BY BILL O’REAR | STEPHENS MEDIA ADVERTISING Senior Dawnyelle Awa scored 22 points, and senior Lia Galdeira added 16 to lead unbeaten Konawaena to a 73-20 win over Kohala on Saturday night at Kealakekua. The defending Big Island Interscholastic Federation
BY BILL O’REAR | STEPHENS MEDIA
Senior Dawnyelle Awa scored 22 points, and senior Lia Galdeira added 16 to lead unbeaten Konawaena to a 73-20 win over Kohala on Saturday night at Kealakekua.
The defending Big Island Interscholastic Federation girls Division I champion Wildcats finished the regular season with a 10-0 record and had already clinched West Hawaii’s No. 1 seed in this week’s four-team Division I playoffs.
Hauoli Sproat-Lancaster scored eight points, and Sheana Cazimero added seven to lead Kohala (4-6).
Konawaena won the JV game 43-26.
The girls Division I playoffs will be held Friday and Saturday at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. On Friday, it’s West No. 1 Konawaena vs. East No. 2 Hilo at 6 p.m., followed by East No. 1 Waiakea vs. West No. 2 Kealakehe at 7:30 p.m.
The semifinal winners advance to the BIIF Division I championship game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Civic. Both winners from Friday’s games also capture the league’s two berths in the state Division I tournament, scheduled Feb. 7-10 on Oahu.
The BIIF’s six-team girls Division II playoffs start at 6 p.m. Wednesday with East No. 2 Ka’u hosting West No. 3 Kohala and West No. 2 Hawaii Prep hosting East No. 3 Pahoa. East No. 1 Kamehameha and West No. 1 Honokaa have first-round byes.
Both Honokaa and Hawaii Prep finished with 7-3 records and split their head-to-head meetings (each team won by four points in their victory). But the Dragons were awarded the No. 1 seed over Ka Makani based on their total amount of points allowed during the regular season compared to what Hawaii Prep gave up.
The Division II semifinals and final will be played at the Civic.
Kohala 6 7 7 0 — 20
Konawaena 24 22 18 9 — 73
— Honokaa 56, Kealakehe 8: At Honokaa, Precious Chong scored 18 points, and Yvonne Daniels had 13 to lead the Dragons (7-3).
The Waveriders dropped to 2-8.
Honokaa won the JV game 62-12.
Kealakehe 4 2 2 0 — 8
Honokaa 22 13 13 8 — 56
— Hawaii Prep 57, Laupahoehoe 8: At Laupahoehoe, Shayla Ignacio scored 16 points, Eliyah Fernandez had 14 and Chancis Fernandez added 10 to lead Division II Ka Makani (7-3).
Vanistie Batin scored eight points to lead the Division II Seasiders (0-10).
Hawaii Prep 16 8 19 14 — 57
Laupahoehoe 0 0 3 5 — 8
— Waiakea 52, Keaau 23: At Keaau, Sefulu Faavae scored 15 points, and Daven Namohala-Roloos had 10 to lead the unbeaten Warriors (10-0).
Maedina Ongais-Kilaulani scored seven points, and Jacy Pagala and Randi Estrada had six apiece to lead the Cougars (2-8).
In the JV game, Waiakea topped Keaau 45-29.
Waiakea 17 12 12 11 — 52
Keaau 2 10 4 7 — 23
— Kamehameha-Hawaii 55, Pahoa 14: At Keaau, senior Chelsea Poe scored 12 points, and freshman Rianna Arima added eight to lead the Warriors (8-2).
Ranchell Berinobis scored four points to lead the Daggers (1-9).
Pahoa 4 4 3 3 — 14
Kamehameha 22 17 8 8 — 55
— Hilo 45, Ka’u 24: At Kawananakoa Gym, Amber Vaughn scored 10 points to lead the Division I Vikings (6-4).
Toni Beck scored six points to lead the Division II Trojans (3-7).
Hilo won the JV game 47-12.
Ka’u 7 4 5 8 — 24
Hilo 15 12 12 6 — 45
Boys
— St. Joseph 62, Kamehameha-Hawaii 55: At Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium, 6-foot-6 Thomas Fairman scored 24 points, and senior guard Isaac Pacheco had a career-high 19, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Division II Cardinals (5-6) to an upset over the defending Division I champion Warriors (10-1).
Junior Shaun Kagawa scored 19 points, and senior Kekoa Turner added 13 to lead the Warriors.
Kamehameha 10 11 9 25 — 55
St. Joseph 16 16 7 23 — 62
— Hawaii Prep 64, Laupahoehoe 34: At Laupahoehoe, Gigoro Akai scored 25 points, and Sea Rocha-Tufaga had 11 to lead the Division II Ka Makani (7-3).
Lexton Silva scored 10 points to lead the Division II Seasiders (0-10).
It was the final varsity basketball game at Laupahoehoe High & Elementary School after 128 years. Next year, Laupahoehoe will become Laupahoehoe Public Charter School.
Hawaii Prep 11 17 21 15 — 64
Laupahoehoe 11 7 13 3 — 34
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