McKinley, Kahuku will play for OIA hoops title
By Kyle Sakamoto
Advertiser Staff Writer
McKinley head coach Jesse Victorino emerged from the locker room with the top three buttons of his blue shirt undone, his tie decorated with Warner Brothers cartoon characters untied and his ginger lei wilted. He had to sweat out a victory.
Division I Yesterday At McKinley Semifinals McKinley 42, Kalaheo 39 Friday At McKinley Championship McKinley vs. Kahuku, 8 p.m. Third Place Kaiser vs. Kalaheo, 4:30 p.m. Division II Friday At McKinley Championship Kalani vs. Roosevelt, 6 p.m. ILH tournament Division I For third ILH berth in Division I state tournament; Punahou and Iolani already gained berths Yesterday Kamehameha 56, St. Francis 39 Today Kamehameha vs. Maryknoll, 6 p.m. at McCabe gym Division II To determine ILH representative in Division II state tournament. Yesterday St. Andrew's 47, Word of Life 28
McKinley survived two game-tying 3-point attempts in the final five seconds to hold off Kalaheo, 42-39, in the semifinals of the O'ahu Interscholastic Association Division I basketball tournament last night at McKinley.
OIA playoffs
Kahuku 61, Kaiser 49
Maryknoll 36, Mid-Pacific 26
In the second game, Kahuku beat Kaiser, 61-49.
McKinley, the East's No. 4 seed, will play East top seed Kahuku at McKinley on Friday at 8 p.m.
McKinley (10-3) didn't hit a field goal in the fourth quarter against Kalaheo (10-3), but hit 9 of 12 free-throw attempts. Bre Carson, who scored 14 points, made eight of those free throws.
McKinley, which led by nine in the first half, took a 42-39 lead after two Carson free throws with 25 seconds remaining.
Kalaheo, the East's No. 2 seed, missed three shots in the paint on the ensuing possession, but the ball was knocked out of bounds by McKinley with 5 seconds left.
The Mustangs missed a 3-pointer from the right wing and, after the ball was knocked out of bounds again by McKinley with 1 second remaining, they missed again from the right baseline as time expired.
"The bottom line is we didn't make enough plays down the stretch to win," Kalaheo head coach Chico Furtado said.
The Tigers led up until Shaina Siliga, who finished with 19 points, hit the Mustangs' only 3-pointer to tie the score at 30 with 2:22 left in the third quarter. But Chantel Yadao hit a 3-pointer 1:10 later to put the Tigers up for good.
Kalaheo (10-3) 9 10 13 7—39
Mckinley (10-3) 14 10 9 9—42
KALAHEO—Hoku Kaiu-Denning 0, Shaina Siliga 19, Kandice Kinney 0, Randi Farstad 10, Shantel Marumoto 0, Kaila Samson 0, Shanadee Canon 6, Kaiena Huihui 4, Kaliko Kepa 0, Kamala Kau 0. Totals 15 8-9 39.
MCKINLEY—Bre Carson 14, Chantal Yadao 11, Janine Corpuz 0, Chelsie Sato 3, Meagan Miyasaka 8, Melody Ababa 4, Linda Fowler 2. Totals 11 13-20 42.
3-point goals—Kalaheo 1 (Siliga). McKinley 7 ( Yadao 3, Carson 2, Miyasaka 2).
• Kahuku 61, Kaiser 49: Kahuku head coach Wendy Anae felt her team was tired midway through the third quarter so she switched from a man-to-man to a 2-3 zone.
It gave the Red Raiders a big boost.
Kahuku outscored Kaiser, the East's No. 3 seed, 25-10 over the final 9 minutes and 15 seconds after the defensive switch.
"Our girls were kind of tired; I don't know why, it's kind of hot in here," Anae said. "Maybe we had a long wait (between games). It was the natural thing to do because our man wasn't working that well."
Latoya Wily led five Red Raiders in double figures with 14 points.
Kaiser (10-3) 14 12 13 10—49
Kahuku (12-1) 13 13 16 19—61
KAISER—Shera Yamamoto 6, Jamie Nerona 1, Chelsea Kapuniai 0, Sharde Pratt 12, Jolie Yoshino 0, Natasha Aloisio 2, Kehau Bangay 12, Kilioe Aliifua 16. Totals 19 10-14 49.
KAHUKU—Camilla Ah Hoy 12, Monarisa Ale 12, Aisha Ale 10, Latoya Wily 14, Karla Tailele 11, Anny Soliai 2, Tina Soliai 0, Nancy Vave 0. Totals 22 12-19 61.
3-point goals—Kaiser 1 (Yamamoto). Kahuku 5 (Tailele 3, Ah Hoy 2).
Reach Kyle Sakamoto at ksakamoto@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8041.
ILH
• KAMEHAMEHA 56, ST. FRANCIS 39: India Soo scored 22 points to help the Warriors advance to the final of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu tournament that determines the league's third state berth.
St. Francis (2-12) 4 11 14 10—39
Kamehameha (9-4) 11 12 13 20—56
ST. FRANCIS—Monica Chock 21, Kanani Perry 2, Latasha Griffin 4, Jasmine Dulan 1, Chelsey Powell 9, Siutiti Takai 2. Totals not reported.
KAMEHAMEHA—India Soo 22, Lori Nakamura 7, Analee Viena-Lota 5, Noelani Hoopii 2, Jordan Tangonan 6, Tatriana Lorenzo 10, Lilia Lee 2, Mounia Nihipali 2. Totals not reported.
3-point goals—St. Francis 3 (Chock 2, Griffin 1). Kamehameha 4 (Soo 4).
• MARYKNOLL 36, MID-PACIFIC 26: Jessica Akamine scored 11 points to lift Maryknoll to the ILH tournament final.
Maryknoll (6-7) 8 6 8 14—36
Mid-pacific (5-8) 6 1 6 13—26
MARYKNOLL—Nicole Fu 4, Kristie Watanabe 0, Jessica Akamine 11, Tammie Andres 2, Whitney Wong 6, Jessica Ho 2, Cheryl Lee 9, Sela Fisilau 2. Totals not reported.
MID-PACIFIC—Sherice Ajifu 6, Danielle Mafua 7, Jasmine Vieira 4, Kristina Lin 4, Kelli Kajiwara 1, Crisi Nihipali 2, Morgen Sullivan 2. Totals not reported.
3-point goals—Mid-Pacific 1 (Lin).
• St. Andrew's 47, Word of Life 28: Cassi Nakasone scored 17 points and Holly Saito 16 as St. Andrew's Priory earned the right to represent the ILH in the Division II state tournament.
