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TEN teams have clinched berths in the 12-team Oahu Interscholastic Association softball playoffs. The other two participants will be decided today by flips of a coin. Coin flips to
decide two OIA softball
playoff spotsStar-Bulletin staff
Campbell, Waipahu and Nanakuli all finished the OIA Western Division regular season at 4-5. Since Campbell beat Nanakuli during the regular season and Nanakuli beat Waipahu and Waipahu beat Campbell, the tiebreaking coin flips take place at 7 p.m. at Radford.
Nanakuli beat Aiea, 6-3, yesterday, and the other two teams lost to forge the three-way tie for fifth place in the West.
Mililani edged Campbell, 2-1 on Adrienne Kasaoka's two-run double. The Trojans finished 9-0 and won the West championship.
Pearl City, Waianae and Leilehua are also in the playoffs.
In the Eastern Division, Roosevelt upset Castle, 4-2, to knock the Knights from a first-place tie.
Kailua downed Kalaheo, 13-0, to finish 9-1 and take the East title.
Kaimuki topped Kalani, 11-0, to wrap up a 9-1 season -- but the Surfriders won the head-to-head tiebreaker, having beaten the Bulldogs last Sunday.
Moanalua, Roosevelt and Farrington all also earned spots in the OIA tournament.
Roosevelt, Farrington, Kahuku and Kaiser all finished at 5-5. The Rough Riders secured a playoff berth because they had the most championship points -- which are awarded for each win, depending on where the opponent is in the standings.
The win against the Knights gave the Rough Riders the highest-quality win among the four teams in contention, and put them over the top. The Governors took the final spot because of a win over the Menehunes on Dec. 13.
Erick Edwards hit a 12-foot baseline jumper with six seconds left to lift Waianae (1-1) to a 55-54 win over Waipahu (0-3) yesterday in the Oahu Interscholastic Association. Basketball
Preston Popa scored five of his 10 points in the fourth quarter for the Seariders.
Thomas Mason had six points in the third quarter to give the Marauders a 42-38 lead going into the final quarter.
Waianae 9 17 12 17 -- 55 Waipahu 8 16 18 12 -- 54 WAIANAE: Loui Altida 0, Jacob Milare 15, Jonah Nunuha 3, Calvin Brown 11, Kawena Rosario 0, Emry Souza 0, Preston Popa 10, Teacel Hines 5, Jason Tau 0, Erick Edwards 9, Terri Alafoe 0, Dunlap Ollie 2.
WAIPAHU: Rumel Megia 15, Thomas Mason 10, Jacob Aga 2, Shane Kaleiwahea 0, Kenneth Cheers 14, Paulo Aga 2, Maurice Daniels 11, Chris Coloma 0, Elliott Moananu-Willis 0.
Leilehua 67, Campbell 62:
Eric Marshall scored nine points in the second quarter and Ricardo Bachelor added eight more as the Mules built a 40-26 halftime lead and withstood a second-half charge by the Sabers.Campbell's Jentel Morris hit three 3-pointers in the second half and led all scorers with 23 points.
Bachelor finished with 19 points and Marshall tallied 16 for the Mules, which entered the game averaging 80 points.
Campbell 8 18 20 16 -- 62 Leilehua 13 27 12 15 -- 67 CAMPBELL: Antone Pacheco 4, Gentel Morris 23, Mark Villanueva 0, Mark Boucher 0, Wallace Simanu 0, Dominic Carter 7, Matthew Ramos 0, Fred Donald 6, Chad Bailey 15, Preston Varley 0, Richard Frost 0, Randy Saramosing 6, John Gonzales 0, Frankie Tano 0, Chad Kelley 1.
LEILEHUA: Garland Gantt 10, Lance Tuggle 0, Ricardo Bachelor 19, Joshua Jumawan 15, Clifton Feliciano 6, Shaun Spencer 0, Demitrius Washington 1, Mike Hilgerson 0, John Dolac 0, Eric Marshall 16, Duon Adams 0.
3-pointers--Campbell 7 (Morris 3, Donald 2, Carter, Bailey), Leilehua 3 (Jumawan 2, Bachelor).
Junior varsity: Leilehua 58, Campbell 40
Mililani 82, Nanakuli 40:
Rashaun Broadus scored eight points in the first half and Trey Brown scored five in the second quarter as the Trojans (2-1) rebounded from a first-quarter deficit to to bury the Golden Hawks (0-2).The Broadus brothers -- Rashaun and William -- combined for 30 points and the Patocs -- Hoku and Kaipo -- added 17 more.
Nanakuli drained seven 3-pointers, with Barry Medeiros hitting three and Albert Napoleon two.
Mililani 15 27 18 22 -- 82 Nanakuli 18 5 8 9 -- 40 MILILANI: Gary Veliz 2, Koji Price 4, Rashaun Broadus 16, Troy Wailehua 8, Alex Aguda 2, William Broadus 14, Andrew Min 4, Hoku Patoc 6, Chad DeMello 2, Kaipo Patoc 11, Maurice Johnson 6, Trey Brown 7.
NANAKULI: Everson Kaaihue 0, Everett Romena 0, Barry Medeiros 14, John Chandler 1, Anthony Sandobal 8, Rolando Clef 3, Alex Armstead 2, Jacob Kaawa 2, Albert Napoleon 6, Kaleo Enos 4, Henry McShane 0.
3-pointers--Mililani 2 (R. Broadus, Brown), Nanakuli 7 (Medeiros 3, Napoleon 2, Sandobal, Clef)
Junior varsity: Mililani 77, Nanakuli 42
Pearl City 81, Waialua 48:
Terry Ayers had the hot hand again for the Chargers -- scoring 28 points in a rout of the host Bulldogs.Ayers is averaging just over 22 points a game for Pearl City, which improved to 3-0.
Jonathan Aceret paced Waialua (0-2) with 19 points.
Pearl City 18 23 27 13 -- 81 Waialua 10 12 18 8 -- 48 PEARL CITY: Conrado Radona 2, Marcus Felder 2, Kaipo Monis 10, Bradley Balde 0, Ty Jarrett 12, Terry Ayers 28, Richard Yuen 0, David Tilley 2, Kristopher Liederbach 8, Keo Domingo 6, Clifton Weaver 11.
WAIALUA: Daniel Jamora 0, Emmanuel Dagupion 1, Lawrence Ladao 0, Wayne Agsalda 0, Mark Hayes 1, To'okela Gasper 2, Ikaika Soares 6, Desmond Amper 0, Ikaika Lean 0, Aaron Agsalda 2, Micah Vasconcelles 9, Randall Isomura 8, Jonathan Aceret 19.
3-pointers--Pearl City 1 (Liederbach), Waialua 0.
Junior varsity: Pearl City 61, Waialua 48
Radford 38, Aiea 27:
Sam Baker and Kula Tanuvasa combined for 26 points as the Rams (2-1) won a defensive battle against Na Alii (1-2).Baker led all scorers with 14 points.
Aiea 4 6 10 11 -- 27 Radford 9 10 6 13 -- 38 AIEA: Jerome Duldulao 0, Chris Antonio 4, Daniel Min 5, Wes Williams 4, Aaron Powell 6, Anthony Johnson 6, Dennis Dedicatoria 0, Arthur Phanphengdy 0, Nathan Olaivar 2, Taylor Watanabe 0.
RADFORD: Justin Rellin 0, Charles Senior 1, Jeffery O'Garro 0, Joshua Redding 0, Dwight Edwards 1, Kula Tanuvasa 12, Sam Baker 14, Fritz Crighton 0, Jonathan Atimua 0, Justin Puluti 2, Kevin Calloway 8.
Junior varsity: Radford 66, Aiea 23
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