Posted on: Thursday, February 26, 2004

Kaimuki edges Waimea

By Brandon Masuoka
Advertiser Staff Writer

In desperate need of a rescue, Kaimuki turned to Jimmy Miyasaka to save the team last night.

Miyasaka stung Waimea with two critical baskets in the fourth quarter of a 48-46 victory in the first round of the HHSAA/Hawaiian Airlines Boys State Basketball Championship Tournament at Blaisdell Arena.

Miyasaka's first key basket gave Kaimuki a 42-41 lead, and his second bucket pushed the Bulldogs ahead 44-43 with a little more than a minute remaining.

"The ending of the game, I knew Kaimuki was going to Miyasaka," Waimea coach Matt Taba said. "The kid is an all-state player. It's tough to stop him. Not too many people can."

Kaimuki (12-4) will play two-time defending state champion Iolani tonight at 7:30.

Kauai Interscholastic Federation champion Waimea (8-1) rallied from a 10-point third-quarter deficit and took fourth-quarter leads of 41-40 and 43-42 behind consecutive baskets by Jordon Dizon.

"It was very intense," Dizon said. "Someone had to take the lead. I just threw up a couple of shots and they happened to go in."

Miyasaka finished with a team-high 17 points with eight rebounds and five steals. Teammate Tony Fa'asoa added 10 points.

Waimea's Jeremy Manuel scored 18 points and Dizon added 15 despite playing the entire fourth quarter with four fouls.

"The good players are going to step up at the end," Kaimuki coach Stephen Lee said. "Dizon stepped up for them. He made some key shots. Jimmy came through for us this game. I'm really happy for that."

After falling behind 38-28 in the third quarter, Waimea engineered a 13-2 run, capped by Dizon's bucket, to take a 41-40 lead.

Miyasaka and Dizon traded baskets before Miyasaka hit the go-ahead shot for a 44-43 lead with 1:08 remaining.

Kaimuki, the Oahu Interscholastic Association's third-place team, sank 4 of 4 free throws in the final 34.4 seconds to seal the victory.

Miyasaka credited his teammates for getting him on track in the fourth quarter. He said Waimea gave Kaimuki all it could handle.

"Waimea's a solid team," Miyasaka said. "They beat us last year. The time was now. We don't have a tomorrow. We play as a team and we win."

Kaimuki held a big advantage at the free-throw line. The Bulldogs made 14 of 16 from the line, while Waimea shot 7 of 13.

"I would have liked for us to shoot a little better free throws," Taba said. "Kaimuki's a great team, and for us to play with them on such a big stage tonight, it shows what kind of kids we got on the team this year."

Reach Brandon Masuoka at bmasuoka@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2458.

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Kaimuki's Dexter Tautofi grabs a rebound before falling to the floor and getting whistled for traveling. Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser RECENT STATE TITLES Year—School (coach) 2003—Iolani (Mark Mugiishi) 2002—Iolani (Mark Mugiishi) 2001—Kalaheo (Pete Smith) 2000—Hilo (Larry Manliguis) 1999—Punahou (Alan Lum) 1998—Iolani (Mark Mugiishi) 1997—Moanalua (Eddie Maruyama) 1996—Moanalua (Eddie Maruyama) 1995—Kalaheo (Pete Smith) 1994—Iolani (Mark Mugiishi) 1993—Kaimuki (Raymond Fujino) 1992—Kamehameha (James Winchester) 1991—Hilo (Larry Manliguis) 1990—Punahou (Chris McLachlin) 1989—Radford (Jim Alegre) 1988—University (Darryl Gabriel)

Boys Basketball Championship

WHAT: Hawaiian Airlines Boys Basketball Championship

WHEN: Wednesday-Saturday

WHERE: Blaisdell Arena

TICKETS (all day admission): $7.50 adults, $5.50 students (kindergarten through 12th grade).

PARKING: $4 for those entering before 5 p.m. $5 for those entering after 5 p.m.

TV: Saturday's championship game, 8 p.m., OC-16

SCHEDULE

Yesterday

• Game 1—Punahou 68, Waiakea 64
• Game 2—Mililani 67, Baldwin 56
• Game 3—Kaimuki48, Waimea 46.
• Game 4—Kamehameha 56, McKinley 38

Today

• Game 5—Baldwin vs. Waimea, 12:30 p.m.
• Game 6—No. 4 Kealakehe vs. Mililani, 2:15 p.m.
• Game 7—No. 3 Maui vs. Punahou, 4 p.m.
• Game 8—No. 2 Kalaheo vs. Kamehameha, 5:45 p.m.
• Game 9—No. 1 Iolani vs. Kaimuki, 7:30 p.m.

Tomorrow

• Game 10—Waiakea vs. McKinley, 1:45 p.m.
• Game 11—Losers of Games 6 & 9, 3:30 p.m.
• Game 12—Losers of Games 7 & 8, 5:15 p.m.
• Game 13—Winners of Games 6 & 9, 7 p.m.
• Game 14—Winners of Games 7 & 8, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

Consolation

• Winners of G5, G10, 3 p.m.

Fifth place

• Winners of G11, G12, 4:30 p.m.

Third place

• Losers of G13 & G14, 6 p.m.

Championship

• Winners of G13 & G14, 8 p.m.

YESTERDAY'S BOXES

WAIAKEA (12-4) 18 11 17 18—64
PUNAHOU (13-2) 18 18 21 11—68

Waiakea—Kyle Correia 4-7 1-1 9, Cheynne Hirota 1-5 2-2 4, Tyler Nishimura 3-7 0-2 8, Michael Belmes 6-12 2-2 15, Abe McGrew 3-10 5-12 11, Kahanu Irizarry 3-8 0-0 7, Jon Moniz 2-4 0-0 5, Sean Soriano 0-2 0-0 0, David Doll 2-2 1-3 5, Justin Pascual 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-57 11-22 64.

Punahou—Jeremiah Ostrowski 4-13 4-6 15, Reid Fowler 5-10 2-4 15, Scott Otake 3-9 1-2 8, Brenton Lee 5-10 3-4 13, Kasey Ko 0-1 0-0 0, Storm Bridgewater 0-0 0-0 0, Daniel Cho 2-7 1-2 5, Morgan Ellsworth 1-2 0-0 2, Spencer McLachlin 2-5 5-7 10. Totals 22-57 16-25 68.

3-point goals—Waiakea 5-20 (Nishimura 2-6, Moniz 1-2, Belmes 1-5, Irizarry 1-5, Correia 0-2). Punahou 8-18 (Fowler 3-5, Ostrowski 3-7, Otake 1-2, McLachin 1-2, Cho 0-1, Ellsworth 0-1).

Mililani (13-1) 10 14 21 22—67
Baldwin (10-3) 8 18 14 16—56

MILILANI—Puna Neumann 5-12 0-0 10, Scott Neumann 2-4 2-2 6, Aaron Kanno 5-9 2-3 14, Clarence Gray 0-1 0-0 0, Andrew Tokumi 1-2 1-1 3, Alex Patykula 10-15 1-2 26, Jonovan Santos 1-2 0-0 2, Nick Rogers 0-3 0-0 0, Lorenzo Abernathy 0-0 0-0 0, Mikhail Mabry 2-3 2-2 6. Totals 26-51 8-10 67.

BALDWIN—Jeff Tumacder 0-0 0-0 0, Scott Suzuki 3-4 2-3 8, Cody Tesoro 5-10 0-0 12, Kawika Liftee 1-1 0-0 2, Cody Nakamura 5-10 0-0 10, Donnie Dadiz 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Heyd 2-7 4-4 8, Levi Aki 0-0 0-0 0, Trenson Himalaya 7-12 2-3 16. Totals 23-45 8-10 56.

3-point goals—Mililani 7-11 (Patykula 5-6, Kanno 2-4, Rogers 0-1). Baldwin 2-5 (Tesoro 2-4, Heyd 0-1).

KAIMUKI (12-4) 18 9 11 10—48
Waimea (8-1) 13 11 11 11—46

KAIMUKI—Davey Nguyen 0-0 0-0 0, Kekoa Onaga 2-9 4-4 9, Dexter Tautofi 2-4 0-0 4, Isaiah Ano 1-1 0-0 2, Jimmy Miyasaka 6-11 4-4 17, Reginal Palfrey 0-0 0-0 0, Tony Fa'asoa 3-4 4-6 10, Nick Milan 2-9 2-2 6. Totals 16-38 14-16 48.

WAIMEA—Jeremy Manuel 8-15 1-2 18, Chad Barba 0-0 0-0 0, Bully Emayo 1-2 0-0 2, Kamu Kawaihalau 0-2 0-0 0, Jordon Dizon 6-12 2-5 15, Casey Kaohelauli'i 1-7 0-0 3 , Akeem Allen 1-2 0-0 2, Lanikai Kanahele 1-3 4-6 6. Totals 18-43 7-13 46.

3-point goals—Kaimuki 2-7 (Onaga 1-3, Miyasaka 1-4). Waimea 3-11 (Dizon 1-2, Manuel 1-4, Kaohilaulii 1-4, Kawaihalau 0-1).

McKinley (9-7) 4 14 7 13—38
Kamehameha (11-6) 10 12 13 21—56

MCKINLEY—Mark Nakatsuka 0-1 0-0 0, Abel Werner 3-11 1-1 7, Dat Vo 0-1 0-0 0, Iakopo Taumua 1-2 0-0 2, Brandon Barbasa 0-0 0-0 0, Robert Holder 7-14 3-4 18, Golden Lawrence 0-0 0-0 0, Joshua Valdez 2-5 0-0 5, Bobby Shimabukuro 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Quiocho 1-1 0-0 2, Kapena Quisano 1-9 2-2 4. Totals 15-44 6-7 38.

Kamehameha—Ikaika Hardie 1-4 0-0 2, Vance Wright 0-5 0-0 0, Rykin Enos 1-3 3-4 5, Jacob Ho 0-0 0-0 0, Quincy Crowell 0-0 0-0 0, Mike Nii 0-2 0-0 0, Parker Bode 0-0 0-0 0, Matthew Kam 0-0 0-0 0, Waika Spencer 5-5 1-1 11, Kapono Kuikahi 2-2 3-6 7, Ernie Vidinha 2-3 0-1 4, Kinsley Shelton 1-6 1-2 3, Gabriel Spencer 4-5 1-2 9, Kawika Hepa 5-9 2-6 15. Totals 21-44, 11-22 56.

3-point goals—McKinley 2-9 (Holder 1-2, Valdez 1-2, Werner 0-2, Quisano 0-3). Kamehameha 3-7 (Hepa 3-3, Wright 0-4).

SEEDINGS

• 1, Iolani (ILH champion)
• 2, Kalaheo (OIA champion)
• 3, Maui (MIL champion)
• 4, Kealakehe (BIIF champion)

STATE TITLES

• 30—Interscholastic League of Honolulu
• 13—O'ahu Interscholastic Association
• 4—Big Island Interscholastic Federation

Maui Interscholastic League and Kaua'i Interscholastic Federation have never won titles.