Hawaii State | Archive | February, 2008

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Coming from behind not once, but twice, Punahou pulled out a 41-38 win over Kamehameha Hawaii in the boys division one state basketball championship game at the NBC Arena.

The Buffanblu boys hoops squad gave an encore victory performance for those who missed the girls squad do the same just a night earlier over Iolani.

Kameron Steinhoff led Punahou with a team high 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Henry Cassidy (7 points) ignited the Punahou offense with four points in the final minute of the fourth quarter.

Hogan Rosehill scored a game high 20 points and collected 12 rebounds for the Warriors. Rosehill was unstoppable in the first quarter with eights points and seven rebounds but exited with 49 seconds remaining with two fouls.

Kamehameha Hawaii led 19-11 midway through the second quarter. Punahou responded with a 12-0 run to take a 23-19 lead at halftime.

Trailing 31-25 to Punahou in third quarter, the Warriors answered with a run of its own thanks to a couple of three point field goals from Rosehill to tie up the game 33-33 at the end of the third quarter.

Kamehameha Hawaii would reclaim the lead once again during the fourth quarter only to see the Buffanblu turn up the defensive pressure and transition its effort into a one point lead with a jumper by Henry Cassidy.

The Warriors took a timeout and trailing 39-38 with 38 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The Warriors decided to work its offense toward the right side with its leading scorer, Rosehill, on the wing. Unable to find an open look from behind the three point line, Rosehill attempted to pass the ball over the defense to the opposite side of court, but the ball sailed out of bounce for a turnover.

Now forced to foul to put Punahou on the free throw line, the Warriors committed three fouls over the next 20 seconds.

Punahou then discovered a  breakdown on the weakside of the Warriors defense and converted on an easy scoring opportunity. Henry Cassidy’s lay-up with nine seconds left in the game put Punahou up 41-38.

The Warriors did not call a timeout and dashed up the court in a desperate attempt to tie the game with a three point field goal gy Kramer Kealoha but it would rim out and Cassidy would grab the rebound at the buzzer.

Punahou, the ILH runner-up, won its first state title since 1999. Kamehameha Hawaii, the BIIF runner-up, came up three points short in its first ever state championship game appearance.

Punahou            7  16  10  8 – 41
Kamehameha-Hawai  12   7  14  5 – 38

Punahou Leading Performers
Steinhoff 15 points, 12 rebounds
Toma 9 points
Crabb 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 slam dunk

Kamehameha-Hawaii Leading Performers
Rosehill 20 points, 12 rebounds
Kramer 7 points, 7 rebounds, 3
assists

OTHER D-I SCORES:

Konawaena d. Moanalua,  Forfeit

Konawaena finishes in 3rd Place

Kamehameha-Kapalama d. Iolani, 69-49

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Christian Hernandez may be a little guy, but his big game performance led Farrington to a 70-68 overtime victory over Aiea in the boys division two state basketball championship game at NBC Arena.

Hernandez scored 22 of his game high 27 points in the second half and overtime. His efforts included a 17-of-22 performance from the free throw line.

Leading 55-52 with 5.4 seconds remaining in regulation, Aiea had its leading scorer on the line to close out the win. Obie Woods missed his free throw attempt and Farrington rebounded with a quick outlet to Hernandez. Racing up the court and through a traffic jam of players from both team, Hernandez launched his running prayer from the left wing and it connected at the buzzer to tie the game at 55-55 and force overtime.

Woods nearly pulled off winning the state title for Na Ali`i. Woods carried the scoring load for most of the game with a team high 26 points.

Josh Chung also added 17 points (10-of-14 from the free throw line).

Both teams struggled from the field (Farrington 4-18, Aiea 7-23) in the first half as Na Ali`i led 20-17. The field goal percentage improved in the second half and so did the scoring output for both teams, except from the free throw line.

The Govs (17-3) failed to convert on its free throw opportunities (16-of-25) to build upon a lead in the second half. Aiea (17-1) could not seal the win
(9-of-15) down the stretch from the free throw line.

The game featured 16 ties and 15 lead changes. Aiea led 11-2 early in the first quarter for its biggest lead, while the Governors managed a three point margin late in the third quarter.

A total of 57 fouls were called and 82 free throws were attempted. Four players, two from each side, fouled out during the game.

Both teams normally substitute quite often in their respective games. The Aiea bench outscored (10-8) and outrebounded (8-6) the Farrington bench.
However, the Govs reserves handled the ball better with just two turnovers, compared to the six miscues by the Aiea reserves.

It was the first time since January 2007 (Kaiser defeated Aiea at Aiea High
School) that Aiea lost to an OIA White Division opponent, snapping a winning streak of nearly 30 games.

Aiea had defeated Farrington (regular season at Farrington High School and OIA Championship at McKinley High School) in its two previous meetings.

Farrington  9  8  14  24  15 – 70
Aiea       13  7  11  24  13 – 68

Farrington Leading Performers
Hernandez 27 points, 17-22 FT, 6 rebounds, 5 steals O.Carter 11 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists Kamano 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals

Aiea Leading Performers
Woods 26 points, 4 rebounds
Chung 17 points, 10-14 FT

OTHER D-II SCORES FROM SATURDAY

Kohala d. Kaiser,  63-59

Kohala wins 5th Place – Click here for box score

Mckinley d. HBA, 41-38

Mckinley wins 3rd Place – Click here for box score

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On Saturday the ILH held their Wrestling Championships at Punahou School.

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Punahou upended Konawaena 61-35 at the Blaisdell Arena Friday night.  Manti Te’o had a big game with 16 points and 7 rebounds to lead the Puns.  Robert Toma added 12 points and 3 assists while Kameron Steinhoff contributed 11 points and a team high 8 rebounds.

For Konawaena, Kekoa Carvalho and Darryl Milana each tossed in 10 points.

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In the other semi final, Moanalua could not continue their remarkable road in the tournament as they were put down by Kamehameha-Hawaii 51-45.  The Warriors from the Big Island will be playing for their first D-I State Championship.

The Warriors were led by Kealoha Kramer with 14 points and 6 rebounds while Colton Collins added 12 points and 5 rebounds.  The team shot 50% from the field to hold off the Menehune.

Stevie Austin had another great game with 18 points and 8 assists.  Ryan Hua added 11 points and hauled in rebounds

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THE D-I CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE PLAYED ON SATURDAY AT 8:00P AT THE BLAISDELL ARENA.  THE RADIO BROADCAST WILL BE CARRIED HERE ON DIGITAL SPORTS HAWAII.

Moanalua and Konawaena will play for 3rd Place on Saturday at 4:00p at the Blaisdell.

OTHER D-I GAMES:

Iolani d. Kamehameha-Maui, 81-60

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Kamehameha-Kapalama d. Mililani, 46-32

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Iolani and Kamehameha play for 5th Place on Saturday at 2:15p

Kahuku d. Campbell, 65-62

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It will be an All-OIA final for the Boys D-II State Basketball Championships.  Aiea defeated HBA, 69-55, and Farrington downed defending D-Ii State Champion Mckinley 31-24.

The Division II State Championship game will be played Saturday at 6:00p at the Blaisdell Center.  You can here the game live right here on Digital Sports Hawaii.

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D-I 3rd Place Game:
Radford d. Waiakea, 51-42

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D-I 5th Place Game:
Kalani d. Lahainaluna, 59-42

The OIA Wrestling Championships are being held Friday and Saturday at Leilehua High School.

DIGITAL SPORTS HAWAII will be providing coverage of this event on both days.

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