Hangai, Ilagan win OIA tennis championships

Farrington junior Anthony Ilagan, left, defeated Jeremy Young of Mililani in the boys singles championship match. In the girls singles final, Mililani's Krystal Hangai, right, defeated Wailyn Leong of Farrington. Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser

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Mililani's Krystal Hangai, finally out from under the shadow of former teammate and four-time state champion Erin Hoe, won the O'ahu Interscholastic Association girls singles tennis championship yesterday at the University of Hawai'i courts.

Hangai "kept the ball on the court" with her ground strokes and waited for Farrington's Wailyn Leong to make errors, which inevitably happened as the Trojan senior won, 6-1, 6-3.

Farrington junior Anthony Ilagan won the boys singles championship over Mililani's Jeremy Young, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles crowns are being worn today by 'Aiea's Bryce Kawabe and Arthur Phanpengdy, and Pearl City's Nicole Sakai and Kellie Crail.

All of yesterday's players, including the third-place combatants, fly to Kaua'i on Saturday for the state championships.

Ilagan says his goal is to win states, although he acknowledges that it will take "my 'A' game of 'em all" to beat top seed Ikaika Jobe of Punahou.

Ilagan is ranked sixth in the Hawai'i Pacific Tennis Association 18 singles and Jobe has owned No. 1 for two years.

O'ahu Interscholastic Association
Individual tennis championships
At University of Hawai'i

Boys

Singles

Championship: Anthony Ilagan (Farrington) def. Jeremy Young (Mililani) 6-3, 6-4. Third: Tho Nguyen (Campbell) def. Dillon Porter (Kahuku) by default.

Doubles

Championship: Bryce Kawabe/Arthur Phanpengdy ('Aiea) def. Matt Chang/ Mike Chong (Kalaheo) 6-2, 6-0. Third: Jeremy Perron/Joel Maeshiro (Mililanii) def. John Poon/Fuyuki Sarnejima (Kaiser) 6-1, 6-0.

Girls

Singles

Championship: Krystal Hangai (Mililani) def. Wailyn Leong (Farrington) 6-1, 6-3. Third: Chloe Bihag (Campbell) def. Danielle Breon (Kalaheo) 6-3, 6-0.

Doubles

Championship: Nicole Sakai/Kellie Crail (Pearl City) def. Jennifer Watanabe/Dinh Quach (McKinley) 6-1, 6-2. Third: Alohalani Castro/Megan Abrigo (Mililani) def. Tara Tanoue/Darcie Ing (Roosevelt) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.