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Jason Rivers scored 13 points, Jose Vidad added 11 and J.P. Kanoa 10 as St. Louis defeated Kamehameha, 55-36, in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu game last night at ‘Iolani.
The Crusaders claimed the third and final ILH state tournament berth with their victory. ‘Iolani and Punahou have already qualified for the tournament, which starts Wednesday and ends Feb. 24.
St. Louis has beaten Kamehameha three times this season.
KAMEHAMEHA 4 4 9 19 — 36
ST. LOUIS 13 7 15 20 — 55
KAMEHAMEHA-Eric Shaver 3, Mana Easley 0, Kolo Kapanui 14, Nainoa Spencer 5, Sean Uyehara 2, Caleb Spencer 0, Ko Kealoha 0, Mana Aweau 2, Nalu Perkins 8, Ray Oka 0, Aaron Kahaloa 0, Willy Melemai 0, William Greenwell 2.
ST. LOUIS-Bobby Tappy 0, Jose Vidad 11, Justin Harris 8, Jonah Lakatani 0, Brenden Clement 0, J.P. Kanoa 10, Jason Rivers 13, Frank Rivers 9, T.J. Moe 2, Arist de Wolff 2.
3-point goals-Kamehameha 1 (Shaver). St. Louis 3 (J. Rivers 2, Jose Vidad 1).
OIA
 Farrington wins JV basketball title: Jay Ocol scored 22 points, Randolph Garcia added 13 and Uriah Seui 10 as Farrington defeated Radford, 57-50, in the O‘ahu Interscholastic Association JV championship Thursday night at Blaisdell Arena.
MIL
Maui claims MIL basketball title: Dionisuo Dante scored 15 points and Les Johnson added 13 as Maui rallied to defeat Baldwin, 42-31, to win the Maui Interscholastic League title last night at War Memorial Gym.
Maui will be one of four seeded teams at the state tournament on O‘ahu.
The Sabers outscored the Bears 32-15 in the second half.
BALDWIN 8 8 5 10 — 31
MAUI 7 3 14 18 — 42
BALDWIN-Brandon Ahonima 11, A.J. Garbin 6, Cliff Dagulo 5, Reed Suzuki 4, Jon Ciacci 2, Alika Anasiu 2, Kealoha Range 1.
MAUI-Dionisuo Dante 15, Les Johnson 13, David Tufaga 8, Brandon Chu 4, Sheyne De La Garza 2.
3-point goals-Maui 1 (Tufaga).
BIIF
Honoka‘a wins basketball title: Kaniela Aiona scored 22 points, Eddie Aldridge added 14 and Austin Souza 12 as Honoka‘a defeated Waiakea, 57-50, last night to win the Big Island Interscholastic Federation championship at Waiakea.
Honoka‘a will be one of four seeded teams at the state tournament .
HONOKA‘A 19 8 13 17 — 57
WAIAKEA 14 6 18 12 — 50
HONOKA‘A-D.J. Gabriel 9, Kaniela Aiona 22, Austin Souza 12, Eddie Aldridge 14.
WAIAKEA-Branden Kawazoe 3, Abraham Costa 1, David Hotniansky 9, Evan Bartholomew 6,
Chase Sakamoto 3, Jomo Young 9, Martin Hall 7, Kelii Pomroy 12.
3-point goals-Honoka‘a 7 (Gabriel 2, Aiona 2, Aldridge 2, Souza 1). Waiakea 2 (Young 2).
WRESTLING
New tournament: The Interscholastic League of Honolulu will hold its first dual-meet tournament today on four mats at Punahou’s Hemmeter gym, with team place-points added to regular-season totals.
All six varsity and junior varsity teams will compete. At 10 a.m., fourth-seed Punahou will meet the winner of a coin flip between Damien and Pac-Five, which tied for fifth and will flip a coin for the No. 5 seed. At the same time, third-seeded ‘Iolani will meet the loser of the coin flip.
At 11:20 a.m., top-seeded St. Louis will meet the winner of the match involving Punahou, and second-seeded Kamehameha will meet the winner of the match involving ‘Iolani. The losers will meet for third place at 1:30 p.m., and the winners for first place at 3:30. The junior varsity teams will follow the same time schedule, but the seeds will be different.
Entering the tournament, St. Louis leads the league with 36 championship points. Kamehameha has 30, and Punahou and ‘Iolani each have 24. The winning team today picks up 30 points, second place 24, third 18, fourth 12 and so on.
But the championship race won’t be over. On Feb. 24 the ILH will hold its championship tournament and those team place-points will also be added.
PEP SQUADS
ILH championships: Kamehameha’s cheerleaders, coming off a fourth-place finish in a national competition last weekend, will be the team to beat in the first Interscholastic League of Honolulu Pep Squad Championships today.
The event will begin at 11 a.m. at Kamehameha’s Kekuhaupi‘o Gym. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.
Five varsity and two junior varsity teams will compete.
Kamehameha’s 11-member team finished fourth among 62 schools in the small varsity division of the Universal Cheerleading Association’s national championships at Orlando, Fla.
Speaking of today’s first official ILH meet, Kamehameha coach Dolly Wong said, "It’s great there is a forum for these athletes to be showcased. Lots of people don’t understand how much training it takes."
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