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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Aiu was scoring machine

By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer

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In and around the penalty box, Kalaheo forward Stuart Aiu was so dangerous "opposing teams had to make it a top priority to know where he was," Kalani coach Myles Arakawa said.

"Unfortunately I can tell you what can happen if you don't. All it takes for that guy is one chance, and he makes it happen," Arakawa added.

Aiu was named the O'ahu Interscholastic Association Eastern Division Player of the Year after scoring a league-high 18 goals. He scored against every team in the East except for Kaiser and tallied more than twice the number goals than the next highest scorer.

Joining Aiu on the first team are forwards Ken Gibson of Kailua, who scored six goals, and Jonathan Baba of Moanalua, who scored five.

Kaiser's Matt Bush, Moanalua's Kenneth Ogata, Roosevelt's Chris Morales and Kalani's Danny Higa were the first-team midfielders.

Defenders on the first team were Moanalua's Landon Watanabe, Kaiser's Kyle Niiro, Kalani's Carter Kam and Roosevelt's Hiroki Tomita.

Farrington's Larry Siuta was the first-team goalkeeper.

Arakawa was named the Eastern Division Coach of the Year.

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First Team
Pos. Player School
F Stuart Aiu Kalaheo
F Ken Gibson Kailua
F Jonathan Baba Moanalua
MF Matt Bush Kaiser
MF Kenneth Ogata Moanalua
MF Chris Morales Roosevelt
MF Danny Higa Kalani
D Landon Watanabe Moanalua
D Kyle Niiro Kaiser
D Carter Kam Kalani
D Hiroki Tomita Roosevelt
GK Larry Siuta Farrington
Player of the Year: Stuart Aiu, Kalaheo

Coach of the Year: Myles Arakawa, Kalani

Second Team
Pos Player School
F Jonathan Lee Castle
F Preston Nakata Kailua
F Jason Honjo Moanalua
MF Thanh Bidwell Kaiser
MF Tino Smiley Kalaheo
MF Alex Mile Kaimuki
MF Kevin Fujimoto Kalani
D Brian Gallardo Kailua
D Makana Wong Kalani
D Randy Villaver Farrington
D Raydon Tsutsui Moanalua
GK Bryan Fujiwara Moanalua

Honorable Mention
Castle: Pat Kapahu, Aaron Kuruso, Blayne Muraoka, Chris Durlacher, Mark Sakamoto, Kevin Yogi, Cramer Wong, Kyle Kanaeholo. Farrington: Jarrett Belaras, Cyrus Medrano, Bryce Miyasato, Jordan Wong, Reid Spencer, Kenneth Vadisirisak. Kaimuki: Kento Koike, Riki Nozawa, Nathan Umeda. Kaiser: Jacob Curtis, John Moats, Michael Kawajiri, Jourdan Nihei, Kaveh Nikou, Keola Kamakana. Kalaheo: Timothy Heu, Nathan Johnson, Kirby Kojima, Zachary Elwell, Paul Schmeding. Kalani: Andrew Harano. Moanalua: Jung Who Kim, Logan Lee, Ben Crippen, Egan Kobayashi. McKinley: Yohan Kim, Raymond Mantanona, Tuimatagalu Togia, Marcus Amorin, Koa Webster, Shane Kumashiro, Kai Cheung, Daniel Ng, Michael Kwon, Daniel Kim, Matthew Amorin. Roosevelt: Patrick Sinco, Naohito Miura, Kellen Oroku, Sean Oshima, Braxton Higa.

Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com.