Farrington, Moanalua reach OIA basketball final

By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer

Farrington's Paepaetele Poasa soars above the Kahuku defense, including post player Latoya Wily (44) for a shot attempt in the third quarter. Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser

The No. 4-seeded Governors will play No. 1 Moanalua, a 41-32 winner over McKinley, for the championship at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the University of Hawai'i's Stan Sheriff Center.

Farrington (10-3) had lost to Kahuku, 48-41, in the regular season about three weeks ago. But in the playoffs, the Govs defeated Leilehua, 61-31, and West No. 1 seed Pearl City, 46-45, before racing past the Red Raiders (10-2) last night before a raucous crowd of about 800.

Unlike the first meeting, Farrington took control early in the first half and Kahuku could not get closer than five points the rest of the way. Sunshine Misa-Uli again led the Governors with a game-high 22 points, including 10 during a third period that ended with Farrington's biggest lead at 39-24.

The Red Raiders closed to 43-38 on Latoya Wily's putback with 2:40 remaining, but point guard Revelyn Cabaya sank six free throws in a row to push the lead back to 49-38 with 1:52 left — too big a hill for Kahuku to climb.

"After we lost to them, we tried to look at the positives and said, 'Let's get back in the playoffs and pull through this,' " said Misa-Uli, an agile power forward. "Our coach (Jenic Tumaneng) kept telling us we're a state (tournament) team, and we can do this. Now we're more motivated to win the championship."

KAHUKU (10-2) 12 8 4 22 — 46
FARRINGTON (10-3) 15 13 11 17— 56

KAHUKU — Camilla Ah Hoy 5, Tuli Peters 0, Mona Ale 6, Lesina Funaki 3, Artevia Wily 8, Anny Soliai 3, Karla Tailele 6, Aisha Ale 4, Terina Oto 0, Latoya Wily 11 . Totals 20 3-13 46.

FARRINGTON — Revelyn Cabaya 9, Elaine Bihag 7, Joanne Fernandez 1, Sandy Tauta 5, Paepaetele Poasa 2, Tanya Alualu 6, Mele Mateaki 4, Sunshine Misa-Uli 22. Totals 16 22-42 56.

3-point goals — Farrington 2 (Mateaki, Misa-Uli). Kahuku 3 (Ah Hoy, Funaki, Soliai).

Moanalua 41, McKinley 32: The Menehunes (12-0) went on a 12-0 run to start the second half and a 9-0 run early in the fourth period to rally past the No. 3-seeded Tigers (9-4).

McKinley built a 19-14 lead at halftime, sparked by Bre Carson's nine points. But Moanalua's Kepua Lee hit a 3-pointer to start the second half and Patti Hardimon added a layup to tie the score at 19. The Menehunes then got a jumper and free throw by Lee, a bank shot by Marleen Leautu and a putback by Leautu to take a 26-20 advantage.

"I was surprised at halftime, because I never thought our whole team would be off like that," said Hardimon, who finished with a game-high 13 points. "We were disappointed, but in the third period, everyone stepped it up."

Amber Lee scored all six of the Tigers' points in the third quarter to help them close to 30-25 entering the fourth, and then Rayna Isaki hit a 3-pointer and Carson sank a jumper to tie it at 30.

But Moanalua answered with another run, scoring on Leautu's turnaround jumper, plus a 3-pointer and three free throws by Hardimon and a free throw by Amy Kotani.

"That's how our team gets — when we get a lead or tie it, we relax," McKinley coach Jesse Victorino said. "You can't do that against this kind of team."

Moanalua (12-0) 7 7 16 11—41
McKinley (9-4) 15 4 6 7 — 32

MOANALUA—Christina Sierra 0, Amy Kotani 5, Ronni Kelliihoomalu 5, Sasha Silva 0, Patti Hardimon 13, Joy Matsukawa 0, Kepua Lee 8, Marleen Leautu 10. Totals 14 11-23 41.

MCKINLEY—Chantel Yadao 0, Rayna Isaki 7, Meagan Miyasaka 2, Melody Ababa 0, Bre Carson 13, Ceslie Maafala 0, Amber Lee 10, Tania Liufau 0, Kauai Quartero 0. Totals 14 1-8 32.

3-point goals—Moanalua 2 (Hardimon, Lee). McKinley 3 (Carson 2, Isaki 1).

ILH BASKETBALL

Maryknoll, Iolani in final: Cheryl Lee scored 14 points and Sela Fisilau 13 as Maryknoll held off Mid-Pacific, 46-40, last night to reach the final of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu Third-Place Tournament at McCabe gym.

Shannon Nishi scored a game-high 15 for Mid-Pacific.

The Spartans will play Iolani tomorrow night at McCabe at 6:30 with the winner earning the ILH's third state tournament berth.

The Raiders advanced with a 55-33 victory over Sacred Hearts.

Hennasea Tokumura scored 13 points for Iolani while Nicole Lehner had 16 for Sacred Hearts.

Mid-Pacific 7 4 9 20—40
Maryknoll 13 8 11 14—46

MID-PACIFIC—Sherice Ajifu 6, Jasmine Vierra 7, Shannon Nishi 15, Mariko Strickland 0, Kristina Lin 3, Kelli Kajiwara 0, Danielle Mafua 2, Caroline Beddow 7. Totals 13 9-14 40.

MARYKNOLL—Diana Samson 0, Jessica Akamine 3, Tammie Andres 8, Kristie Watanabe 0, Whitney Wong 8, Jessica Ho 0, Cheryl Lee 14, Sela Fisilau 13. Totals 16 11-20 46.

3-point goals—Mid-Pacific 5 (Ajifu 2, Nishi 2, Lin 1). Maryknoll 3 (Wong 2, Andres 1).

Sacred Hearts 7 6 9 11—33
Iolani 19 9 8 19—55

SACRED HEARTS—Cherie Kinoshita 0, Tiare McClellan 0, Nicole Lehner 16, Samantha Saito 4, Nikki Agor 0, Sandy Tsui 0, Emmy Agustin 0, Lola Williams 0, Lani Faumuina 2, Karis Moi-Simeona 1, Megan Burton 10. Totals 8 17-26 33.

IOLANI—Jackie Lynn Sasaki 4, Jennifer Nagamine 3, Hennasea Tokumura 13, Lana Young 7, Ginger Gravelle 11, Marci Kang 3, Alana Wall 1, Kiani Wong 2, Patricia Wong 0, Keri Oyadomori 4, Keilyn Fujioka 0, Chelsea Wong 7. Totals 18 15-31 55.

3-point goals—Sacred Hearts none. Iolani 4 (Tokumura 2, Nagamine 1, Gravelle 1).

OIA, ILH WATER POLO

Tournaments in full gear: Kaiser and Kalani advanced to Saturday's semifinals of the OIA Tournament with victories yesterday.

In ILH play, Punahou and Kamehameha advanced to tomorrow's tournament championship.

O'ahu Interscholastic Association

Tournament

• Kaiser 14, Leilehua 12. Kais: Gabriela Knight 4, Pilar Denight 4, Sesily Criado 2, Taryn Ino 1, Jasmine Slovak 1, Smantha Hada 1. Lei: Katherine Van Dyke 3, Marsha Helgerson 3, Mildred O'Reilly 2, Alesa Corpuz 2, April Grynfiewicz 1, Kristy Koike 1.
• Kalani 12, Kapolei 11. Kal: Erika Motohashi 3, Arielle Lee 3, Summer Nakasato 2, Erin Nakamoto 2, Amber Kaku 2. Kapo: Camilla Lund 5, Jillian Rickard 3, Nohea Smock 1, Marisol Lucas 1, Meredith Egloria 1.

Interscholastic League of Honolulu

Tournament

• Punahou 11, Pac-Five 2
• Kamehameha 8, Iolani 3