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For now, when it comes to Travis McGaughy, Iolani coach Mark Mugiishi will welcome his production but withhold his promotion. Iolani wins battle
of unbeatens, takes over
first place in ILHBy Jack Danilewicz
Special to the Star-Bulletin
"We like him off the bench," said Mugiishi of his sixth man. "He usually comes in for Bronson (Melemai), who we like in the game at the beginning to set the tempo. He always give us a spark. And that's his job."
Last night, the 6-foot junior came off the bench to score a game-high 13 points, including 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions during a decisive third quarter run, as Iolani defeated St. Louis, 47-28, in a battle of unbeatens at McCabe Gymnasium.
With the win, the Raiders improved to 4-0 and took over sole possession of first place in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu. St. Louis dropped to 2-1 in the ILH. The teams meet again Feb. 2 at Iolani.
McGaughy says he accepts his role.
"I guess the key word is patience," he said. "I just try and do the best with it when I come off the bench. In the first half I wasn't connecting on my 3-pointers, but in the second half my teammates found me and I just drained them."
Iolani was 7-of-14 from 3-point range, with McGaughy and Bobby Webster connecting on three apiece. The first of McGaughy's 3-pointers, which came as the first half expired, lifted Iolani to a 20-18 lead at halftime. Webster finished with 12 points.
Iolani freshman guard Derrick Low, who entered the game as the league's second-leading scorer, was limited to seven points, but played no small role in the Raiders' third quarter run, finding teammates for open 3-pointers.
"Derrick is one of the best freshmen in the country, and I think he's capable of breaking a team down with penetration," said Mugiishi. "We told him with all of the 3-point shooters we have, take it down the middle, suck the defense in, and there is going to be somebody open and ready to shoot the ball."
A 3-pointer by Low with 5:14 to play in the third quarter marked the last of six lead changes in the game and gave Iolani a 23-21 advantage. Moments later, after a St. Louis turnover, Webster stepped up to bury a 3-pointer of his own from the left wing, and Tyler McCready followed with a reverse layup off his own rebound, and suddenly the Raiders were ahead 28-21.
McGaughy then made 3-pointers from the baseline on each of the Raiders' next two possessions to extend the lead to 34-23 with 1:51 remaining in the third quarter. St. Louis would get no closer than 12 in the fourth quarter.
"When you give up a big lead, they spread you out and are able to force your hand a little bit," said St. Louis coach Delbert Tengan. "They shot the ball well in the third quarter, and that's basically what broke the game open."
Iolani 10 10 16 11 -- 47 St. Louis 12 6 5 5 -- 28 IOLANI: Derrick Low 7, Travis McGaughy 13, Bobby Webster 9, Robert Mageo 2, Bronson Melemai 1, Bobby Nash 7, Tyler McCready 8, Joe Udell 0, Jon Grobe 0, Donny Mateaki 0,
ST. LOUIS: Bobby Tappy 0, Jose Vidad 2, Clement 2, Justin Harris 5, Jonah Nakatani 0, T.J. Moe 0, Enoch McKeague 7, Jason Rivers 3, Frank Rivers 3, J.P. Kanoa 6.
3-point goals--Iolani 7 (McGaughy 3, Webster 2, Nash, Low), St. Louis 0.
Other ILH games
Kamehameha 75, Damien 42:
Kolo Kapanui scored 12 of his 19 points in the first half and Sean Uyehara added seven before halftime as the Warriors cruised to a win at Damien.Nainoa Spencer converted three 3-pointers and finished with 19 points for Kamehameha (2-1).
Ashton Saifoloi led the Monarchs (1-3) with 12 points.
Kamehameha 23 17 15 20 -- 75 Damien 7 5 9 21 -- 42 KAMEHAMEHA: Eric Shaver 0, Mike Cummings 0, Kolo Kapanui 19, Nainoa Spencer 19, Sean Uyehara 11, Caleb Spencer 0, Ko Kealoha 0, Manu Aweau 0, Nalu Perkins 13, Ray Oka 3, Aaron Kahaloa 0, Willy Melemai 12.
DAMIEN: Brandon Ahakuelo 9, Peter Campos 4, Aaron Jarmillo 2, Mark Arquero 0, Stein Abe 0, Ashton Saifoloi 12, Dustin Sonico 7, Brandon Wilson 2, John Akino 0, Jarin Garma 6.
3-pointers -- Kamehameha 4 (N. Spencer 3, Uehara), Damien 4 (Garma 2, Akahauelo, Campos).
Punahou 66, Maryknoll 50:
Richard Kim drilled four 3-pointers and led the Buffanblu with 12 points in a win at home.Punahou (3-1) moves into second place in the ILH.
Russell Sypowicz led Maryknoll (0-3) with 16 points.
Maryknoll 12 8 11 19 -- 50 Punahou 15 19 12 20 -- 66 MARYKNOLL: Ryan Hirata 2, Nate Cowen 4, Kawika Calizar 11, Shawn Ortiz 3, Russell Sypowicz 16, Kevin Lee 7, Patrick Torres 2, Waikaloa Noa 3, Jason Lum 0, McShane Dator 2, Jacob Noh 0.
PUNAHOU: Kynan Pang 3, Richard Kim 12, Daniel Lam 2, Andrew Amigleo 6, Todd LaFountaine 6, Jason Ching 4, John Freese 3, David Dowsett 6, David Kowen 7, Lucas Love 6, Ryan Zabriske 3, Dane Uperasa 8.
3-pointers -- Maryknoll 0, Punahou 5 (Kim 4, LaFountaine).
OIA teams
Pearl City 50, Mililani 45:
The Chargers outscored the Trojans, 13-4, in the final quarter to come from behind and win.Terry Ayers poured in 25 points and Kristopher Leiderbach added 13 for Pearl City.
Rashaun Broadus scored 18 points for the Trojans (2-2).
Pearl City 14 11 12 13 -- 50 Mililani 12 10 19 4 -- 45 MILILANI: Rashaun Broadus 18, Kaipo Patoc 13, William Broadus 9, Hoku Patoc 5, Trey Brown 0, Maurice Johnson 0, Andrew Min 0, Alex Oguda 0, Troy Wailehua 0, Koji Price 0, Gary Deliz 0.
PEARL CITY: Terry Ayers 25, Kristopher Liederbach 12, Ty Jarrett 6, Kaipo Monis 3, Clifton Weaver 4, David Tilley 0, Richard Yuen 0, Radley Balde 0, Marcus Felder 0.
3-pointers -- Mililani 2 (R. Broadus, Patoc); Pearl City 4 (Ayers 2, Liederbach 2)
Junior varsity: Mililani 48, Pearl City 46
Leilehua 79, Waianae 60:
Ricardo Bachelor (13) and Joshua Jumawan (17) combined for 30 points as the Mules won their fourth consecutive game.Jacob Milare paced the host Seariders (1-2) with 16 points.
Leilehua 20 24 11 24 -- 79 Waianae 18 11 10 21 -- 60 LEILEHUA: Garland Gantt 11, Ricardo Bachelor 13, Joshua Jumawan 17, Clifton Feliciano 4, Shaun Fetzer 4, Demitrius Washington 2, Mike Hilgerson 6, John Dolac 8, Eric Marshall 12, Lance Tuggle 0.
WAIANAE: Loui Altida 3, Jacob Milare 16, Jonah Nunuha 4, Calvin Brown 11, Kawena Rosario 6, Emry Souza 0, Preston Popa 12, Teacel Hines 4, Jason Tau 2, Ollie Dunlap 2, Terry Alafoe 0, Levi Kekahuna 0, Eric Edwards 0.
3-pointers -- Leilehua 9 (Bachelor 3, Jumawan 3, Dolac 2, Fetzer), Waianae 6 (Milare 3, Popa 2, Altida).
Junior varsity: Leilehua 61, Waianae 37
Waipahu 65, Waialua 59:
Rumel Megia and Kenneth Cheers each scored 16 points to lead the Marauders (1-3) to their first win of the season. Ikaika Soares tallied 17 points for the Bulldogs (0-3).
Waipahu 15 20 12 18 -- 65 Waialua 11 14 13 20 -- 58 WAIPAHU: Rumel Megia 16, Thomas Mason 3, Shane Kaleiwahea 2, Kenneth Cheers 16, Paulo Aga 4, Maurice Daniels 9, Chris Coloma 3, Elliott Moananu-Willis 12, Jacob Aga 0.
WAIALUA: Daniel Jamora 2, Lawrence Ladao 5, Ikaika Soares 17, Randall Isomura 13, To'okela Gasper 12, Ikaika Lean 2, Aaron Agsalda 3, Sistoso 4, Mark Hayes 0, Emmanuel Dagupion 0, Wayne Agsalda 0.
Junior varsity: Waipahu 49, Waialua 39
Aiea 71, Nanakuli 57:
At Aiea, Chris Antonio and Aaron Powell both scored 12 points, as Na Alii (2-2) beat the Golden Hawks (0-3), despite 25 from Anthony Sandobal.
Nanakuli 8 23 12 14 -- 57 Aiea 13 22 12 24 -- 71 NANAKULI: Anthony Sandobal 25, Evert Romena 11, Barry Medeiros 8, Kaleo Enos 8, Everson Kaaihue 3, bert Napoleon 2, John Chandler 0, Rolando Celes 0, Alex Armstead 0, Jacob Kaawa 0, AlHenry McShane 0, Brian Meade 0.
AIEA: Chris Antonio 12, Aaron Powell 12, Anthony Johnson 11, Nathan Olaivar 10, Daniel Min 8, Wes Williams 8, Alika Leovao 6, Arthur Phanphengdy 2, Ken Honda 2, Dennis Dedicatioria 0, Taylor Watanabe 0, Michael Doney 0, Bryan Tuckler-Salas 0, Imo Va'a 0.
3-pointers -- Nanakuli 3 (Sandobal 3). Aiea 2 (Min, Williams).
Due to an error in figuring out tiebreakers, Roosevelt and Farrington -- who tied with Kahuku and Kaiser at 4-5 in the Oahu Interscholastic Association West Division -- were mistakenly placed in the OIA Tournament. Softball
Instead, Kahuku will represent the West as the fifth-place team and Kaiser as the sixth.
The revised tournament bracket has Kahuku traveling to Leilehua and Kaiser playing at Waianae on Tuesday in the opening round.
Aiea did the unthinkable -- holding the high-powered Mililani offense scoreless -- and salvaged a tie in OIA girls' soccer yesterday, keeping their slim chances of earning a share of the Western Division title alive. Soccer
The Trojans (7-0-1) entered the match averaging eight goals a game, but still took over sole possession of first place with the tie.
Mililani has 22 points, Pearl City 21 and Aiea 19. All three teams close out the regular season on Tuesday.
There was just one goal scorer in three other girls' matches yesterday; Waialua and Campbell, and Waipahu and Nanakuli also played to scoreless draws.
Meaghan Rivera scored twice as Radford topped Waianae, 2-0.
In boys' action, Mililani edged Aiea, 2-0, to jump into second place ahead of Na Alii.
Campbell, Leilehua and Radford all secured OIA Tournament berths with victories, joining Pearl City, Mililani and Aiea.
Shane McConnell tallied the lone goal for Radford in a 1-0 win over Waianae.
The Rams completed their regular season with 12 points, and the Seariders have nine points with a game left. But a win for Waianae in their season finale against Aiea still wouldn't be enough -- since Radford would win the tiebreaker due to its victory yesterday.
Yesterday PREP SOCCER
OIA West
Varsity boys
Radford 1, Waianae 0
Campbell 7, Waialua 0
Mililani 2, Aiea 0
Leilehua 4, Kapolei 0
Goal scorers--Rad: Shane McConnell. Cam: Michael Ryman 3, Taisei Lee 2, Chris Kita 2. Mil: Timmy Liu, Kilipaki Kanae. Lei: Ray-Mark Pugay 3, Joshua Catekista.
Varsity girls
Radford 2, Waianae 0
Waialua 0, Campbell 0
Aiea 0, Mililani 0
Waipahu 0, Nanakuli 0
Goal scorer--Rad: Meaghan Rivera 2.
Junior varsity girls
Mililani 7, Aiea 0
Leilehua 2, Kapolei 0
Yesterday PREP BASKETBALL
ILH
Division II varsity boys
Lutheran 57, Assets 32
Hawaii Baptist 52, Kamehameha 46
Lanakila Baptist 53, Redemption 50
St. Louis 50, Iolani 41
Maryknoll 46, Hanalani 45
Punahou 61, University 36
Leading scorers--Luth: David Lehmann 21. Ast: Reid Okaneku 6. HBA: Jason Imada 15. Kam: Wayne Coito 9. LB: Alika Durington 24. Red: Mike Wojnarowkz 19. StL: Adam Dreher 15. Iol: Leroy Nichols 14. Mryl: Mike Chu 16. Han: Lito Alcantara 19. Pun: Steven Chun 12. UHS: Chris Bebe 9.
Junior varsity boys OIA
Campbell 51, Kapolei 31
Yesterday PREP WRESTLING
ILH
Varsity boys
Punahou 66, Pac-Five 3
Pins--130: Mike Furuto (Pun), 145: Dominic Leong (Pun), 215: Scott Schmidtke (Pun)
Junior varsity boys
Punahou 64, Pac-Five 10
Yesterday OIA
At Leilehua
Varsity boys
Leilehua 54, Waialua 0
Mililani 36, Leilehua 33
Mililani 66, Waialua 0
Varsity girls
Leilehua 42, Waialua 0
Mililani 30, Leilehua 24
Mililani 42, Waialua 0
Junior varsity boys
Leilehua 36, Waialua 35
Leilehua 41, Mililani 6
Waialua 54, Mililani 6
At Castle
Varsity boys
Kaimuki 57, Castle 12
Kaiser 52, Castle 27
Kaiser 38, Kaimuki 36
Varsity girls
Castle 36, Kaimuki 0
Castle 36, Kaiser 12
Kaiser 12, Kaimuki 12
Junior varsity boys
Castle 47, Kaimuki 12
Kaiser 42, Castle 33
Kaiser 58, Kaimuki 0
Yesterday PREP GYMNASTICS
ILH meet
Varsity
1. Punahou, 122.3. 2. Kamehameha, 92.4. 3. Pac-Five, 62.7.
Junior varsity
1. Punahou, 132.7. 2. Kamehameha, 127.85.