Kaimuki holds off 'Aiea, 52-49

By Leila Wai
Special to The Advertiser

In another quarterfinal game, Mililani defeated Roosevelt, 73-57. Kaimuki (9-2) plays at Mililani (11-0) and Castle (9-3) travels to Kalaheo (11-0) in the semifinals Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Last night, the Bulldogs made 9 of 10 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter.

"We've been a good free-throw team throughout the year," said Kaimuki coach Stephen Lee. "We've been working on them during practice, and tonight it showed."

The Bulldogs (9-2) held a 41-34 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Kaimuki's first and only field goal in the fourth quarter came with 1:28 remaining and gave the Bulldogs a three-point lead, 50-47. Two free throws by 'Aiea's Lamont Williams cut the Bulldogs' lead to one, and a Bulldog turnover gave Na Ali'i a chance to take the lead.

A missed jump shot by Wes Williams and a scramble for a rebound with 18 seconds left resulted in a held ball, with the possession arrow in Kaimuki's favor. On the inbounds pass with 16 seconds remaining, another held ball was called, giving the ball back to 'Aiea.

An errant Na Ali'i pass turned the ball back over to Kaimuki with 10 seconds on the clock, forcing 'Aiea to foul. Jimmy Miyasaka sank two free throws, giving the Bulldogs a 52-49 lead.

Lamont Williams raced down the court with eight seconds left and threw up a 3-point attempt that bounced off the rim of the basket.

"We played hard the whole way through but we just collapsed in the end," said Lamont Williams, who finished with 20 points. "We tried to come back — we tried and tried, and we got there but we just couldn't finish the game."

Said 'Aiea coach Rodney Cavaco: "It was a tough game. Everyone expected it to be tough and close, and it was. We had our chance to win and we didn't execute, and it's that simple."

Despite trailing 22-17 at halftime, the Bulldogs outscored Na Ali'i 24-12 in the third quarter, behind Daniel Tautofi, who scored nine, and James Davis, who added eight.

"It was a great game — it went back and forth. 'Aiea took control in the first half, and the second half we played our game," said Lee. "Coming down the stretch it could have gone any way, and we are happy with the victory."

Davis led the Bulldogs with 17 points, and Tautofi and Miyasaka added 15 each.

The game got off to a late start, because Kaimuki's bus arrived at 3:45 p.m., 45 minutes after its scheduled arrival time.

"I don't know if that had anything to do with us coming out flat. We weren't ready from the beginning," Lee said.

With their wins today, Mililani, Kaimuki, Kalaheo and Castle will receive the OIA's four berths to the state tournament.

Mililani 73, Roosevelt 57: The Trojans dominated the Rough Riders, running out to a 31-18 halftime lead that they would never relinquish.

Rashaun Broadus, who was held to five points at the half, scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, highlighted by a dunk that came off a steal.

Nine different Trojans scored in the game, led by Broadus with 19. Kaipo Patoc, who recently signed with the University of Hawai'i football team, scored 17.

Andrew Choy scored a team-high 13 for the Rough Riders and Keola Stitzel added 12.

Kalaheo 61, Kaiser 40: Ikaika Alama-Francis lead all-scorers with 27 points as the host Mustangs broke away after leading by just a point (23-22) at halftime.

Castle 42, Radford 40: Details not reported.

'Aiea 11 11 12 15—49
Kaimuki 11 6 24 11—52

'Aiea—Taylor Watanabe 4, Jerome Duldulao 0, Nathan Olaivar 0, Lamont Williams 20, Samson Chung 0, Aaron Powell 1, Daniel Min 3, James Hadley 0, Ken Honda 0, Wes Williams 7, Arthur Phaphengdy 0, Jeremy Yuen 0, Anthony Johnson 14, Dennis Dedicatona 0, Michael Doney 0. Totals 20 6-11 49.

Kaimuki—Jesse Wong 5, Richy Miyasaka 0, Tino Caires 0, Daniel Tautofi 15, Isaiah Ano 0, Junior Maiava 0, Jimmy Miyasaka 15, Nick Milan 0, Alex Lauriano 0, James Davis 17. Totals 17 16-17 52.

3-point goals—'Aiea 3 (L. Williams 2; W. Williams 1). Kaimuki 2 (Miyasaka, Wong)

Roosevelt 6 12 15 24—57
Mililani 17 14 16 26—73

Roosevelt—Keola Stitzel 12, Casey Gouveia 9, Shown Francis 4, Ryan Keomaka 1, Laiana Wong 0, Jon Castro 0, Bryson Borges 8, Anthony Holyfield 10, Andrew Choy 13, Daniel Balbas 0, Josh Benton 0, Naymon Frank 0. Totals 18 17-25 57.

Mililani—Thompson Ah Loo 2, Jordan Woolsey 0, Brandyn Fidel 5, Gary Deliz 8, Rashaun Broadus 19, Robert Cacace 0, Mitch Rose 11, Jose Santos 0, Andrew Min 5, Trey Brown , Alex Patykula 2, Kaipo Patoc 17, Simeon Tavares 4, Tony Gabriel 0. Totals 27 14-25 73.

3-point goals—Roosevelt 4 (Stitzel 1, Gouveia 1, Borges 1, Choy 1). Mililani 5 (Deliz 2, Broadus 1, Min 1, Patoc 1).

Reported by Sandy Santigo

Kaiser 9 13 9 9—40
Kalaheo 14 9 18 20—61

Kaiser—Jody Marxen 0, Louis Matsumoto 0, Kekoa Kamaouha 0, Moki Larson 0, Noah Amerson 4, Ivan Sakata 7, Nathan Gano 2, Dayne Uchiyama 0, Jason Peters 13, Drew Gregerson 7, Garret Wong 0, Tyler Fujie 0, Tony Carpenter 0, Sean Samson 0, Geoff Billingsley 0, Audun Eskeland 7. Totals 12 13-18 40.

Kalaheo—Charles Elliot 0, Michael Gayle 10, James Robertson 0, Max Anton 1, Shaine Harada 0, Ikaika Alama-Francis 27, William Elliot 1, Zane Cabral 0, Neil Bowers 0, Justin Pedrina 5, DC Daniels 9, Theo Fujita 0, Michael Garcia 2, Jeremy Neufeldt 2, Sam Wilhoite 4. Totals 23 10-20 61.

3-point goals—Kaiser 3 (Sakata, Peters, Eskeland). Kalaheo 5 (Gayle 2, Francis 2, Pedrina 1).

Reported by Erin Jenny

SWIMMING

OIA: Kaiser senior Ashley Swart broke a 16-year-old meet record in the 500-yard freestyle at the O'ahu Interscholastic Association trials yesterday at Kalani High.

Swart, who has signed with University of San Diego, was timed in 5 minutes, 0.01 seconds, 78/100ths of a second faster than the record set by Nadine Takai of Pearl City in 1986.

Swimming finals in the championship meet will be held today at Kalani, starting at 2 p.m.

Swart also holds the OIA 200 individual medley record of 2:07.43, but was the second fastest qualifier in that event yesterday. Christine Phillips of Kalaheo was first at 2:18.92.

Swart is defending state champion in both events.

Two boys and two girls were leading qualifiers in two events in yesterday's trial heats. Kaiser's Evan-Duffin Barnes was fastest in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and Roosevelt's Joey Albarico was No. 1 in the 50 and 100 freestyle.

Radford's Stella Karoly-Brinich qualified first in the girls 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke while Kalaheo's Maria Krawciw was fastest in the 50 and 100 freestyle.

Kaiser and Kalani emerged as top contenders for today's championship in girls while the boys meet appears to be among Kaiser, Roosevelt, Kapolei and Mililani.

The leading qualifiers:

BOYS

200 medley relay: Roosevelt 1:51.24; 200 freestyle: Evan Duffin-Barnes (Kaiser) 1:51.80; 200 individual medley: Chris Ota (Roosevelt) 2:09.07; 50 free: Joey Albarico (Roosevelt) 23.87; 100 butterfly: Evan Duffin-Barnes (Kaiser) 56.35; 100 free: Joey Albarico (Roosevelt) 53.53.

500 free: Tatsuya Kobayashi (Kaiser) 5:28.27; 200 free relay: Roosevelt 1:39.02; 100 back: Jonathan Ching (Roosevelt) 58.08; 100 breast: Edward Afualo (Kapolei) 1:03.27; 500 free relay: Roosevelt 3:37.43.

GIRLS

200 medley relay: Kalani 1:57.02; 200 freestyle: Nika Nakamoto (Kalani) 2:05.75; 200 IM: Christine Phillips (Kalaheo) 2:18.92; 50 free: Maria Krawciw (Kalaheo) 26.26; 100 butterfly: Stella Karoly-Brinich (Radford) 1:01.03; 100 free: Maria Krawciw (Kalaheo) 56.71; 200 free relay: Kalaheo 1:47.77; 100 back: Stella Karoly-Brinich (Radford) 1:02.52; 100 breast: Jenna Brilhante (Kalaheo) 1:12.61; 400 free relay: Kalani 3:54.30

ILH: Iolani's boys are seeded first in 10 of 12 events and threaten records in three at the Interscholastic League of Honolulu swimming championships today at the Kamehameha Schools.

Events begin at 2 p.m.

The girls meet shapes up as a close battle between Iolani and Punahou.

Entering with faster times this season than the boys' meet records are Iolani's 200-yard medley relay team (1:37.14 to 1:37.95); the Raiders' 200 freestyle relay team (1:27.06, more than four seconds faster than Iolani's own record of 1:31.73); and Iolani sophomore Mark Eckert in the 200 freestyle (1:42.66 to the record 1:43.01 held by Noa Sakamoto of Punahou, who is seeded second).

Notably missing from the competition will be Punahou senior Nick Borreca, who set or helped set four records at last year's state championships. Borreca is ill with mononucleosis, a Punahou official said.

Iolani's nationally ranked junior, Hongzhe Sun, is seeded first in the boys' 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle.