Stephens Media’s Bill O’Rear contributed to this report. WHT STAFF REPORTS ADVERTISING Deion Utrera scored 23 points Tuesday night to lead Kealakehe past Kohala in Big Island Interscholastic Federation boys basketball. The host Waveriders defeated the Cowboys 69-58 and improved
WHT STAFF REPORTS
Deion Utrera scored 23 points Tuesday night to lead Kealakehe past Kohala in Big Island Interscholastic Federation boys basketball.
The host Waveriders defeated the Cowboys 69-58 and improved to 5-4. Jacob Ontiveros added 17 points, and Nalu Marks scored 15.
For Kohala (6-3), Christopher Roxburgh scored 20 points, Weston Cazimero added 13 and Kealen Figueroa scored 12 points.
Kohala 5 17 11 25 — 58
Kealakehe 19 16 19 15 — 69
— Hawaii Prep 51, Konawaena 39: Dakota Berman led homestanding HPA with 20 points, and Kama DeSilva added 10.
Ka Makani improved to 7-3 on the season.
Kenan Gaspar led Konawaena (7-2) with 23 points.
Konawaena 11 8 17 3 — 39
Hawaii Prep 15 12 14 10 — 51
— St. Joseph 56, Keaau 48: Senior Sebastian Ohara-Saft hit seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points, and senior Thomas Fairman added 19 as the host Cardinals won their third straight game to finish the regular season 6-6.
St. Joe will host Honokaa in the quarterfinals of the BIIF Division II tournament next Wednesday.
Senior Kau Eggers led the Division I Cougars (1-10) with nine points.
Keaau 11 14 8 15 — 48
St. Joseph 18 16 10 12 — 56
— Waiakea 43, Ka’u 35: The visiting Trojans gave Waiakea quite a scare before falling.
The Trojans (2-9) led 11-6 after the first quarter and trailed only 21-20 at halftime.
Junior Owen Sandstrom led Waiakea (5-6) with 11 points, and senior Rylan Kawazoe had 10. Sophomore Lucas St. George had eight points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots.
Senior Alika Kaopua led the Trojans with 10 points. Senior Holden Galigo had nine points, including two 3-pointers, and junior point guard Jansen Candaroma chipped in with seven points.
Ka’u 11 9 6 9 — 35
Waiakea 6 15 8 14 — 43
Stephens Media’s Bill O’Rear contributed to this report.
