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OIA girls soccer matchups

By Jerry Campany on January 21, 2015

Tentative OIA soccer playoff matchups Division I first round Monday at Kapolei 5:30 p.m.: Campbell (7-2-1) vs. Kailua (5-5), winner plays Kaiser (8-1-1) at Mililani on Tuesday 7 p.m.: Castle (6-2-2) vs. Kapolei (5-4-1), winner plays at Mililani (9-0-1) on Tuesday Monday at Pearl City 5:30 p.m.: Moanalua (7-3) vs. Waianae (0-6-4), winner plays Aiea (7-1-2) at Kahuku on Tuesday 7 p.m.: Pearl City (7-2-1) vs. Roosevelt (5-1-4), winner plays at Kahuku (8-0-2) on Tuesday First round losers play Wednesday […]

Kalani going after Kaiser’s OIA title

By Jerry Campany on January 21, 2015

Takahiro Kosins scored twice and the Kalani boys soccer team beat rival Kaiser 2-1 at Kalani on Wednesday. The win kept the Falcons undefeated. Kaiser is the reigning OIA champion, but Kalani can clinch the East title with a win over lowly Kaimuki. Cody Kuge scored for Kaiser. In other action: >> Sang Hoon Lee, Ty Oishi and Alex Panuro all scored goals and Roosevelt upset Moanalua 3-2. Na Menehune have lost two matches in a row after starting the […]

Punahou girls win ILH soccer title

By Jerry Campany on January 18, 2015

Iolani’s reign is over. The Punahou girls soccer team has mathmatically clinched the ILH’s top berth in the state championship and the league title that comes with it. The Bufffanblu (10-0-1) clinched the title on Saturday with its 6-0 win over Pac-Five. Punahou has 31 points this season with just one match remaining. Undefeated ‘Iolani (6-0-3) has 21 points but only three matches and a possibility of nine points remaining. The rivals play each other to end the season on […]


Boys soccer: Goals come cheap in OIA East

By Jerry Campany on January 18, 2015

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 […]

Girls soccer: Kahuku beats Moanalua

By Jerry Campany on January 17, 2015

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 […]

Boys soccer: Mid-Pacific boys suffer first loss

By Jerry Campany on January 17, 2015

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 […]

Friday soccer scores

By Kyle Galdeira on January 17, 2015

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 […]

Mid-Pacific rules ILH boys soccer

By Jerry Campany on January 14, 2015

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 […]