Posted on: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Mililani tops Leilehua in basketball in double OT
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
In a wildly fantastic game worthy of one of Hawai'i's most intense high school rivalries, Mililani's boys basketball team held off Leilehua, 65-61, last night in a double-overtime thriller.
The visiting Trojans, ranked No. 4 in The Advertiser's statewide Top 10 poll of coaches and media, improved to 4-0 in the O'ahu Interscholastic Association's Western Division. Leilehua, ranked No. 6, fell to 2-1.
Records, of course, usually are meaningless when the two Central O'ahu foes meet.
"We both could have been 0-9 and I think the game still would have been like this," said Mules coach Keith Spencer. "That's just the nature of the rivalry."
Last night's game provided the energetic crowd of about 500 with thrill-a-minute basketball from the opening tip. Neither team led by more than six points in the 40 minutes of play.
Mililani led 44-41 late in regulation, but Leilehua's Edward Garcia sent the game into overtime with a 24-foot swish while falling backward out of bounds with 13 seconds remaining.
Garcia had just caught an inbounds pass and threw up the shot in desperation.
"He was supposed to swing the ball around, but he was off-balance so he just put it up there," Spencer said. "It was a prayer that got answered, but hey, we'll take it."
The Mules took a 52-46 lead with 1:40 left in the first overtime, but the Trojans fought back with a putback by Andrew Tokumi, a free throw by Jon Santos and Puna Neumann's 3-pointer to tie it at 52-52 with 29 seconds remaining.
Each team had one more possession but failed to score, sending the game into a second OT.
Mililani built a 61-55 lead after Neumann's free throw with 44 seconds remaining, but Kennedy Orteza drained his second 3-pointer of the period to close Leilehua to 61-58 seven seconds later.
Tokumi pushed the lead to 63-58 with 29 seconds left, but Antonio Carter answered with a layup to make it 63-60.
Only after Aaron Kanno sank a free throw with 15 seconds remaining did the Trojans have some breathing room at 64-60. The Mules' Angel Fontanez made a free throw with 3.3 ticks left to make it 64-61, but Neumann got the rebound on his next attempt and sank a free throw with 1 second remaining for the final margin.
Neumann, who left the game briefly after injuring his right hip in the first overtime, led all scorers with 22 points.
"I landed on my hip and I didn't think I could come back," Neumann said. "But it kinda looked like the team was struggling, so I thought I could go back in and create some shots — either take them myself or set up others."
Neumann, the reigning OIA West Player of the Year in volleyball, hurt Leilehua several times with his feathery, high-arching jump shots. His 12-foot baseline jumper gave Mililani a 42-41 lead with 1:05 left in regulation, and he swished a 20-footer from the right wing to put the Trojans up 57-52 early in the second overtime.
"Puna is a really good rhythm shooter; he doesn't stay cold very long," Mililani coach Mike Coito said.
MILILANI—Lorenzo Abernathy 0, Puna Neumann 22, Scott Neumann 4, Aaron Kanno 15, Clarence Gray 4, Andrew Tokumi 4, Alex Patykula 6, Jon Santos 6, Nick Rogers 2, Mikhail Mabry 2. Totals 20 19-26 65.
LEILEHUA—Angelo Massey 15, Edward Garcia 3, Kennedy Orteza 8, Anthony Palomares 1, Antonio Carter 14, Kekoa Kama 0, BJ Fruean 0, Anthony Hall 4, Angel Fontanez 5, Johnathan Scruggs 0, Clayton Laurel 11. Totals 24 10-16 61. 3-point goals—Mililani 6 (P. Neumann 3, Kanno 3). Leilehua 3 (Orteza 2, Garcia).
JV—Mililani 57, Leilehua 46
Reported by Leijena Hernandez
• Radford 39, 'Aiea 26: Tauran Moore scored 10 of his 17 points in the second half as the visiting Rams beat Na Ali'i.
James Hadley led 'Aiea with eight points. Na Ali'i were held to just nine second-half points.
RADFORD—William Kerins 0, Justin Quinones 0, Joseph Brundidge 0, Ricardo Shipley 5, Jordan Rellin 2, Greg Solomon 3, Tauran Moore 17, Kyle Blair 0, Mike Davis 6, James Herron 6, Jeff Geimer 0. Totals 11 14-22 39.
'AIEA—Kali Kuia 4, Marc Alejo 0, Errol Rebola 0, James Hadley 8, Jonathan Burgos 2, Gary Molina 4, Thomas Leary 0, R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane 2, Renny Remigio 3, Nicholas Helsham 3. Totals 11 3-5 26.
3-point goals—Radford 3 (Moore 3). 'Aiea 1 (Remigio).
JV—Radford 42, 'Aiea 20
Reported by Amosa Amosa
Eastern Division
• Farrington 87, Thompson 21: Devan Selman led a trio of Governors in double-figures with 15 points as host Farrington eased past Thompson Academy.
Jay-Ar Mariano and Matt Bell added 13 and 10 points, respectively, for Farrington.
THOMPSON—Stanley Gonda 7, Justin Chang 0, John Abrams 4, Devin Eror 0, Aja Muncie 6, Lance Chang 2, Joshua Musick 2. Totals 9 3-8 21.
FARRINGTON—Shanson Garcia 3, N.C. Dela Cruz 5, Jay-Ar Mariano 13, Jermaine Rabago 5, Troung Nguyen 8, Ferdinand Morales 6, Dave Valoria 6, Devan Selman 15, Micah Kalingo 0, Matt Bell 10, Eti Atonio 8, John Fonoti 8. Totals 40 4-10 87. 3-point goals—Thompson none. Farrington 3 (Garcia, Dela Cruz, Mariano).
Reported by Gretchen Santos
• Kalani 52, Kaiser 39: Corey Konishi's 19 points led the visiting Falcons past the Cougars.
Chris Assily scored 14 points for Kaiser.
KALANI—Carsen Chun 10, Dusten Umeda 0, Cody D'Amato 6, Kellen Kashiwa 1, Corey Konishi 19, Zachary Felipe 4, Daniel Morisato 0, Mark Bonner 4, Jason DeGuzman 8. Totals 18 14-24 52.
KAISER—Moku Kuhau 4, Chad Nishihira 0, Matt Ching 10, Andy Uehara 0, Jeff Peters 3, Chris Assily 14, Mitch Shimabukuro 0, Shelton Herring 0, Colby Ho 6, Brett Hattoh 2. Totals 16 5-10 39. 3-point goals—Kalani 2 (Konishi 2). Kaiser 2 (Assily 2).
JV—Kaiser 46, Kalani 40
• Kalaheo 63, Roosevelt 49: Sam Wilhoite led all scorers with 31 points as the visiting Mustangs remained unbeaten in league play.
Danton Balbas paced Roosevelt with 17 points.
KALAHEO—Elias Ayau 0, Chris Tumaneng 2, Matt Nakashima 3, Kahua Hollinger 0, William Elliott 9, Neil Bowers 7, Joshua Perry 0, David Moore 9, Clifton Pires 0, Jason Tanaka 0, Daniel Phair 2, Sam Wilhoite 31. Totals 25 9-16 63.
ROOSEVELT—Micah Dutro 0, Kevin Fujii 5, Rudy Arturo 2 Daniel Ki 0, Danton Balbas 17, James Castro 2, Weston Lee 2, Ricky Eusebio 6, Laakea Moikeha 4, Keo Keola 11, David Rivers 0. Totals 18 12-17 49. 3-point goals—Kalaheo 4 (Nakashima, Elliott, Bowers, Moore). Roosevelt 1 (Balbas).
JV—Roosevelt 58, Kalaheo 52
Reported by John Chung
• Kaimuki 50, Castle 46: Jimmy Miyasaka scored 22 points as visiting Kaimuki handed Castle its first league loss.
Jonathan Horner and Louis Mansanas led Castle with 10 points apiece.
KAIMUKI—Davey Nguyen 0, K. Onaga 12, J. Wong 3, Dexter Tautofi 4, Isaiah Ano 5, Jimmy Miyasaka 22, R. Pealfrey 0, T. Faasoa 0, Nick Milan 4. Totals 14 18-22 50.
CASTLE—Bryan Pelangka 7, Jonathan Horner 10, Louis Mansanas 10, Scott Keiter-Charles 0, Bryce Kalauokaaea 3, Jordan Bruhn 0, Antone Watanabe 6, Victor Clore 2, Blaze Soares 6, Scott Argue 0, Herbert Lee 2. Totals 16 9-17 46. 3-point goals—Kaimuki 4 (Miyasaka 2, Wong 1, Ano 1). Castle 5 (Pelangka 2, Horner 1, Mansanas 1, Kalauokaaea 1).
JV—Kaimuki 51, Castle 32
Reported by Rocky Fraticelli
SOCCER
• Interscholastic League of Honolulu
Boys Varsity
Kamehameha 4, Saint Louis 0. KS: Kekoa Osorio, David Gualdarama, Dustin Engle, Jesse LeStrong.
Pac-Five 9, Damien 2. Pac-5: Keoki Haole 2, Ryuta Iihama 2, Jeremy Wittig 2, Reid Woodward 1, Doug Morrison 1, own goal. Dami: Ku'ualoha Whittle, Cory Mullen.
Punahou 3, Mid-Pacific 2. Pun: Callum Trigg-Smith 3. MPI: Shinji Takahashi, own goal.
Iolani 3, Hawai'i Baptist 0. Iol: Dylan Langley, Dane McCleary, Chris Faulkner.
Boys JV
• O'ahu Interscholastic Association
Western Division
Boys Varsity
Girls Varsity
Girls JV
CORRECTION • A win in reglulation in Big Island Interscholastic Federation soccer is worth 3 points. A shootout win is worth 2 points and a shootout loss is worth 1 point. An incorrect key was printed in yesterday's Advertiser.
Reach Wes Nakama at wnakama@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2456.
