Saturday, January 5, 2002
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In addition to being the St. Louis basketball team's head coach, Delbert Tengan doubles as the football team's defensive coordinator. His emphasis on defense helped carry the Crusaders to a 46-42 win over Kamehameha last night at McCabe Gym. St. Louis turns on defense
By Jason Kaneshiro
jkaneshiro@starbulletin.comSt. Louis used tenacious defense to open up a double-digit lead on Kamehameha, and the Crusaders held off a furious Warrior comeback to win the Interscholastic League of Honolulu opener for both teams.
"They played great defense," Kamehameha coach Darryl Gabriel said. "They play defense as well as any team in the state."
Timo Paepule led St. Louis with 13 points, while Jose Vidad came off the bench to score 10. Sean Uyehara also had 13 points for Kamehameha, 10 coming in the second half as the Warriors mounted their comeback.
St. Louis held Kamehameha to just 10 points in the first half and allowed only three in the second quarter. Uyehara's free throw and layup accounted for the Warriors' only points in the period.
"That's the game right there," Gabriel said of his team's second quarter output.
As a team Kamehameha, which played without injured point guard Pono Enos, hit just 4 of 20 attempts in the first half and 1 of 7 free throws as St. Louis took a 21-10 lead into halftime.
But Tengan was far from comfortable with the early lead.
"We told them at halftime that they're going to start hitting those shots and we have to execute better on offense," Tengan said.
St. Louis led 36-25 entering the final period, and opened up a 14-point lead on a 3-pointer by Jonah Lakatani.
But Kamehameha stayed within striking distance and cut the St. Louis lead to five at 42-37 when Nalu Perkins drained a 3-pointer with 1:15 left in the game.
After the teams traded free throws, a 3-pointer by Aaron Kahaloa drew Kamehameha even closer at 44-42. A St. Louis turnover then gave the Warriors the ball under their own basket.
But St. Louis' Bobby Tappy, one of just two seniors on the Crusader roster, stole a Warrior pass and lobbed it ahead to Jason Rivers, who was fouled. Rivers hit one of two free throws to give St. Louis a 45-42 lead with 16.8 seconds left. Rivers would hit another free throw with 13.2 seconds left to seal the win.
The Crusader victory spoiled Gabriel's return to McCabe Gym, where he spent seven seasons as St. Louis' head coach.
"Everyone was very nice and St. Louis is always special to me," he said. "But it was weird being a visitor in this gym."
At McCabe Gym
Kamehameha (0-1) 7 3 15 17 -- 42 St. Louis (1-0) 9 12 15 10 -- 46 KAMEHAMEHA -- Eric Shaver 4, Galen Santana 0, Matthew Perkins 7, Sean Uyehara 13, Caleb Spencer 4, Aaron Kahaloa 8, Jacob Bode 0, Willie Melemai 6.
ST. LOUIS -- Bobby Tappy 1, Doug Adachi 0, Jose Vidad 10, Tavita Thompson 0, Jonah Lakatani 4, Matt Sonoda 7, Desmond Hanohano 0, Max DeWolf 2, Jason Rivers 9, Timo Paepule 13.
3-point goals -- Kamehameha: 3 (Perkins, Kahaloa 2). St. Louis: 5 (Vidad 2, Sonoda, Rivers, Lakatani).
Iolani 71, Mid-Pacific 33: Iolani began the defense of their ILH crown by roughing up the Owls.
The Red Raiders doubled-up the Owls in the first quarter, then held the Owls to eight points over the next two quarters.
No Mid-Pacific player scored more than eight, while Iolani managed three players with eleven or more. Bobby Nash led all scorers with 13.
At Iolani gym
Mid-Pacific (0-1) 12 2 6 12 -- 33 Iolani (1-0) 24 12 20 15 -- 71 MID-PACIFIC -- Lawren Kanno 6, Dusten Umeda 0, Ryan Leong 2, Brendan Katahara 0, Hidetaka Hattori 0, Chris Hoe 3, Chris Perry 8, Joshua Santos 1, Travis Tyler 4, Matt Friedman 0, Chris Freshour 2, Brandyn McCall 7, Ryan Basco 0, Scott Davis 0.
IOLANI -- Jon Grobe 7, Derrick Low 8, Zach Tollefson 5, Bobby Webster 12, Robert Mageo 0, Matt Choy 0, Bobby Nash 13, Joe Udell 11, Chad Miller 0, Gage Eberlin 5, Todd Blankenship 5, Tyler McCready 5.
3-point goals: Mid-Pacific 4 (Kanno 2, Hoe, McCall). Iolani 7 (Low 2, Webster 2, Grobe, Tollefson, Nash).
Junior varsity -- Iolani 67, Word of Life 27
Punahou 58, Maryknoll 44: Kynan Pang scored 12 points and the Buffanblu got off to a quick start en route to a win.
Punahou (1-0) scored 15 of the first 19 points and led 31-16 at halftime. Ten players scored for the Buffanblu.
Kawika Calizar paced the Spartans (0-1) with 15 points.
At Punahou
Punahou (1-0) 15 16 12 15 -- 58 Maryknoll (0-1) 4 12 16 12 -- 44 PUNAHOU -- Jason Ching 8, Kynan Pang 12, Jason Sakata 0, Drew Monahan 4, Andrew Amigleo 6, Todd LaFountaine 2, Daniel Bertao 5, John Freese 3, Alex Fergus 0, Derek Turbin 6, Ryan Zabriskie 6, Dane Uperesa 6.
MARYKNOLL -- Colin Lee 2, Mikey Faria 0, Kawika Calizar 15, Sean Ortiz 6, Westin Lee 0, Kevin Lee 2, Pat Torres 8, Bronson Won 4, Jacob Noh 5, Mike Clark 2.
3-point goals: Punahou 3 (Pang, Monahan, Bertao). Maryknoll 3 (Ortiz 2, Torres).
OIA
Radford 59, Kapolei 29: Kula Tanuvasa and Chris Williams again led the way as the Rams picked up their second straight win. Tanuvasa and Williams, who combined for 37 points in the opener against Waipahu, added 11 apiece to drop the Hurricanes to 0-2. Tauran Moore also scored 11 for the Rams.
At Radford H.S. gym
Radford (2-0) 12 26 10 11 -- 59 Kapolei (0-2) 7 6 7 9 -- 29 RADFORD -- Justin Rellin 2, Tauran Moore 11, Charles Seanior 6, Jeffery O'Garro 5, Joshua Auelua 6, Kula Tanuvasa 11, James Johnson 4, Chris Williams 11, Baron Samuels 0, Daniel Downs 0, La Micheal Wilkins 1.
KAPOLEI -- E.J. Aton 4, Dandrell Corpus 2, Kaipo Enhada 8, Roland Mason 3, Hector Malazarte 2, Ruben Orosco 0, Imiloa Sakai 0, Warren Simanu 8, Matt Kelly 1, Keith Albano 1, Aaron Lewis 0, Zach Vierra 0.
3-point goals: Radford 2 (Tauren Moore, Chris Williams).
Junior varsity -- Radford 69, Kapolei 39
Leilehua 85, Nanakuli 32: The Mules used a 52-point second half to pull away from the Golden Hawks last night.
Brandon Lowe nailed four three pointers and finished with 16 points. Twelve different players scored for the Mules as they bounced back from their opening night loss to Aiea.
Roland Celes led Nankuli with 10 points.
At Nanakuli H.S. gym
Leilehua (1-1) 14 19 31 21 -- 85 Nanakuli (0-2) 13 4 7 8 -- 32 LEILEHUA -- T.J. Brewington 9, John Dolac 7, Tim Flowers 2, Mike Helgerson 6, Brandon Lowe 16, John Connelly 4, Kaimana Merhtens 0, Zacharias Rivera 13, Andrew Talaeai 6, Derrick Thomas 10, Demitrius Washington 4, Nick Vail 4, Anthony Carter 4, Zachary Auduha 0.
NANAKULI -- Jacob Kaawa 6, Rolando Celes 10, Alex Armstead 3, Kaleo Enos 6, John Chandler 5, Eddie Ko 0, Alika Enos 0, Jojo Wilkins 2.
3-point goals: Leilehua 5 (Lowe 4, Dolac). Nanakuli 1 (Kaleo Enos).
Junior varsity -- Leilehua 55, Nanakuli 50.
Mililani 68, Waianae 47: Rashaun Broadus scored 11 of his game-high 19 points in the second half and Kaipo Patoc had 15 points as the Trjoans won their second consecutive game.
Broadus and Brandyn Fidel helped Mililani outscore Waianae 20-10 in the second quarter with two 3-pointers apiece. The Trojans led 32-21 at halftime.
Mililani commited only five turnovers and converted 13 of 22 free throw attempts. Waianae missed 11 of their 20 free throw opportunities.
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