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Kalaheo leaps into
OIA semis

Winners of 10 of the past 11 Oahu Interscholastic Association championships, the Kalaheo Mustangs proved that even with a notably young roster, they're still the team to beat.

David Moore, the only senior who sees significant playing time for the Mustangs, scored a game-high 22 points and was 8-for-8 from the free-throw line in the final 2:30 to help clinch a berth in the OIA semifinals with a 59-48 victory over Pearl City last night at Campbell.

"It was kind of ugly out there," Kalaheo head coach Chico Furtado said. "I was trying to work the officials to get some calls out there, especially when they're more physical and got behind towards the end."

The Mustangs converted 19 of 26 free throws in the fourth quarter, with most coming in the last 3 minutes, as the Chargers were forced to foul to try to make up a 10-point deficit they had most of the second half.

"We were just in too deep of a hole," Pearl City head coach Lionel Villarmia said. "Especially against a team like Kalaheo, you can't get in that position."

The importance of the regular season came into play last night, as the rested Mustangs were able to push the tempo and wear out the Chargers, who had played the previous night in an opening-round win against Kailua. Kalaheo earned a first-round bye.

"I could see it in our shots that we were tired," Villarmia said. "We came out in a match-up zone and even switched to a 2-3 zone to try to rest our guys up for a second-half run, but we came out flat in the third quarter, which killed us."

Leading 22-16 at halftime, Kalaheo opened the second half with an 11-2 run, which included two 3-pointers from Moore, that opened up a 15-point lead.

"I think early on we came out tentative on defense, not wanting to give up an easy layup or put ourselves in a bind," Furtado said. "Eventually we decided to pick it up and push the tempo on defense and that was key."

Ernest Vidinha led one last Chargers run, as his three-point play with 5 minutes remaining cut the Mustangs' lead to six. But that's when Kalaheo turned to its senior as Moore helped ice the game from the line with eight straight free throws.

"There's only three seniors on this team and I'm the only one who gets significant playing time, so I've just gotta carry this team to the promised land," Moore said. "This was the most important game of the season because it got us into states and bought us an extra five games or so."

All four semifinal teams from the OIA advance to the state tournament.

"This was so big for us because we're so young that the exposure of playing in the OIA and state tournaments will really help this team mature, and to get these extra five games, we're just going to enjoy it," Furtado said.

The Mustangs will look to extend their OIA championship streak to five as they take on Campbell in the semifinals Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at McKinley.

At Campbell H.S. gym

Pearl City (8-4)	12	4	12	20	--	48
Kalaheo (10-2)	12	10	16	21	--	59

PEARL CITY--Chris Ramos 2, Rollie Salvacion 9, Brandon Jackson 9, Bryan Olarti 0, Ricky Salvacion 3, Andrew Blue 2, Travis Cruz 0, Troy Antoque 0, Dee Briscoe 0, Kawika Borden 0, Antoin DeWalt 2, Ernie Vidinha 21.
KALAHEO--Elias David 10, Chris Tumaneng 3, Jason Tanaka 0, Mana Guerreiro 0, Kahua Hollinger 2, Tate Brown 6, Marvin Judd 12, David Moore 22, Cliffton Pires 2, Tyler Caswell 2, Isaac Higa 0, Jeff Whitworth 0, Chase Moses 0.
3-point goals--Pearl City 3 (Ri. Salvacion, Ro. Salvacion, Jackson), Kalaheo 2 (Moore 2).

Campbell 50, Roosevelt 41

Tristan Bailey hit back-to-back 3-pointers with less than 3 minutes to go to put the fifth-ranked Sabers ahead for good as the Sabers advanced to a semifinal showdown with the Mustangs.

Kerstan Ho scored eight of his 13 points in the third quarter as Roosevelt erased an eight-point halftime deficit to tie the game at 30 heading into the final period.

Bailey finished with a team-high 15 points and Mark Sealy added 12 to lead Campbell. Keo Keola had 15 to lead Roosevelt, which finished the season at 9-3.

Roosevelt (9-3)	7	10	13	11	--	41
Campbell (9-1)	9	16	5	20	--	50

ROOSEVELT--Micah Dutro 0, Kevin Fujii 2, Rudy Artuyo , Danton Balbas 6, Kila Delovio 0, Kerstan Ho 13, Laakea Moikeha 5, Keo Keola 15, Troy Quon 0.
CAMPBELL--Tristan Bailey 15, Ryan Hayes 3, Robert Morris 1, Tristan Sealy 0, Mark Sealy 12, Ikaika Shelton 4, James Bannester 8, Daniel Phillips 7.
3-point goals--Roosevelt 3 (Ho 2, Moikeha), Campbell 3 (Bailey 2, Hayes).

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OIA Boys Basketball

East seeds: 1. Kahuku. 2. Kalaheo. 3. Kaimuki. 4. Roosevelt. 5. Castle. 6. Kailua.
West seeds: 1. Campbell. 2. Kapolei. 3. Pearl City. 4. Radford. 5. Leilehua. 6. Mililani.

thursday
At Pearl City H.S.
Game 1: Roosevelt 58, Leilehua 44
2: Pearl City 47, Kailua 41
At McKinley H.S.
3: Radford 56, Castle 49, 6 p.m.
4: Kaimuki 61, Mililani 52

Yesterday
At Campbell H.S.
5: Kalaheo 59, Pearl City 48
6: Campbell 50, Roosevelt 41
At Kahuku H.S.
7: Kaimuki 52, Kapolei 47
8: Kahuku 67, Radford 49

Wednesday
At McKinley H.S.
9: Kaimuki vs. Kahuku, 6 p.m.
10: Kalaheo vs. Campbell, 7:30 p.m.

Friday
At McKinley H.S.
11: Losers of games 9 & 10, 6 p.m.
12: Winners of games 9 & 10, 7:30 p.m.