Wednesday, April 11, 2001
[ HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ]
St. Francis used its secondary offense to employ its primary weapons in its 48-41 Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division-II basketball victory over Hawaii Baptist Academy last night at Damien Gym. Troubadours tame
Eagles, close in on first-
round titleBASKETBALL
By Jason Kaneshiro
Star-BulletinWith the win, the Troubadours tightened their grip on the league lead by improving to 9-0. HBA fell to 7-2.
A change in offensive philosophy at the end of the first half helped spur St. Francis.
"Near the end of the half we started running our secondary offense," Troubadours coach Tony Tyler said. "That offense gets the ball more inside. It made them get closer in and we knew it would give them problems."
The switch allowed St. Francis post players Jamila Jarmon (5-feet-11) and Elizabeth Narkon (6-feet) to maximize their height advantage against the undersized Eagles. They combined to score St. Francis' first 12 points of the second half, often feeding each other for easy buckets. Jarmon finished with a game-high 15 points, while Narkon added 10.
"We practice that a lot," Jarmon said. "We know everyone's going to be collapsing on us so we're looking for each other constantly."
They also were effective defensively, swatting away several HBA shots down the stretch.
"We wanted to penetrate and kick out, but we didn't do a good job of providing our dribblers passing angles," Eagles coach Deren Oshiro said. "Late in the game we just attacked and we did what we knew we couldn't do, which was dribble right up to them and try to shoot over them. And they had three or four clean blocks."
St. Francis' dominance in the paint also translated into points at the foul line. The Troubadours hit 10 of their first 11 free-throws in the second half to take control. Jarmon connected on seven of nine shots from the line.
St. Francis closes the first half of the season with a showdown with second-place Kamehameha (8-1) on Thursday.
At Damien Gym
Hawaii Baptist (7-2) 13 10 6 12 -- 41 St. Francis (9-0) 9 12 10 17 -- 48 HBA: Liza Onuma 4, Kara Morita 9, Jessica Choy 11, Chelsea Yasuda 14, Kelly Yasuda 0, Patrice Kodama 2, Serelle Corn 0, Gretchen Gerloff 1.
St. Francis: Adrianne Pereira 8, Heidi Rogers 2, Lauren Upadhyaya 4, Jamila Jarmon 15, Chelsey Correa 6, Ashley Fernandez 1, Melanie Erice 0, Christy Vause 2, Elizabeth Narkon 10.
3-point goals--HBA: 2 (Choy, Yasuda); St. Francis: 1 (Correa).
Iolani 58, Maryknoll 38:
Monica Tokoro scored 10 of her game-high 19 points to spur the Raiders to victory. Iolani trailed 17-13 after the first quarter, but went on a 15-2 run in the second period to take command.At Damien Gym
Iolani (5-2) 13 15 16 14 -- 58 Maryknoll (0-6) 17 2 17 2 -- 38 Iolani: Trisha Nishimoto 13, Monica Tokoro 19, Lana Young 4, Janna Young 0, Fabriann Gin 8, Raeceen Woolford 0, Ginger Gravelle 9, Jackie Sasaki 0, Elyssa Street 5, Emma Prince-Wilson 0.
Maryknoll: Pauline Chan 0, Elizabeth Kam 9, Kanani Medeiros 0, Shalei Bissen-Kealohi 0, Michelle Baduria 14, Diana Samson 0, Shannon Riley 4, Jenna Castillo 0, Jessica Ho 0, Stacey Doran 4, Whitney Wong 0, Carla Donlin 7.
3-point goals--Iolani: 1 (Gravelle), Maryknoll: 1 (Donlin).
Kamehameha 63, MPI 41:
The Warriors bolted to a 37-10 halftime lead, led by Tai Soo's 12-point outburst, en route to routing the Owls. Soo finished with a game-high 20 points.At Mid-Pacific Gym
Kamehameha (6-1) 18 19 12 14 -- 63 Mid-Pacific (1-6) 6 4 7 24 -- 41 Kamehameha: Napua Naumu 0, Tiffany Shim 3, India Soo 0, Ashley Ruff 2, Courtney Chai 0, Beth Nakamura 6, Lehua Wood 2, Tai Soo 20, Meagan Kanoa 8, Megan Ching 10, Noelle Russell 6, Jeneka Taeoalii 6.
Mid-Pacific: Kelli Kajiwara 3, Rosella Leonhardt 3, Stacie Shimabukuro 0, Kimberly Hee 8, Shannon Nishi 5, Kristen Tamashiro 0, Kristen Young 5, Valerie Afficial 2, Caroline Beddow 15, Stephanie Kawatomari 0.
3-point goals--Kamehameha: 2 (Shim, Russell), Mid-Pacific: 3 (Kajiwara, Hee, Nishi).
Punahou 76, University 26:
Milia Macfarlane made three 3-point shots to lead the Buffanblu past the Junior 'Bows. Nine of Macfarlane's 15 points came in the first half as Punahou built a 39-11 lead.At McCabe Gym
Punahou (7-0) 17 22 20 17 -- 76 University (2-5) 6 5 7 8 -- 26 Punahou: Rachel Kane 5, Elyse Umeda 2, Darci Murakawa 6, Megan Abbott 5, Dana Arakawa 2, Anuhea Macfarlane 7, Milia Macfarlane 15, Misha Lam 2, Kelly Karns 4, Caroline Ane 4, Kira Kashiwa 4, Nicole Jones 9, Becky Hogue 11.
University High: Litiana Vakasausau 2, Jessica Shimizu 0, Iwalani Yamaguchi 0, Shalei Lumpkin 0, Ka'una Atisanoe 5, Jeanal Souza 4, Trisha Chang 3, Kamaile Durrette 2, Jeneen Wai'alae 0, Karlee Ka'ili'ehu 6, Diane Okubo 4, Tiare Hong 0.
3-point goals--Punahou: 5 (M. Macfarlane 3, Kane, A. Macfarlane).
Baseball
Maryknoll 3, Punahou 2:
Greg Aquino scored the go-ahead run with one out in the top of the seventh as the Spartans pulled off their third straight upset of an ILH frontrunner.Aquino opened the seventh with a double to center, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Reid Nakamura and scored on Reid Okaneko's double to right. Brandon Higa and Riley Maeda combined on a two-hitter, striking out five. Since starting 0-6, Maryknoll has beaten St. Louis, Kamehameha and Punahou in succession.
At DeSa Field
Maryknoll (3-6) 010 100 1 -- 3 5 0 Punahou (7-3) 010 010 0 -- 2 2 3 Brandon Higa, Riley Maeda (6) and Brandon Goshima; Kea Kometani, Peter Phillips (7) and Todd LaFountaine. WP: Maeda. LP: Phillips.
Leading hitters--Mary: Brandon Higa 2-2, Greg Aquino 2B; Reid Okaneko 2B, game-winning RBI. Pun: Toby Hanzawa solo HR.
St. Louis 9, Damien 0:
Crusader pitchers Guy McDowell and Leon Julian combined to shutout the Monarchs at Ala Wai Field.With the win, St. Louis climbed into a tie with Punahou for first-place in the ILH.
Kamehameha 11, Iolani 9:
Bronson Sardinha hit a two-run home run and Alika Kuraoka slammed a three-run shot to power the Warriors past the Raiders. Shannon Kahale got Kamehameha rolling with a three-run triple in the first inning.No box scores were available from Ala Wai Field.
Mid-Pacific vs. Pac-Five:
The game was postponed due to rain.
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