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Aloha and welcome to the Hawaii Digital Sports PHOTO presentation of the 2009 Hawaiian Airlines Girls DI Basketball Championships game between.
Konawaena 54 – Punahou 50
Big Island Interscholastic Federation
Interscholastic League of Honolulu
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HHSAA Division I GIRLS BASKETBALL: Konawaena Outlasts Punahou, Claims Division I State Basketball Crown
By Kyle Galdeira
www.sportshigh.com
Konawaena freshman guard Emalia Galdeira poured in a game-high 23 points and hauled in nine rebounds to lead the Wildcats over Punahou 54-50 in a double overtime thriller tonight in the championship game of the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Division I Girls Basketball State Championships at the Neal Blaisdell Arena.
Second-seeded Konawaena, the Big Island Interscholastic Federation champion, improved to 15-0 on the season and claimed its third state crown in five years—the last of which came in 2007, also in a win over Punahou. Galdeira took home tournament Most Outstanding Player honors for her effort, while teammate Kim Brown chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds.
Top-seeded Punahou (13-2), the Interscholastic League of Honolulu champion, established the momentum throughout most of the first quarter, and ended the period up 9-8.
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Konawaena claims another 1
By Paul Honda
All hail the women in black and green.
Lia Galdeira poured in 23 points, grabbed nine rebounds and had four steals as second-seeded Konawaena outlasted No. 1 seed Punahou 54-50 in two overtimes last night in the final of the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships at Neal Blaisdell Arena. A crowd of 1,687 included a strong following from the Big Island.
Konawaena, loaded with prime-time sophomores and freshmen, closed the season with 24 wins in a row and captured its third state title in the last six years.
“Punahou made a great run. We lost some composure and got a little rattled,” coach Bobbie Awa said of the Buffanblu’s rally from 11 points down. “Kara (Hanato-Smith) showed great leadership, telling her teammates, ‘It ain’t over, settle down.'”
Punahou won four of the previous six state crowns — 10 overall — but had to settle for its third runner-up finish since 2004.
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Young Wildcats top Buffanblu in 2 OTs
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
For Konawaena’s youthful girls basketball team, the bright future is now.
The Wildcats — with three freshmen and a sophomore in the starting lineup — rallied past Punahou, 54-50, last night in a double-overtime thriller to win the school’s third Hawaiian Airlines/Hawai’i High School Athletic Association championship in six years.
A vocal, mostly pro-Konawaena crowd of 1,687 at Blaisdell Arena watched the Wildcats finish the regular and postseason unbeaten at 15-0.
“It feels really good, I think we deserve it because we worked hard,” said Konawaena freshman Lia Galdeira, a 5 foot 7 wing who finished with a game-high 23 points, along with nine rebounds and four steals. “We just had to play our game, have heart and don’t choke.”
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Natalie Iwamoto
Hawaii High School Athletic Association
www.sportshigh.com
| 2008-2009 HHSAA DIVISION I GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE & RESULTS |
| TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009 | |||||
| GAME | SITE | TIME/RESULT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round | 1 | Kalani | Aiea | Farrington HS | Aiea, 41-40 |
| 3 | Baldwin | Moanalua | Kaimuki HS | Baldwin, 41-36 | |
| 2 | Roosevelt | Waiakea | Farrington HS | Roosevelt, 69-52 | |
| 4 | Iolani | Kailua | Kaimuki HS | Iolani, 42-29 | |
| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2009 | |||||
| GAME | SITE | TIME/RESULT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolation | 5 | Kalani | Waiakea | Farrington HS | Kalani, 81-64 |
| 8 | Moanalua | Kailua | Kaimuki HS | Kailua, 20-19 | |
| Quarterfinals | 6 | #4 Lahainaluna | Roosevelt | Farrington HS | Lahainaluna, 58-44 |
| 9 | #2 Konawaena | Baldwin | Kaimuki HS | Konawaena, 50-28 | |
| 7 | #1 Punahou | Aiea | Farrington HS | Punahou, 53-36 | |
| 10 | #3 Farrington | Iolani | Kaimuki HS | Farrington, 68-51 | |
| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 | |||||
| GAME | SITE | TIME/RESULT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolation | 12 | Aiea | Roosevelt | Blaisdell Arena | Roosevelt, 51-50 |
| 13 | Baldwin | Iolani | Blaisdell Arena | Iolani, 53-44 | |
| Consolation Final | 11 | Kalani | Kailua | Blaisdell Arena | Kalani, 64-52 |
| Semifinals | 14 | Punahou | Lahainaluna | Blaisdell Arena | Punahou, 42-37 |
| 15 | Konawaena | Farrington | Blaisdell Arena | Konawaena, 51-43 | |
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009 | |||||
| GAME | SITE | TIME/RESULT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Place | 16 | Roosevelt | Iolani | Blaisdell Arena | Roosevelt, 51-48 |
| 3rd Place | 17 | Lahainaluna | Farrington | Blaisdell Arena | Lahainaluna, 56-52 |
| Championship | 18 | Punahou | Konawaena | Blaisdell Arena | Konawaena, 54-50 |
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