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One lament about soccer is that there is no scoring, but the OIA East boys have the antidote for that kind of thinking. The conference has been a scorefest this year, led by Kailua’s Naia Graham. The East has four of Oahu’s top five scorers and is celebrating an average of 5.8 times per game. The other two boys leagues on Oahu, the OIA West (4.3 goals per match) and the ILH (4.1) are defensive struggles by comparison. But the […]

Kamaile Aluli and Jaelyn Lowry each scored goals and Kahuku beat Moanalua 2-0 in OIA East soccer on Saturday. Kahuku is unbeaten at 7-0-2 this season while Moanalua dropped into second place at 7-2. Na Menehune have been the class of the East all season. In other Saturday action: >> Danielle Chang, Destinee Hanaike, Deandra Muraoka and Tayzha Cubit all scored goals as Castle shut out Kailua 4-0. >> Kaiser got a hat trick from Noelle Mercado and Savanna Arakaki […]

Mark Kelley and Gordon Kowalkowski each scored goals and the Punahou boys soccer team dealt Mid-Pacific its first loss of the season on Saturday. The Owls, who beat ‘Iolani earlier in the week, dropped to 6-1-1 while the Buffanblu improved to 5-2-1. Kamehameha got two goals from Keola Norton and One from Christopher Jenkins to beat Pac-Five 3-2 and keep pace with Punahou for the ILH’s second state berth in Division I. The Warriors are also 5-2-1 and play Punahou […]

Varsity girls Mililani 1, Aiea 1 Mililani’s girls soccer team remained undefeated in the OIA West Division after notching a 1-1 tie with host Aiea Friday night. Kayla Braunthal scored for the Trojans, while Sara Olanda found the back of the net for Na Alii. With the tie, Mililani moved to 8-0-1 and has now outscored its league opponents 39-2. Aiea (6-1-2) could not make up ground on the Trojans, but increased its West-leading goal differential to 38 having outscored […]

Throw out classification, the best team in ILH boys soccer is in Division II. Daniel Yamashita scored late and Mid-Pacific stayed unbeaten with a 1-0 win over ‘Iolani on Wednesday. The game pitted the reigning state champions in their respective divisions. ‘Iolani suffered it first loss of the season. In ILH girls action, Kamehameha played ‘Iolani to a 0-0 draw while Punahou pounded St. Francis 9-0 behind two goals by Sammy Nishiyama. OIA East boys >> Naia Graham was held […]