Posted on: Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Win or lose, 'Aiea is top seed
By Stacy Kaneshiro
Advertiser Staff Writer
After further review, the O'ahu Interscholastic Association White Conference football seeding has already been determined.
Seventh-ranked 'Aiea (7-0) can clinch the White title outright with a victory over Roosevelt (6-1) tomorrow night at Aloha Stadium. Kickoff is about 7:30. A win would give Na Alii the White's top seed, idle Waipahu (7-1) the second seed and Roosevelt the third.
If the Rough Riders win, then they will share the White title with 'Aiea and No. 10 Waipahu. All have already clinched playoff berths.
But the kicker here is the seeding still does not change. After running the gamut of tie-breakers — head-to-head (each beat each other but not the other), eliminating ties (none), records against common opponents (all the same) — the fourth, point values of teams each has beaten, determined the ranking.
The major difference in point values is that 'Aiea beat Radford. Roosevelt and Waipahu did not play the Rams. Radford's point value is either five or will be six. No matter how Roosevelt's and Waipahu's opponents do this weekend, it will not be enough to overtake 'Aiea.
So how does Roosevelt become third? With 'Aiea out of the equation, tie-breakers revert to the first determining factor, which is head-to-head. Waipahu beat Roosevelt in the regular season.
The OIA confirmed the determinations after The Advertiser researched the situation.
Why does seeding matter? White 3 plays Red 1, which will be defending OIA and state champion Kahuku in next Thursday's quarterfinal at Aloha Stadium.
Tomorrow's game is important from other perspectives. 'Aiea would like to keep its record unblemished and win a title outright. Also, the game is a chance to fine-tune for next week's playoffs. But both teams might be inclined to keep borderline injured players off the field or limit their play.
This game was scheduled for Sept. 14. But games that week were postponed because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the United States.
So the only games with a bearing on seedings are in the Red. If Kailua (5-2) beats Kaimuki (1-1-5), it clinches third. Wai'anae (5-2) needs to beat Kahuku (7-0) and hopes Kailua loses to gain third.
Wai'anae plays Kahuku at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Aloha Stadium. The Seariders handed the Red Raiders their only loss in 2000.
Kailua plays Kaimuki about 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Kaiser.
Kahuku is the top seed, Castle and Mililani have clinched the Red's second and fifth spots, respectively.
• Private affairs: In an Interscholastic League of Honolulu interdivisional game, Kamehameha will play Iolani at 8 p.m. on Friday at Kaiser.
The No. 3 Warriors (4-0-1) share the Division I lead with No. 2 St. Louis (4-0-1), while the No. 5 Raiders (4-1) have already clinched the Division II title.
The only way Iolani has a chance to win the ILH title is if it finishes with an equal or better record than the Division I champion. A playoff would determine the overall champion and the league's lone representative in the state playoffs.
St. Louis will play Damien at 5 p.m. on Friday at Kaiser.
VOLLEYBALL
Site selections are based on the higher seeded girls' varsity teams. Kahuku is the East runner-up and will play the winner of Leilehua-Moanalua at about 3 p.m. A girls' junior varsity match will start at 2 p.m. and a boys' varsity match will start around 4 p.m.
Switch in sites: The O'ahu Interscholastic Association has switched Saturday's second-round volleyball matches at Farrington to Kahuku, the league announced yesterday.
