DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Kaiser's Tyler Fujie slipped past Leilehua's Zacarias Rivera in the OIA playoffs yesterday. Kaiser won 51-42.

Castle drops Waipahu
to advance

Iolani perfect in ILH

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By Tim Crouse
tcrouse@starbulletin.com

Two years ago, previously unbeaten Castle was denied a state tournament berth after losing in the quarterfinals of the Oahu Interscholastic Association playoffs.

The Knights are once again one game away from the state tournament after hanging on to beat Waipahu 56-46 last night.

Castle meets Radford tonight, with the winner earning one of four OIA state berths.

Kaiser toppled Leilehua 51-42 in the early quarterfinal game at Castle's gym. Kaiser faces unbeaten and defending state champion Kalaheo tonight.

"We as coaches knew that we had a talented team and the potential was there to possibly get into this position (to reach states)," Castle coach Rocky Fraticelli said. "We haven't peaked yet, we've had our valleys, but it's nice to have another chance.

"We have to put everything together (against Radford)," he said. "The key is mental toughness. We have a few first-year players and you can see in their game they don't have the team type of background."

Which makes having a senior like Joel Botelho, Castle's point guard, so important for Fraticelli. Botelho ran the offense, played solid defense and brought the necessary leadership to help Castle move on.

"It's really important for us to go as far as we possibly can," Botelho said. "This team has a lot of talent and we should be able (to go far).

"We were playing kind of tentatively in the beginning, and in the second half we tried to let loose. We have to do that the whole game."

Justin Bruhn paced a balanced Castle offensive attack with 14 points and Michael Proctor, in his first year at Castle after moving here from Illinois, scored 12.

Castle took an early lead and led 15-11 after the first quarter. Waipahu charged back early in the second, taking advantage of four Knights turnovers to gain a 19-18 lead. It was the final lead of the game for the Marauders.

Castle went six minutes without a field goal, scoring just one point on a Charles Teixeira free throw.

But Proctor got hot, scoring six of Castle's next eight points -- including a putback off an offensive rebound -- to give the Knights a 24-21 lead at halftime.

"I felt pretty good," Proctor said. "Some of my shots didn't fall, but I felt like it was going through (when I shot it) and hopefully tomorrow I'll have an even better game."

Waipahu tied the game at 26-26 three minutes into the third quarter, but Ryen Isip drilled a 3-pointer and Castle held off Waipahu throughout the rest of the second half.

The Marauders got within a point early in the fourth quarter, but the Knights finished the game with an 18-9 run.

During that stretch, Botelho hit a reverse layup, Pookela Craig-Rodenhurst scored five points and Proctor made 5 of 6 free throws.

Maurice Daniels led the Marauders with 12 points.

At Castle

Castle	15	9	14	18	--	56
Waipahu	11	10	13	12	--	46

CASTLE -- Joel Botelho 4, Emmett Aberilla 0, Ryen Isip 5, Michael Proctor 14, Pookela Craig-Rodenhurst 11, William Harvest 3, Justin Bruhn 14, Charles Teixeira 5.

Waipahu -- Brandon Chung 2, Thomas Mason 10, Kenneth Cheers 2, Paulo Aga 6, Maurice Daniels 18, Fritz Crighton 8.

Kaiser 51, Leilehua 42

The Cougars jumped out to an early lead and forced the Mules to play catch-up the entire game.

Sophomore guard Noah Amerson scored on a layup midway through the second quarter to give Kaiser a 20-11 lead. Leilehua went on a 12-5 spurt the rest of the half, with seniors Derrick Thomas and John Dolac each scoring six points, including a jumper by Thomas at the buzzer to pull the Mules to within 25-23.

But Leilehua never got any closer, as Kaiser senior Andrew Greggerson scored 12 points in the second half and the Cougars made 6 of 10 free throws down the stretch.

At Leilehua

Kaiser (6-5)	12	13	16	10	--	51
Leilehua (7-4)	8	15	8	11	--	42

KAISER -- Noah Amerson 3, Ivan Sakata 2, Jason Peters 11, Drew Gregersen 16, Tyler Fujii 5, Audun Eskeland 14.

LEILEHUA -- Tony Brewington 8, Antonio Carter 2, Derrick Thomas 22, Demitrius Washington 3, Timothy Flowers 1, John Dolac 6.

3-point goals -- Kaiser 4 (Fujii, Peters, Eskeland). Leilehua 1 (Washington).

Roosevelt 42, Pearl City 39 (OT)

Ryan Keomaka scored all five of his points in overtime as the Rough Riders advanced to today's quarterfinal game against OIA West champion Mililani.

Pearl City took a 20-15 lead into halftime only to see Roosevelt charge back in the third quarter to take a 25-23 lead. The Chargers rallied to tie the game at 34 at the end of regulation.

Roosevelt outscored Pearl City 8-5 in overtime to win it.

Roosevelt's Casey Gouveia led all scorers with 17 points. Kapena Wong led Pearl City with 11 points and Marcus Felder added 10.

At Aiea H.S. gym

Pearl City (6-5)	12	8	3	11	5	--	39
Roosevelt (7-4)	7	8	10	9	8	--	42

PEARL CITY -- Corey Tavares 8, Marcus Felder 10, Gabriel Spencer 4, Royce Yuen 2, Kapena Wong 11, Michael Adams 2, Michael Hardy 2.

ROOSEVELT -- Keola Steitzel 6, Casey Gouveia 17, Ryan Keomaka 5, Bryson Borges 2, Anthony Holyfield 8, Andrew Choy 4.

3-point goals -- Pearl City 2 (Tavares 2). Roosevelt 4 (Gouveia 2, Steitzel, Keomaka).

Aiea 72, Kailua 57

Lamont Williams scored 21 points to lead Na Alii past the Surfriders.

Aiea opened up a 47-28 halftime lead and cruised past the Surfriders.

Aiea, the third seed from the OIA West, takes on OIA East runner-up Kaimuki today at 5 p.m. at Mililani.

At Aiea H.S. gym

Kailua (4-6)	12	16	13	16	--	57
Aiea (8-2)	21	26	5	20	--	72

KAILUA -- Brad Ching 2, Kealii Kalahiki 8, Mane Masuisui 10, Kekoa Sniffen 8, Taleki Mailau 3, Jordan Montgomery 7, Eddie Campbell 7, Kainoa LaCount 5, Samson Satele 7.

AIEA -- Taylor Watanabe 1, Chris Antonio 9, Nathan Olaivar 5, Lamont Williams 21, Aaron Powell 4, Daniel Min 7, Wes Williams 8, Arthur Phanphengdy 8, Anthony Johnson 9.

3-point goals -- Kailua 1 (Montgomery). Aiea 3 (W. Williams 2, Min).

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Iolani finishes perfect run
through ILH

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By Jason Kaneshiro
jkaneshiro@starbulletin.com

Iolani completed a perfect Interscholastic League of Honolulu basketball season with a 61-49 victory over St. Louis last night.

Iolani sophomore guard Derrick Low led all scorers with 21 points, but the Raider seniors helped put away the stubborn Crusaders in the fourth quarter.

"We struggled a little bit with our offense, but when we really had to score, the seniors stepped up and did it," Iolani coach Mark Mugiishi said.

Center Tyler McCready finished with 14 points in his final game at Iolani gym, hitting all six of his field-goal attempts.

"This is a tremendous goal," McCready said of finishing undefeated in the ILH. "But hopefully it'll just be the beginning for us."

Iolani stayed a step ahead of St. Louis in the first half and took a 27-19 lead into intermission. But the Crusaders rallied in the third quarter and cut the Iolani lead to 38-35 on Jason Rivers' lay-up at the buzzer.

But Iolani broke away for good early in the fourth quarter with a 10-2 run. Jon Grobe and Low hit jumpers to open the run, and McCready surprised the Crusaders by stepping out to nail a 3-pointer.

"I was open, they gave me a look and I just had the courage to take it this time," McCready said.

Another 3-pointer by Bobby Webster and a McCready jumper gave Iolani a 50-39 lead. St. Louis would get no closer than nine the rest of the way.

"That's why they're ILH champs," St. Louis coach Delbert Tengan said. "They hit the tough shots when they needed to."

Iolani has two weeks off before its first game in the state tournament. Punahou's 46-40 victory over Damien gave the Buffanblu the league's second berth. St. Louis must battle for a state tournament spot in the ILH third-place tournament, which starts Tuesday.

At Iolani H.S. gym

St. Louis (8-4)	9	10	16	14	--	49
Iolani (12-0)	11	16	11	23	--	61

ST. LOUIS -- Bobby Tappy 2, Jose Vidad 5, Tavita Thompson 2, Jonah Lakatani 10, Matt Sonoda 2, Jason Rivers 13, Timo Paepule 5, Wilson Afoa 10.

IOLANI -- Jon Grobe 10, Derrick Low 21, Zach Tollefson 0, Bobby Webster 10, Robert Mageo 0, Bobby Nash 4, Joe Udell 2, Tyler McCready 14.

3-point goals -- St. Louis 3 (Vidad, Lakatani, Paepule). Iolani 4 (Grobe, Webster 2, McCready).

Punahou 46, Damien 40

The Buffanblu held off the Monarchs to clinch second-place in the ILH and a state tournament berth.

Jason Ching scored 12 points to pace Punahou and Kynan Pang added 11.

Damien's Ranson DeCosta led all scorers with 15 points and hit three 3-pointers.

Punahou went 18-for-27 from the free-throw line.

At Punahou H.S. gym

Damien (1-11)	7	11	5	17	--	40
Punahou (9-3)	13	6	6	21	--	46

DAMIEN -- Peter Campos 6, Micah Komine 1, Ranson DeCosta 15, Rocky Takapu 0, Daniel Cunningham 4, Brandon Kahale 4, Bill Puttmann 10.

PUNAHOU -- Jason Ching 12, Kynan Pang 11, Drew Monahan 0, Andrew Amigleo 7, Todd LaFountaine 6, John Freese 0, Alex Fergus 2, Derek Turbin 0, Ryan Zabriskie 3, Dane Uperesa 5, David Dowsett 0.

3-point goals -- Damien 4 (DeCosta 3, Campos), Punahou 2 (Pang, Amigleo).

Mid-Pacific 59, Maryknoll 58

The Owls erased a 10-point halftime deficit and edged the Spartans in overtime.

Chris Freshour led the Mid-Pacific comeback by scoring nine of his 18 points in the third quarter. Chris Hoe led all scorers with 20 points.

At Mid-Pacific H.S. gym

Maryknoll (1-10)	18	16	7	9	8	--	58
Mid-Pacific (3-8)	12	12	20	6	9	--	59

MARYKNOLL -- Colin Lee 2, Michael Faria 5, Kawika Calizar , Sean Ortiz 5, Westin Lee 8, Kevin Lee 12, Pat Torres 7, Bronson Won 11, Macshane Dator 8.

MID-PACIFIC -- Lawren Kanno, Dusten Umeda , Ryan Leong 3, Chris Hoe 20, Chris Perry 5, Joshua Santos , Travis Tyler 4, Matt Friedman 2, Chris Freshour 18, Brandyn McCall 7.

3-point goals -- Maryknoll 3 (Faria, Ortiz, Won). Mid-Pacific 3 (Hoe 3).

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Iolani 57, Redemption 35.

Punahou 59, Lanakila Baptist Academy 46

Kamehameha 67, Hanalani 37

Hawaii Baptist 68, Assets 22

St. Louis 81, University 77

High scorers -- Iol: Matt Del Rosario 14, Chris Hu 11. Pun: Kevin Lau 13, Kawika Fiddler 10, David Marsh 14. LBS: Alan Alonsada 16, Alika Durington 13. HBA: Joel Kurata 14, Rorey LaPuente 10; KS: Evan Kawashima 11; Han: Junichi Ogikubo 11, Lito Alcantara 11. StL: Kainoa Fernandez 18, Kaimana Wong 14, Grandon Costa 22, Isaia Robins 13, UH: Nick Clay 13, Tristan Child 19, Tommy Chun-Ming 14.

Junior varsity

Iolani 50, Kamehameha 47

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