6, Matt Manuma 2.
Junior varsity game -- Roosevelt 60, Kaimuki 53.
Roosevelt 59, Mililani 53:
At Roosevelt, the Rough Riders (10-2) rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Trojans (8-5).Maulia LaBarre and Van Dorsey scored six points each, and Josh Yoshimoto added five, in the final period.
Dorsey led Roosevelt with 16 points. Edwin Hernandez paced Mililani with 15 points.
Mililani 13 10 19 11-53 Roosevelt 13 11 11 24-59 MILILANI: Chad Townsend 3, Ian Monongdo 8, Daireyon Abrams 7, Edwin Hernandez 15, Lawrence Ching 5, Kauka Castro 2, Hoku Patoc 3, Justin Grahovac 6, Ryan Santos 2.
ROOSEVELT: Keola Steitzel 11, Josh Yoshimoto 7, Van Dorsey 16, Maulia LaBarre 12, Chad Kapanui 10, T.J. Talaro 3.
Junior varsity game -- Mililani 63, Kahuku 54.
Maryknoll and University High advanced to the semifinal round of an Interscholastic League of Honolulu postseason playoff to determine the league's third representative in next week's boys' state championship basketball tournament. ILH
Four Maryknoll players scored in double figures as the Spartans defeated Damien, 55-44, and University overcame a 23-point effort by Mid-Pacific's Ricky Bauer to down the ILH Division II champs, 60-51, in last night's first-round games at Mid-Pacific Gym.
In tonight's semifinals at McCabe Gym, University plays Kamehameha at 5 and Maryknoll takes on Punahou at 6:30.
The winners meet tomorrow at McCabe at 7 p.m. That winner joins Iolani and St. Louis as ILH teams in the state tournament.
Adi Maranovic led Maryknoll (5-8) past Damien (0-13) with 15 points and Russell Sypowicz scored five of his 12 in the first quarter for the Spartans.
University (6-7) got 15 points from Chaz Hirata, 12 from Conan Salanoa and 11 from Rodney Timario. Mid-Pacific finished its season at 10-2.
Maryknoll 55, Damien 44
Damien 4 17 9 14 - 44 Maryknoll 12 11 12 20 - 55 DAMIEN: Marlon Agraan 2, Jon Callahan 2, Iosepa Nicholas 4, Palani Lopez 11, Mark Arquero 3, Aaron Jaramillo 4, Ashton Saifoloi 2, Jarin Garma 6, Jay Saavedra 0, Sam Taeu 4, Marcus Anguay 2, Andy Lee 4.
MARYKNOLL: Nate Lowen 10, Sean Ortiz 3, Russell Sypowicz 12, Adi Maranovic 15, Jason Lum 5, Kenny Lindsay 10, Justin Holtzgrove 0, Janssen Kilangtang 0.
University 60, Mid-Pacific 51
Mid-Pacific 12 10 12 17 - 51 University 13 10 14 23 - 60 MID-PACIFIC: Clint Copulos 4, Casey Taira 8, Brian Terayama 0, James Ogiwara 8, Ricky Bauer 23, Kyle Yanabu 0, Justin Matsunaga 0, Chad Wheeler 8.
UNIVERSITY: Rodney Timario 11, Conan Salanoa 12, Patrick Okubo 9, Chaz Hirata 15, Tyson Nam 0, Casey Kushiyama 0, Kory Yonemoto 5, Reid Kodama, Manu McBraun 0, Ben Nishimoto 8.
