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Rams rally, topple
No. 3 Campbell

Radford overcomes a 14-point second-half
deficit to beat the Sabers in an OIA West game

Trailing by 14 points in the second half, the Radford Rams basketball team had plenty of reason to surrender.

Instead, the Rams fought back with a remarkable run in the final 12 minutes to pull out a 63-55 upset win at Campbell last night.

Radford improved to 3-0 in Oahu Interscholastic Association West Division play behind a balanced attack.

William Kerins led the Rams with 16 points, while Juan Lewis had 11 points and nine rebounds. Point guard Mike Davis tallied 12 points for Radford, which got a big boost off the bench from sophomore Mike Sooto.

"It's hard to come from behind with high school kids -- so easy to give up -- but our bench kept us in the game in terms of spirit," Radford coach Kai Enos said.

Campbell, ranked No. 3 in the Star-Bulletin Top 10, dropped to 2-1 (11-3 overall). Tristan Bailey led the Sabers with 16 points, five boards and three steals. Ikaika Shelton tallied 13 points and six boards, but no other Saber scored in double figures.

"We lost to a good team that made its shots at the end," Campbell coach Sol Batoon said. "We played well until the end."

Kerins came through in a big way against Campbell's 1-3-1 zone. The senior forward hit the first of his two treys down the stretch to give Radford a 49-48 lead. It was the first of seven lead changes in the final 4 minutes. Kerins' second trey from the left corner put Radford up for good, 56-54, with 1:31 to play.

"No matter what happens, I know I can count on my team to come through," Kerins said.

Both 3-pointers were sprung by screens from Gary Satterwhite, who pinned Bailey on the low post. "We should've came out of the zone, but they said they couldn't hear me," Batoon said, acknowledging Radford's raucous group of about 200 fans. "We stayed in the zone too long, and we missed too many shots at the end. When you play a well-coached team of good players, you can't make mistakes."

The Rams sank their next six free-throw attempts to open a 62-55 lead with 21 seconds left. Davis hit four foul shots and Sooto swished two.

In all, Radford closed out the game with a 19-8 run.

The stretch run was a far cry from the beginning, when Radford stumbled.

Using a full-court press, the Sabers took a quick 7-0 lead less than a minute into the contest thanks to a steal and layup by Bailey, and a 3-pointer by Shelton.

Campbell called off the full-court press, relying on half-court pressure. Radford pulled within 14-11 with a layup by Tedy Tyler, but got no closer the rest of the first half. The Rams mixed man and 2-3 zone defenses, packing the paint with their zone.

Bailey drained a trey from the right corner and hit James Bannister for a 15-foot jumper as Campbell took a 21-12 lead shortly before the end of the first quarter.

Radford went back to its man defense to trigger an 8-2 run. Lewis scored off a steal, and again off an offensive board as the Rams pulled within 23-18 with 6:09 left in the second quarter.

Bailey sank another trey as Campbell extended the lead. The Sabers went to a 1-3-1 zone that stifled the Rams. Radford went scoreless in the final 5 minutes of the half, and trailed 30-20 at intermission. Radford committed four of its eight first-half turnovers during the drought.

Bailey had 10 points by halftime.

The Sabers, using an extended 2-3 zone, stretched the lead to 40-26 on a follow shot by Shelton. Radford kept its composure and went on a 13-6 run to get back in the game.

Tyler scored four points and Davis tallied seven, including a 3-pointer from the left corner. Davis' drive to the basket off an inbounds pass brought the Rams within 44-38 with 41 seconds to go in the third quarter.

A free throw by Lewis pulled Radford within 44-39 early in the fourth quarter. Campbell had the bonus in its favor, but made just three of six attempts midway through the second half.

Satterwhite hustled for a tip-in, and Sooto came up with two big plays. The sophomore swished a 3-pointer from the left wing and then drove the baseline for a reverse layup as the Rams tied the game at 46 with 5:31 left.

At Campbell H.S. gym

Radford (3-0)	12	8	18	25	--	63
Campbell (3-1)	21	9	14	11	--	55

Radford-- Justin Quinones 4, William Kerins 16, Juan Lewis 11, Mike Davis 12, Gary Satterwhite 8, Mike Sooto 7, Joe Brundidge 0, Tedy Tyler 6, Jeremy Hayes 0.

Campbell-- Daniel Phillips 6, James Bannister 7, Tristan Bailey 16, Robert Morris 5, Ikaika Shelton 13, Tristan Sealy 0, Ryan Hayes 8.

3-point goals -- Radford 6 (Davis 2 Kerins 2, Satterwhite, Sooto), Campbell 5 (Bailey 3, Morris, Shelton).

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Pearl City 36, Aiea 34: Ernie Vidinha made the game-winning basket with 1 second remaining as the Chargers defeated Na Alii.

Pearl City tied the game at 34 with 2 seconds remaining in the game. After an Aiea turnover, the Chargers inbounded the ball to Vidinha to seal the game.

Nicholas Helsham and Lofa Liilii scored 10 points each for Aiea.

At Aiea H.S. gym

Pearl City (3-1)	9	9	6	12	--	36
Aiea (0-4)	4	10	11	9	--	34

Pearl City-- Rollie Salvacion 5, Brandon Jackson 4, Bryan Orlati 0, Ricky Salvacion 3, Andrew Blue 0, Travis Cruz 2, Troy Antoque 0, Dee Briscoe 1, Kawika Borden 0, Antoin DeWalt 2, Ernie Vidinha 19.

Aiea-- James Hadley 2, Nicholas Helsham 10, Kali Kuia 5, Thomas Leary 0, Lofa Liilii 10, Errol Rebbola 1, Renny Remigio 6.

3-point goals -- Pearl City 1 (Salvacion), Aiea 1 (Liilii).

Junior varsity -- Pearl City 34, Aiea 32

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Kapolei 71, Waianae 60: Bradley Padayao scored 23 points and Ryan Dela Cruz added 18 points to lead the Hurricanes past the Seariders.

Xiro Naovalath buried five 3-pointers and scored 31 points in a losing effort for Waianae.

At Waianae H.S. gym

Kapolei (3-1)	11	24	17	19	--	71
Waianae (1-3)	24	19	11	6	--	60

Kapolei-- Ryan Dela Cruz 18, P. Lewis 0, W. Archer 0, Keoki Lapina 4, B. Patrick 0, Jefferson Gaygay 14, C. Martin 0, Z. Viera 0, Cameron Moody 6, Joshua Ward 0, Bradley Padayao 23, Augie Fernandez 0, Kaiea Ebanez 4, B. Machado 0, Pookela Ahmad 2.

Waianae-- Dewey Davis 5, Albert Galano 2, Xiro Naovalath 31, Junior Faliuga 19, Chad Puha 0, Alfred Coffin 0, Charlton Taitin 0, Gary Kuakini 0, Nathaniel Kahala 1, Anthony Duangmala 0, Mana Kea 0, L. Manuel 2.

3-point goals -- Kapolei 5 (Gaygay 4, Padayao), Waianae 6 (Naovalath 5, Davis).

Junior varsity --Kapolei 53, Waianae 47

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OIA East

Farrington 48, Kailua 45: After trailing early in the first quarter, the Governors came back in the fourth quarter to defeat the Surfriders at Farrington.

Troung Nguyen led the Govs with 16 points. Wil Tabiola added 13 and Micah Kalingo scored 10. Kainoa LaCount posted 19 points for the Surfriders.

Trailing by two in the closing minutes of the game, Surfrider Hogan Paleafei went to the free-throw line to attempt two shots to tie the game. He made one of two free throws, and Nguyen sunk both of his free throws to seal the first win of the season for the Govs.

At Farrington H.S. gym

Kailua (0-4)	18	7	11	9	--	45
Farrington (1-3)	13	8	11	16	--	48

Kailua-- Kelroy Kohatsu 4, Kama Crowell 0, Tyler Harrison 9, Zack Itkamine 0, Cory Nemoto 2, Isaiah Hot 0, Justin Pedro 2, Bobby Bordner 2, Hogan Paleafei 7, Nathan Botts 0, Kainoa LaCount 19, Pat Murphy 0.

Farrington-- Troung Nguyen 16, Winston Matas 0, N.C. Dela Cruz 0, Nathan Serdenia , Jay-Ar Mariano 0, Wil Tabiola 13, Rene Saycon , Karl Olsen 0, Michael Secretaria 3, Devan Selman 0, Jeffrey Valoria 0, John Carlos 6, Clinton Legaspii 0, Micah Kalingo 10, Christopher Kalakau 0, Mark Malasig 0.

3-point goals -- Kailua 1 (Harrison), Farrington 5 (Nguyen 2, Secretaria, Kalingo).

Junior varsity -- Farrington 50, Kailua 39

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Castle 67, Kalani 36: Victor Clore exploded for 21 points as the Knights routed the Falcons to win their third game of the season.

Alika Kalopodes chipped in 11 points for the Knights.

In the loss, Kalani's Corey Konishi scored a team-high 11 points. Jonah Letoto added two 3-pointers and finished the night with eight points.

At Kalani H.S. gym

Castle (3-1)	17	16	14	20	--	67
Kalani (1-3)	8	11	7	10	--	36

Castle-- Brad Guillermo 9, Jon Horner 4, Louis Mansanas 6, Keola Bruhn 10, Scott Keiter-Charles 4, Victor Clore 21, Alika Kalopodes 11, Eric Tom 0, Matt Kodama 0, Kai Domingo 0, Stephen Royalty 2.

Kalani-- Carsen Chun 2, Karson Kim 0, Jonah Letoto 8, Richard Akau 0, Corey Konishi 11, Brandon Liao 1, Jeff Boyne 5, Daniel Morisato 7, Mark Bonner 2, Brandon Cabacungan 0.

3-point goals -- Castle 1 (Guillermo), Kalani 2 (Letoto 2).

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Kaiser 76, MB Thompson 31: Matt Ching scored 18 points as the Cougars crushed the Sharks at Kaiser.

Jerrome Figueroa led the Sharks with 13 points in the loss.

At Kaiser H.S. gym

MB Thompson (0-4)	7	2	4	18	--	31
Kaiser (2-2)	17	18	25	16	--	76

MB Thompson-- Mose Atuatasi 9, Jerrome Figueroa 13, Christian Kamau 2, John Keen 4, Taylor Brummel 3, Kimo Oclinaria 0, Jordan Eror 0, Keoni Mitchell 0.

Kaiser-- Scott Uehara 0, Dustin Chang 3, Noel Okuma 2, Steven Pratt 5, Matt Ching 18, Andy Uehara 2, Jeff Peters 7, Adam Aila 8, Chad Nishihara 7, Colby Ho 4, Keoki Leong 2, Teddy Tobby 14, Brett Hatton 4.

3-point goals -- MB Thompson 5 (Atuatasi 2, Figueroa 2, Brummel), Kaiser 1 (Peters).

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ILH

No. 1 Iolani 73, Maryknoll 58: Kyle Pape scored a game-high 26 points with four 3-pointers and Wally Marciel added 14 points as the Raiders defeated the Spartans. The Spartans kept the score to a two-point game in the first quarter, but the Raiders outscored the Spartans 39-22 in the second and third quarters to ensure the win.

Jordan Ho-Ching led the Spartans with 14 points in the loss. Tyler Tsukazaki added 13 points, while Tommy Nguyen drained two 3-pointers to finish with 12.

At Iolani H.S. gym

Iolani (4-0)	18	21	18	16	--	73
Maryknoll (1-3)	16	12	10	20	--	58

Iolani-- Aaron Young 0, Vinny Nip 8, Barry Kang 4, Ryan Dung 3, Taylor Mounts 3, Kekai Kealoha 3, Kawika Shoji 12, Kyle Pape 26, Jon Takamura 0, Wes Eberlin 0, Blayne Yama 0, Wally Marciel 14, Kiran Kepo'o 0.

Maryknoll-- Tyler Tsukazaki 13, Tommy Nguyen 12, Simeon Ke-Paloma 0, Chris Lum 7, Zachary Misjaon 0, Riley Tang 0, Chris Hsia 2, Jordan Ho-Ching 14, Richard Herring 7, Richardson Talavera 0, Kyle Lambert 3, Melcar Condes 0.

3-point goals -- Iolani 9 (Pape 4, Nip 2, Dung, Mounts, Kealoha), Maryknoll 5 (Nguyen 3, Tsukazaki, Lambert).

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No. 2 Punahou 62, Mid-Pacific 39: Brenton Lee scored a game-high 18 points to lead Punahou to a 62-39 victory over Mid-Pacific Institute at Mid-Pacific Institute Gym. Punahou broke open a close game at halftime by outscoring the Owls 26-6 in the third quarter.

JD Lum led the Owls with 9 points.

At Mid-Pacific gym

Punahou (4-0)	10	15	26	11	--	62
Mid-Pacific (0-4)	6	14	6	13	--	39

Punahou-- Trenton Zane 0, Jeremiah Ostrowski 14, Brandon Kapana 0, Ed Wong 0, Danny Cho 2, Brenton Lee 18, Robby Shklov 2, Freddie Hart 5, Kaohu Berg-Hee 3, Spencer McLachlin 9, Brian Matsumoto 0, Kasey Ko 5, TJ Zabriske 4.

Mid-Pacific-- Chris Young 1, Chad Takabuki 0, Allen Ko 1, Kellar Ellsworth 7, Chris Kline 2, Jarryd Yasui 0, JD Lum 9, Grant Gannon 2, Kellen Hastie 6, Steve Hilton 4, Bryson Beirne 7.

3-point goals -- Punahou 3 (Ostrowski, McLachlin 1, Hart 1), Mid-Pacific 1 (Lum).

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No. 6 Kamehameha 60, No. 8 University 37: Ikaika Hardie scored a game-high 19 points and Rykin Enos added 12 points as the Warriors defeated the Jr. 'Bows.

At Damien gym

Kamehameha (2-2)	9	21	9	21	--	60
University (1-3)	8	7	8	14	--	37

Kamehameha-- Keo Wright-Pacarro 3, Ikaika Hardie 19, Brandon Ahlo 0, Rykin Enos 12, Jacob Ho 7, Michael Nii 6, Randy Cummings 0, Matt Hoapili 2, Kea Smith 0, Kamalu Miller 10, Quincy Crowell 1.

University-- Scott Nishimoto 2, Michael Tenorio 0, Matt Bayan 0, Alfred Clark 7, John Duro 14, David Johnson 2, Rance Yanaku 8, Lucion Holyfield 2, Trey Parras 2, Levi Goeas 0.

3-point goals -- Kamehameha 3(Enos 2, Ho), University 1(Clark).

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Varsity boys

Division II
Hanalani 76, Punahou 69
Iolani 59, Assets 37
Kamehameha II 43, Academy of the Pacific 34
Lanakila Baptist 63, Christian Academy 33

Leading scorers--Hana: Justin Suderman 30, Keoni Haole 18. Pun: J.C. Wo 19. Iol: Leo Shimizu 11, Josh Starbuck 11. Asst: Nick Castello 14. Kam: Parker Bode 11. AOP: Kaimana Komine 18. LB: Alika Borabora 20. CA: Brandon Mirante 10.

Junior varsity boys

Division I
Kamehameha 33, Iolani 30
Punahou Blue 73, Punahou Gold 53

Division II
Hawaii Baptist 49, University 46
Kamehameha 48, Mid-Pacific 25
Word of Life 46, Le Jardin 28