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Prep Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, February 7, 2001

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Softball player
injured by golf ball
returns to school

Amy Taniguchi returned to school yesterday, less than a week after getting hit in the mouth by a golf ball during a state tournament softball game at Rainbow Wahine Stadium on the University of Hawaii campus.

The Iolani senior was standing in the dugout when she was struck in the mouth by a golf ball during the Iolani-Baldwin game on Friday. One tooth was knocked out and her gumline was injured.

Several golf balls were hit onto the field during the game and police believe the balls were hit from the Johnson Hall Dormitory on Dole Street.

The Honolulu Police Department and CrimeStoppers are looking for any witnesses who were in the area on Friday, at around 7:30 p.m.

Anyone with information can call Detective Rodney Noguchi at 547-7212 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.

CrimeStoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect.

Iolani coach Chris Shimabukuro said the Taniguchi and her family are handling the situation very positively.

"Through the whole traumatic situation Amy never cried, even after getting hit and having to sit through the last game of her high school career," Shimabukuro said. "She never complained and never had a bitter attitude. I've known Amy and her family for years and (complaining is) just not in their nature."

Iolani aims for ILH title against Kamehameha

The Iolani boys' soccer team can claim the Interscholastic League of Honolulu championship with a win or tie today against Kamehameha (7-2-2).

The Raiders head into the regular season finale with an 8-0-3 record. Punahou (7-1-3) must beat St. Louis and hope for an Iolani loss to force a tie for first place.

If that happens, the two teams would meet in a one-game playoff on Thursday.

The ILH champion earns a berth in the state tournament, which starts next Wednesday. The league's second-place team must play King Kekaulike, the Maui Interscholastic League runner-up, for the 12th and final state berth.

Pearl City dethrones champs

In the Oahu Interscholastic Association, the Pearl City boys ended Mililani's two-year run with a 1-0 win on Saturday. Richard Shinn scored the game's lone goal. It was the Chargers' first league title since 1990. Aiea beat Campbell, 4-0, in the third-place game and Kalani secured the OIA's fifth state tournament berth with a 2-0 win over Castle. The state tournament runs from Feb. 14-17.

OIA postseason hoops

The OIA basketball playoffs start tomorrow -- without defending champion Roosevelt.

The Rough Riders finished 5-5 and missed the tournament on a tiebreaker.

Top seeds Kalaheo (10-0) and Leilehua (9-0) have a first-round bye.

Tomorrow's games at Mililani are Kailua (6-4) vs. Aiea (5-4) and Mililani (7-2) vs. Farrington (5-5). The Governors won their final two games to slip into the postseason.

Radford (6-3) and Moanalua (5-5), and Kahuku (7-3) and Campbell (4-5) meet at Kahuku.

Kaimuki, Pearl City, Kalaheo and Leilehua swing into action in Friday's quarterfinals, and the winners of those games earn a state berth. Semifinals are Feb. 14 and the OIA title game is Feb. 15.

Waialua drowns out dry spell

Sophomore Garrett McNulty of Waialua streaked to a win in the 100-yard freestyle race at the OIA Western Division Swimming Championships to end a long dry spell for the Bulldogs, who hadn't won an individual title in recent memory.

"I would say it's been 20 years since we've done this," said Waialua coach Bob Atwood.

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By Tim Crouse and Ben Freedman,
Special to the Star-Bulletin

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BASKETBALL

Coaches and media poll

HawaiiSportsNetwork.com
Top 10 Hawaii boys
As of Feb. 4

First place votes in parentheses

	Overall	League	Pts	LW
1. Kalaheo (44)	21-1	10-0	440	1
2. Leilehua	15-4	9-0	358	3
3. Iolani	18-4	10-1	354	2
4. Honokaa	20-3	11-0	316	4
5. St. Louis	11-4	8-2	252	7
6. Pearl City	21-4	8-1	204	6
7. Kamehameha	11-9	6-4	155	5
8. Baldwin	14-8	9-2	131	8
9. Kaimuki	18-7	8-2	107	9
10. Punahou	15-5	7-3	49	10

Others receiving votes: Waiakea (20-4, 9-2) 26; Lahainalua (15-7, 7-3) 8; Mililani (n/a, 7-2) 6; Maui (14-8, 9-2) 3; Kahuku (14-5, 7-3) 3; Kohala (13-5, 8-3) 2.

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Standings

Oahu Interscholastic Association

Final regular season s tandings

Eastern Division

	W	L	Pct.	GB
xy-Kalaheo	10	0	1.000	--
y-Kaimuki	8	2	.800	2
y-Kahuku	7	3	.700	3
y-Kailua	6	4	.600	4
y-Moanalua	5	5	.500	5
y-Farrington	5	5	.500	5
Roosevelt	5	5	.500	5
McKinley	5	5	.500	5
Castle	3	7	.300	7
Kalani	1	9	.100	9
Kaiser	0	10	.000	10

Western Division

	W	L	Pct.	GB
xy-Leilehua	9	0	1.000	--
y-Pearl City	8	1	.889	1
y-Mililani	7	2	.778	2
y-Radford	6	3	.667	3
y-Aiea	5	4	.556	4
y-Campbell	4	5	.444	5
Waianae	3	6	.333	6
Waipahu	2	7	.222	7
Nanakuli	1	8	.111	8
Waialua	0	9	.000	9

x-clinched division championship; y-clinched OIA Tournament berth

Yesterday's results

Junior varsity boys playoffs

Kalaheo 56, Waipahu 40

Leilehua 47, Kahuku 22

Roosevelt 63, Kapolei 42

Radford 53, McKinley 52

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OIA Tournament

First Round

Tomorrow

At Kahuku

Radford vs. Moanalua, 6 p.m.
Kahuku vs. Campbell, 7:30 p.m.

At Mililani

Kailua vs. Aiea, 6 p.m.
Mililani vs. Farrington, 7:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals

Friday

At Kalaheo

Pearl City vs. Kahuku-Campbell winner, 6 p.m.
Kalaheo vs. Radford-Moanalua winner, 7:30 p.m.

At Leilehua

Kaimuki vs. Mililani-Farrington winner, 6 p.m.
Leilehua vs. Kailua-Aiea winner, 7:30 p.m.

Semifinals

Feb. 14, Winners at higher seeds, 7:30 p.m.

Finals

Feb. 15, at Blaisdell Arena

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Interscholastic League of Honolulu

	W	L	Pct.	GB
x-Iolani	10	1	.909	--
St. Louis	8	2	.800	1 1/2
Punahou	7	3	.700	2 1/2
Kamehameha	6	4	.600	3 1/2
Mid-Pacific	2	8	.200	7 1/2
Damien	2	9	.182	8
Maryknoll	1	9	.100	8 1/2

x-clinched at least a tie for ILH championship

Division II varsity boys

Hawaii Baptist 46, Kamehameha 23

Punahou 77, University High 46

St. Louis 56, Iolani 53

High scorers--HBA: Eric Ching 14, Ryan Hee 12. Pun: David Pietsch 13. StL: Adam Dreher 16, Wilson Wu 13. Iol: Parker Wittbrodt 13, Matt Del Rosario 10, Shane Ouchi 10.

Junior varsity boys

Damien 51, Iolani 43

Kamehameha 41, Mid-Pacific 31

Punahou 66, St. Louis 42

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SOCCER

ILH Standings

Varsity boys

Team	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Iolani	8	0	3	29	1	27
Punahou	7	1	3	41	4	24
Kamehameha	7	2	2	33	8	23
St. Louis	4	3	4	16	16	16
Pac-Five	4	6	1	15	15	13
Mid-Pacific	2	9	1	12	41	7
Damien	0	11	0	3	64	0

Varsity girls

Final regular season

Team	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Punahou	9	0	3	33	3	30
Kamehameha	7	1	4	20	6	25
Iolani	7	2	3	19	7	24
Pac-Five	5	6	1	10	12	16
Maryknoll	3	5	4	14	9	13
St. Francis	2	9	1	4	28	7
Mid-Pacific	1	11	0	1	36	3

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ILH Scoring

Through Feb. 4

Varsity boys

11: Duke Hashimoto, Iol. 8: Christopher Chandler, Pun; Eaton O'Neill, Iol; Charles Rania, Pun. 6: Nathan Silva, Kam. 5: Darren Lee, Pun. 4: Darin Fajota, Pac; David Gualdarama, Kam.

Varsity girls

Final regular season

7: Adria Campbell, Pun; Erin Ota, Mryl. 5: Krystalynn Ontai, Kam. 4: Charlene Lui, Pun; Lindsay Yuh, Pun. 3: Megan Abbott, Pun; Sarah Desuacido, SF; Lauran Dignam, Iol; Joni Kaitoku, Iol; India Soo, Kam; Kaleinani Titcomb, Kam; Lehua Wood, Kam.

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SOFTBALL

Chevron State Championships

Saturday, Feb. 3

Championship

Baldwin 1, Kamehameha 0

Third place

Mililani 3, Iolani 2

Fifth place

Kailua 3, Pearl City 2

Consolation championship

Waimea 1, Leilehua 0

Friday, Feb. 2

Semifinals

Baldwin 1, Iolani 0
Kamehameha 2, Mililani 1

Thursday, Feb. 1

Quarterfinals

Mililani 1, Kailua 0
Iolani 8, Kaimuki 1
Baldwin 2, Pearl City 0
Kamehameha 11, Hilo 0

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HHSAA champions

1977 Castle
1978 Hilo
1979 University
1980 Pearl City
1981 Kailua
1982 Kailua
1983 Kailua
1984 Pearl City
1985 Kamehameha
1986 Kailua
1987 Kamehameha
1988 Kailua
1989 Kailua
1990 Waimea
1991 Kamehameha
1992 Pearl City
1993 Kamehameha
1994 Kamehameha
1995 Kailua
1996 Kailua
1997 Kailua
1998 Kamehameha
1999 Iolani
2000 Iolani
2001 Baldwin

(2001 Team: Zoie Sevilla, Kaleo Eldredge, Angela LaRose, Jenna Nemoto, Alena Matsui, Kuuipo Kaauwai, Kyla Siangco, Shannon Tabion, Ashlyn Russell, Sabrina Alesna-Mindoro, Chevy Wong. Coach Ryan Souza.)

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WRESTLING

OIA Dual meet

Divisional standings

Varsity boys

Eastern Division

1. Kahuku 10-0. 2. McKinley 9-1. 3. Kaiser 8-2. 4. Kaimuki 7-3. 5. Farrington 6-4. 6. Moanalua 5-5. 7. Castle 4-6. 8. Kalaheo 3-7. 9. Roosevelt 2-8. 10. Kalani 1-9. 11. Kailua 0-10.

Western Division

1. Waipahu 9-0. 2. Mililani 8-1. 3. Leilehua 7-2. 4. Campbell 6-3. 5. Aiea 5-4. 6. Radford 3-6. 7. Waianae 3-6. 8. Pearl City 2-7. 9. Nanakuli 2-7. 10. Waialua 0-9.

Varsity girls

Eastern Division

1. Castle 10-0. 2. Moanalua 9-1. 3. McKinley 8-2. 4. Kahuku 6-4. 5. Kalaheo 5-4-1. 6. Farrington 5-4-1. 7. Roosevelt 4-6. 8. Kaiser 3-6-1. 9. Kaimuki 1-7-2. 10. Kailua 0-9-1. 11. Kalani 0-10.

Western Division

1. Pearl City 10-0. 2. Mililani 9-1. 3. Leilehua 8-2. 4. Aiea 6-4. 5. Nanakuli 5-5. 6. Radford 5-5. 7. Waianae 5-5. 8. Kapolei 4-6. 9. Waipahu 2-8. 10. Campbell 0-9-1. 11. Waialua 0-9-1.

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ILH Varsity rankings

103: Ben Wilmore, StL; Logan Tomokiyo, Iol; Daniel Furuto, Pun. 112: Kris Wong, Iol; Raymond Peabody, StL; Aaron Fernandez, Kam. 119: Troy Takahashi, StL; Brent Kakesako, Iol; Riley Kitamura, Pun. 125: Travis Lee, StL; Ryan Wong, Kam; Jared Hirashima, Iol. 130: Sammy Kaneshiro, StL; Ernie Silva, Kam; Mike Furuto, Pun. 135: Brian Yamada, Iol; Christian Kikuchi, Kam; Ross Isokane, Pun. 140: CJ Peabody, StL; Todd Aoki, Pun; George Lam, Iol.

145: Jonathan Spiker, StL; Dominic Leong, Pun; Judd Vincent, Kam. 152: Randal Mizuno, Pun; Ekewaka Ishikawa, StL; Matt Tsutsumi, Iol. 160: Jansen Fukuda, Pac; Todd Magalianes, Kam; Jason Owens, Pun. 171: Mark Egesdal, Pun; Robert Yamashita, Iol; Bronson Beaver, StL. 189: Carden Vincent, Kam; Jarrett Sano, Dam; Chris Sokugawa, StL. 215: Prince Brown, StL; Lane Saito, Pac; Noah Amba, Kam. 275: Ikaika Noguchi, StL; Gaison Ganiko, Dam; Isaiah Aipa, Iol.

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PADDLING

ILH Boys

From Magic Island to Kewalo Buoy to Waikiki and back

Yesterday's results, 4-miles

Varsity I--1. Mid-Pacific (Brandon Woods, Michael Kinzie, Matt Inoue, Aka Beaumont, Chris Tang, Brian Lech), 41:56. 2. Kamehameha, 42:11. 3. Punahou, 43:50. 4. St. Louis, 44:27. 5. Iolani, 45:54.

Varsity II--1. Punahou (Prabu Segaran, Cutter Rolles, Noa Thomas, Kale Kealoha, Doug Hiller, Michael Fujioka), 44:43. 2. Pac-Five, 45:04. 3. Kamehameha, 46:49. 4. Mid-Pacific, 47:09. 5. Damien, 50:19.

Junior varsity I--1. Kamehameha, 44:16. 2. Punahou, 45:42. 3. Mid-Pacific, 46:08. 4. Iolani, 46:30. 5. St. Louis, 47:31. 6. Maryknoll, 49:45.

Junior varsity II--1. Kamehameha, 44:16. 2. Punahou, 45:42. 3. Mid-Pacific, 46:08. 4. Iolani, 46:30. 5. St. Louis, 47:31. 6. Maryknoll, 49:45.

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