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Moanalua won't repeat as the Oahu Interscholastic Association girls' soccer champion this year. Aiea pushes Moanalua
out of tourneyStar-Bulletin staff
Aiea bounced the defending champion Menehunes from the OIA Tournament with a 2-1 win yesterday in the opening round. Nadine Manangan and Lynnsey Ho provided the offense for Na Alii (8-1-1). Moanalua finishes at 3-5-2.
The last time a team won back-to-back titles was Mililani in 1992-93.
The only upset of first day was Kalaheo's 3-0 win over Leilehua (5-5-0). The Mustangs (4-3-3), the fifth seed from the East, face unbeaten Kahuku today in the quarterfinals.
The Red Raiders (9-0-0), led by Natasha Kai, the Eastern Division's leading scorer, were the only OIA team to go through the season unbeaten and untied.
In other first round matches, Kalani (5-3-2) beat Waialua, 1-0, on a goal by Jillian Okamoto, and Kailua (7-1-2) pounded Radford, 7-2, behind three goals by Sarah Takekawa.
The Bulldogs finish their season at 4-5-1 and the Rams at 4-6-0.
Aiea tackles Kaiser (6-1-2) and high-powered Mililani, with 29-goal scorer Mele French, plays Kalani in games today at Mililani.
Kailua and Pearl City (8-1-0) face off at Kahuku in the other quarterfinal today.
Iolani and Kamehameha took care of business yesterday to force a one-game playoff for the Interscholastic League of Honolulu championship. Softball
Iolani beat Mid-Pacific, 12-5, and Kamehameha edged Sacred Hearts, 6-4.
The Warriors and Raiders finished the regular season 12-2, and square off in a one-game playoff on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Ala Wai Field.
Kamehameha and Iolani split a pair of tightly contested games during the regular season.
"I think it's going to be that way again," Kamehameha coach Ty Sing Chow said about Saturday's playoff game. "We're both playing for a better seed in the (state) tournament."
The winner gets one of the top four seeds at state playoffs and gets a first-round bye.
"It's just one less day the pitcher have to pitch and the players have to perform," said Sing Chow, who is in his first year as the Warriors' coach.
In another ILH game, University senior Skylar Tokumine finished her softball career in style by hurling a five-inning perfect game against La Pietra. She recorded seven strikeouts in the 10-0 win.
Samson Satele hit a layup with two seconds left in the fourth overtime to lift Kailua over Kaimuki, 50-49, yesterday in the Oahu Interscholastic Association. Basketball
Kila Kamakawiwoole made a free throw with less than a minute left in the fourth extra frame to give the Bulldogs a 49-46 lead, but Koali Castillo scored a basket to pull the Surfriders within one.
"We had a lot of chances to pull away in the overtimes, but they kept battling," Kailua coach Tim Harrison said. "It was exciting."
Taleki Mailau drilled a 3-pointer late in the third OT to tie the game for Kailua.
Kaimuki 10 2 11 12 2 4 3 4 -- 49 Kailua 7 7 15 7 2 4 3 5 -- 50 KAIMUKI: Jesse Wong 3, Justin Faimealelei 9, Kila Kamakawiwo'ole 16, Brandon Hayashida 8, Daniel Swearingen 6 , Daniel Tautofi 4, Brandon Plan 0, Junior Maiava 3, James Davis 0.
KAILUA: Koali Castillo 16, Samson Satele 8, Taleki Mailau 7, Michael Cathcart 0, Kealii Kalahiki 3, Ammon Kaleo 4, Jordan Montgomery 7, Kekoa Sniffen 5.
3-point goals--Kaimuki 2 (Hayashida, Kila), Kailua 3 (Castillo 2, Mailau).
Junior varsity: Kaimuki 63, Kailua 48
Kalaheo 73, Roosevelt 34:
D.C. Daniels scored 14 of his 18 points in the first half as the host Mustangs (7-0) buried the Rough Riders (3-4).Skyler Wilson, the East's leading scorer, tallied a game-high 19 for Kalaheo.
Roosevelt 7 15 4 8 -- 34 Kalaheo 14 18 13 28 -- 73 ROOSEVELT: Keola Stietzel 14, Chris Mols 1, Cyle Kuwanoe 5, Joshua Yoshimoto 2, Jon Castro 0, Casey Gouveia 3, T.J. Talaro 2, Anthony Holyfield 0, Andrew Choy 0, Shown Francis 0, Liana Wong 0, Kala Koki 5, Eugene Dawson 2.
KALAHEO: C.J. Kaimiola 3, Skyler Wilson 19, Ikaiaka Francis 7, D.C. Daniels 18, James Robertson 0, Shaydon Marumoto 2, Shane Harada 1, Aubrey Bradley 3, Justin Pedrina 5, Keoki Duarte 2, Mike Garcia 0, Mikey Lefever 3, Charles Elliot 3, Remington Chun 8.
3-point goals--Roosevelt 0, Kalaheo 6 (Wilson 2, Lefever, Francis, Elliot, Pedrina).
Junior varsity: Kalaheo 39, Roosevelt 37
Moanalua 67, Farrington 58:
Joey Sierra scored 11 points in the second half to help the host Menehunes (4-4) hold off the Governors.Warren Gaspar exploded for 17 of his game-high 22 points in the second half for Farrington (3-4).
Farrington 12 9 18 19 -- 58 Moanalua 14 16 20 17 -- 67 FARRINGTON: Sanford McKee 3, Michael Rabago 0, Ronald Caday 0, Jason Domingo 11, Shaun Tabil 2, Chad Mock 0, Naseri Sunia 17, Patrick Costelo 1, Chester Pacquing 0, Richard Udani 2, Warren Gaspar 22, Kinohi Aki 0, Billy Tafea 0.
MOANALUA: Aaron Fujino 9, John Simbahon 0, Joey Sierra 17, Teruo Nagasako 0, Brent Stone 0, Rick Fukushima 3, Chris Young 14, David Kilborn 9, Nick Slate 3, Chris Beck 12, James Westbrook 0.
3-point goals--Farrington 3 (McKee, Domingo, Sunia), Moanalua 1 (Fukushima).
Junior varsity: Moanalua 39, Farrington 30
Kahuku 69, Kaiser 39:
Philip Alisa scored six points in the third quarter off steals and Aaron Francisco hit for 14 in the game to lead the Red Raiders (6-2) past the host Cougars (0-7).Jason Peters, Kaiser's leading scorer, was held to eight points.
Kahuku 16 14 18 21 -- 69 Kaiser 7 11 8 13 -- 39 KAHUKU: Trumaine Oto 8, Micah Casey 10, James Kammerer 4, Philip Alisa 14, Anthony Hill 5, Jonathan Mapu 4, Tala Esera 4, Inoke Funaki 0, Ferron Fonoimoana 0, Quin Ah-You 2, Adonis Buttel 4, Aaron Francisco 14.
KAISER: John Hahn 0, Chris Watson 6, Noah Amerson 7, Jason Peters 8, Nate Ushio 3, Garret Wong 2, Tyler Fujie 2, Eric Ching 2, Jordan Kreutz 6, Nathan Gano 1, William Larsen 0, Adam Wickern 0, Jeremy Yim 2.
3-point goals--Kahuku 1 (Mapu), Kaiser 0.
Junior varsity: Kahuku 48, Kaiser 38
McKinley 48, Castle 37:
Lima Toa scored 12 of his 13 points in the second half and the Tigers (4-4) erupted for 34 points after intermission for a comeback win against the host Knights (2-5).
McKinley 6 8 16 18 -- 48 Castle 11 9 7 10 -- 37 MCKINLEY: Curt Leong 5, Edsley Hicks 3, Lima Toa 13, Isaiah Aina 10, Anthony Alborado 2, Christopher Cluney 7, Shawn Pacquing 2, Justin Kaapa 0, Volataire Gansit 6, Justin Book 0, Dominic Souza-Larimore 0, Keith Hicks 0, Salesi Fifita-Atkins 0.
CASTLE: Jarom Laimana 1, Michael Gayle 5, John Lam Ho 2, Chris Church 0, Nick Stecz 2, Maka Torres 2, Ryen Isip 0, Joel Botelho 10, Keoki Rapisora 10, Ikaika Bruhn 5, Quintin Duvauchelle-Gasper 0.
3-point goals--McKinley 1 (Cluney), Castle 3 (Botelho 2, Gayle).
Junior varsity: Castle 48, McKinley 44
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