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Kaimuki picks up
big win at Roosevelt

Twenty-one turnovers plus three missed free throws in the final minute is not a good formula for success.

Still, Kaimuki found a way to rally past Roosevelt 48-46 last night at the Rough Riders' gym.

Jordan Wong scored 16 points, including three treys, and Jon Torres added 11 to lead Kaimuki. The Bulldogs improved to 4-0 in Oahu Interscholastic Association East play (10-3 overall).

Jarett Shiu came off the bench to score five crucial points, including a 3-pointer, to give the Bulldogs the lead for good with just under 3 minutes left.

"Our juniors really came through," Kaimuki first-year head coach Kelly Grant said.

A win over the tough Rough Riders was a telling sign of improvement for the Bulldogs, who had played teams with a combined record of 0-9 coming into this week's slate.

Grant was spent at the end of a game that featured a multitude of personal fouls and loose-ball pileups and one technical.

"I'm gonna tell them they're 4-0," said Grant, a former Maryknoll standout who went on to play at Hawaii Pacific under Tony Sellitto. "The East is tough."

Roosevelt dropped to 2-2 in league play (10-6 overall). La'akea Moikeha scored 12 points, Kerstan Ho 11 and Danton Balbas 10 for the Rough Riders.

"Coach (John Chung) said we didn't play hard through the whole game. We made some stupid mistakes," Ho said. "We just gotta take it one game at a time against Castle and whoever we got next."

Kaimuki was prepared for a slightly different Roosevelt lineup.

"We didn't know Balbas and Moikeha were coming back," Grant said. "We had to scratch the game plan."

The Bulldogs jumped to a 7-0 lead after hitting their first three shots, but Roosevelt's man defense eventually became stifling. The Rough Riders went ahead, 15-14, on a 3-point shot by Balbas.

Shortly after using their full-court press, however, Chung called it off.

"I love coaching against John," Grant said. "It's a chess match."

Kaimuki stayed in its matchup zone, but Roosevelt gained momentum and took a 19-17 lead into halftime.

Keo Keola had six points to lead Roosevelt in the opening half. The Rough Riders mixed man and 2-3 zone defenses to maintain a small lead through the third quarter.

Kaimuki pulled within one, but Ho scored the final three points of the third as Roosevelt took a 31-27 lead into the fourth.

Moikeha's two free throws extended his team's lead to 35-29 with 7:26 left to play, but the Rough Riders became their own enemy. While Roosevelt settled for perimeter shots, Kaimuki chipped away.

Shawn Dela Cazada hustled for a putback, and Kekoa Onaga drove for a tough layup that tied the game at 35 with 4:47 to go.

Roosevelt took a three-point lead thanks to a technical foul against Kaimuki, only to have the Bulldogs rally. Shiu came off the bench to hit a jumper from the foul line, then drained a 3-pointer from the right wing to give Kaimuki a 43-41 lead with 2:57 left.

Roosevelt missed its next three shots, and Kaimuki got a bucket on the low post by Torres to take a 45-41 lead with 2:14 to go. The Rough Riders pulled to within 47-45 after reserve guard Kevin Fujii hit a 3-pointer with 7 seconds to go.

Wong made one of his two free-throw tries with 5.5 seconds left for a 48-45 lead. With 2.5 seconds left, Torres fouled Ho at midcourt. Ho made his first free-throw attempt and deliberately missed the second. Dela Cazada rebounded for Kaimuki and time expired.

At Roosevelt H.S. gym

Kaimuki (4-0) 12 5 10 21 -- 48

Roosevelt (2-2) 8 11 12 15 -- 46

Kaimuki--Jordan Wong 16, Shaun Dela Cazada 2, Shadrach Ramos Dias 7, Thomas Pyo 3, Kekoa Onaga 4, Jarett Shiu 5, Jon Torres 11.

Roosevelt--Micah Dutro 0, Robbie Fukuhara 3, Rudy Artuyo 0, Danton Balbas 10, Kila Delovio 2, Kerstan Ho 11, Laakea Moikeha 12, Keo Keola 8.

3-point goals -- Kaimuki 5 (Wong 3, Pyo, Shiu), Roosevelt 4 (Moikeha 2, Fujii, Balbas).

Junior varsity -- Kaimuki 56, Roosevelt 43

No. 4 Kahuku 72, McKinley 43: Kevin Unga scored 17 points as the Red Raiders remained undefeated with a convincing win over the Tigers.

Clinton Parks added 13 points, while Shane Hayden scored all nine of his points off three 3-pointers.

At McKinley H.S. gym

Kahuku (4-0) 14 20 15 23 -- 72

McKinley (0-4) 11 7 15 10 -- 43

Kahuku--Hapaki Kaululaau 8, Kaulin Krebs 0, Devin Unga 2, Shane Hayden 9, Joshua Wily 1, Jacob Kahawaii 4, Clinton Parks 13, Kevin Unga 17, Viliami Tilini 3, Kenneth Wilcox 2, Iokepa Kahele 4, Micah Wily 9.

McKinley--Kapena Quisano 12, Dat Vo 1, D'mitri Gee 4, Brandon Barbasa 0, Eastwood Campania 3, Devin Santos 0, David Hsu 1, Bobby Shimabukuro 0, Christopher Quiocho 12, Oliver Diguc 4, Daniel Liliu 6, Joshua Liliu 0.

3-point goals -- Kahuku 5 (Hayden 3, Kaululaau 2), McKinley 1 (Quisano).

No. 10 Kalaheo 54, Moanalua 47: Tyler Caswell scored 14 points as the Mustangs improved to 4-0 in conference play with a win over the Menehunes.

Down by five points midway through the fourth quarter, the Mustangs went on a scoring run, eventually going up by six.

At Kalaheo H.S. gym

Moanalua (3-1) 13 13 13 8 -- 47

Kalaheo (4-0) 8 12 17 17 -- 54

Moanalua--Bao Lei 0, Stephen Kina 2, Jay Yoshizawa 3, Stanford Leti 0, Emiel Nicholson 0, Gregory Morgan 0, Christopher Holt 0, Wayne West 8, Zachary Pendergast 20, Samuel Lowe 0, Ira Rodrigues 0, Quinton Tang 4, Paul Dudley 0, Shiezie Orji 10.

Kalaheo--Elias David 6, Chris Tumaneng 7, Kahua Hollinger 0, Tate Brown 4, Marvin Judd 8, David Moore 8, Cliffton Pires 3, Tyler Caswell 14, Isaac Higa 0, Jeff Whitworth 0, Chase Moses 4.

3-point goals -- Moanalua 5 (Pendergast 4, Orji), Kalaheo 2 (Moore 2).

Junior varsity -- Kalaheo 48, Moanalua 44

OIA West

Leilehua 57, Waipahu 56: Edward Garcia hit the game-winning free throw with 2 seconds left as the Mules defeated the Marauders.

B.J. Fruean led the Mules with 23 points. Anthony Palomares added 11 points as Leilehua improved to 3-1. Waipahu's Jomar Pedro scored 21 points in the loss.

Both teams got off to a slow start, with neither scoring in the first 4 minutes of the game. While the Mules went on to score 12 in the first quarter, the Marauders, hurt by numerous turnovers, could not get on the board until the second quarter.

That was when the Marauders scored 24 points, resulting in a tied game going into halftime.

At Waipahu H.S. gym

Leilehua (3-1) 12 12 13 20 -- 57

Waipahu (1-3) 0 24 19 13 -- 56

Leilehua--Edward Garcia 5, Mene Coffin 2, Leon Drake III 5, Cordero Hall 0, Anthony Palomares 11, Antonio Periera 0, John Gory 0, Christian Mendez 2, B.J. Fruean 23, Clayton Laurel 9, Daniel Omalza 0, Joe Langtin 0.

Waipahu--Ryan Winfree 0, Austen Benito 10, Jomar Pedro 21, Christopher Carreon , Justin Dixon 2, Rowel Rivera 13, Geoffrey Tedious 2, Lester Orsino 2, Ricky Noble 0, Stan Abasial 0, Nathan Namu 0 , Melvin Visitacion 0, Ed Mercado 6, Matthew Namu 0 Brian Augustin 0, Malosi Saolotoga 0, Joe Bryan DeGuzman 0

3-point goals -- Leilehua 1 (Palomares), Waipahu 8 (Pedro 3, Riera 3, Mercado 2).

Junior varsity -- Leilehua 41, Waipahu 24

Mililani 67, Waialua 43: All 13 Trojans who played scored, led by 11 points apiece from Luke Wright and Ken Moses, in a win over the Bulldogs.

Ikaika Hina scored a game-high 13 for Waialua.

At Waialua H.S. gym

Mililani (3-0) 16 23 18 10 -- 67

Waialua (0-3) 12 4 15 12 -- 43

Mililani--Brian Prentice 6, Maka Kahoano 5, Stevie Veal 2, Luke Wright 11, Ryan Shular 5, Perry Ugalino 5, Kristian Guillen 2, Blaine Kanno 2, Charles Ritchie 3, Scott Neumann 8, Brandon Dela Cruz 3, Jon Santos 4, Ken Moses 11.

Waialua--Ikaika Hina 13, Marc Nacapuy 9, Rolan Lawi-an 0, Robert Krorger 0, Brandon Repollo 5, Bernard Repollo 4, Sherwin Lawi-an 6, Brysen Ramirez 6.

3-point goals -- Mililani 2 (Moses, Shular), Waialua 2 (Brandon Repollo, Hina).

ILH

No. 1 Iolani 46, Mid-Pacific 23: Kyle Pape scored 12 points as the Raiders overwhelmed the winless Owls and improved to 5-0.

Iolani, one of two undefeated ILH teams, led by 10 points at the end of the first half. The Raiders increased their lead to 35 by the end of the third quarter.

At Iolani gym

Mid-Pacific (0-5) 5 2 4 12 -- 23

Iolani (5-0) 15 19 12 0 -- 46

Mid-Pacific--Bryson Beirne 2, Kellar Ellsworth 0, J.D. Lum 0, Kellen Hastie 8, Chris Young 4, Chris Kline 7, Steve Hilton 1, Chad Takabuki 0, Allen Ko 1.

Iolani--Aaron Young 0, Vinny Nip 5, Barry Kang 9, Ryan Dung 1, Taylor Mounts 3, Kekai Kealoha 2, Kawika Shoji 8, Kyle Pape 12, Wes Eberlin 2, Blayne Yama 1, Wally Marciel 3, Kiran Kepo'o 0.

3-point goals -- Mid-Pacific 1 (Hastie), Iolani 3 (Pape 2, Mounts).

No. 2 Punahou 54, No. 8 University 34: Jeremiah Ostrowski scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Buffanblu to a victory over the Jr. 'Bows. The win keeps Punahou atop the ILH standings along with Iolani.

At Hemmeter Fieldhouse

University (1-4) 12 14 4 4 -- 34

Punahou (5-0) 14 11 11 18 -- 54

University--Scott Nishimoto 3, Michael Tenorio 2, Matt Bayan 0, Alfred Clark 5, John Duro 9, David Johnson 7, Rance Yanabu 6, Lucion Holyfield 1, Trey Parras 1, Levi Goeas 0, Bennett Guira 0.

Punahou--Trenton Zane 0, Jeremiah Ostrowski 20, Brandon Kapana 0, Ed Wong 2, Danny Cho 9, Brenton Lee 12, Robby Shklov 0, Freddie Hart 0, Kaohu Berg-Hee 0, Spencer McLachlin 7, Brian Matsumoto 2, Kasey Ko 2, TJ Zabriske 0.

3-point goals -- University 2 (Clark, Johnson), Punahou 3 (Ostrowski 2, Cho).

No. 6 Kamehameha 59, Damien 48: Ikaika Hardie scored 16 points and Rykin Enos had 14 to lead the Warriors past the Monarchs.

Kamehameha outscored Damien 21-6 in the first quarter and led 31-14 at halftime.

Justin Casil scored 17 points and Devin Shiroma added 14 for the Monarchs.

At Damien gym

Kamehameha (3-2) 21 10 15 13 -- 59

Damien (1-4) 6 8 19 15 -- 48

Kamehameha--Keo Wright-Pacarro 1, Ikaika Hardie 16, Rykin Enos 14, Jacob Ho 7, Michael Nii 7, Mitchell Kauweloa 2, Matt Hoapili 0, Kamalu Miller 9, Quincy Crowell 3.

Damien--Justin Casil 17, Devin Shiroma 14, Matthew Gochenouer 11, Michael Sipili 2, Antonio Cerezo Jr. 0, Winni Boy Gapuz 0, Lolomana Mikaele 4, Brad Akiona 0, Ferd Paredes 0, Sione Tau 0, Gary Ontai 0.

3-point goals -- Kamehameha 3 (Enos 2, Hardie), Damien 2 (Casil, Shiroma).

Saint Louis 57, Maryknoll 46: The Crusaders made 13 of 18 free throws in the fourth quarter to pull ahead of and defeat the Spartans.

Jack Miller scored 18 points for the Crusaders, who trailed for the entire game until they tied up the score with 4 minutes remaining.

Tommy Nguyen drained four 3-pointers for the Spartans, finishing with 14 points. Tyler Tsukazaki added 11 points.

At McCabe Gym

Maryknoll (1-4) 13 11 10 12 -- 46

Saint Louis (4-1) 7 6 15 29 -- 57

Maryknoll--Tyler Tsukazaki 11, Tommy Nguyen 14, Chris Lum 7, Zachary Misjaon 0, Riley Tang 0, Chris Hsia 8, Jordan Ho-Ching 6, Richard Herring 0, Talavera 0.

Saint Louis--Kulia Aiona 9, John Quindara 3, Kyle Gonzaga 3, Cameron Bayne 8, Cole Shidaki 9, Jack Miller 18, Elliot Purcell 4, Jamison Miller 0, Jacob Barit 2.

3-point goals -- Maryknoll 6 (Nguyen 4, Hsia 2), Saint Louis 2 (Gonzaga, Quindara).

Divison II

Christian Academy 41, Assets 40
Kamehameha 47, Hawaii Baptist 43, OT
Word of Life 49, Hanalani 37

Leading scorers -- CA: Joshua Dirnberger 19. Asst: Aaron Matsunaga 19, Nick Castello 11. Kam: Kalani Pickerd 15, Kaipo Villa 14. HBA: Brandon Arquero 15. WOL: Jordan Branche 15. Han: Justin Suderman 13.

Junior varsity boys Divison I

Kamehameha 45, Maryknoll 32
Iolani 68, Punahou Gold 47

Junior varsity boys Divison II

University 33, Le Jardin 24
Word of Life 34, Mid-Pacific 33, 2OT

Friday's late result
Saint Louis 54, Damien 41: Jack Miller scored 18 points and Cody Shidaki added 11 as the Crusaders defeated the Monarchs.

Devin Shiroma led Damien with 16 points.

At McCabe Gym

Damien 10 6 13 12 -- 41

Saint Louis 13 17 11 13 -- 54

Damien-- Devin Shiroma 16, Justin Casil 6, Michael Sipili 3, Matthew Gochenour 7, Sione Tau 0, Antonio Cerezo Jr. 6, Brad Akiona 0, Winni Boy Gapuz 0, Ferd pPredes 3, Lolomana Mikaele 0, Gary Ontai 0.

Saint Louis -- Jack Miller 18, Kulia Aiona 9, Jacob Barit 4, John Quindara 5, Cameron Bayne 5, Cole Shidaki 11, Jamison Miller 0, Elliot Purcell 2, Kyle Gonzaga 0.

3-point goals -- Damien 6 (Shiroma 4, Cerezo Jr. 2), Saint Louis 5 (Miller 3, Bayne, Quindara).

Division II

Friday
Saint Louis 52, Hawaii Baptist 49