‘Iolani’s Kim-Bustillos is best in state

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser All-State girls soccer team was released in Sunday’s newspaper. You can read it here. Below are some notes on a few of the selections.

>> The OIA had the player of the year the previous two years with Sunshine Fontes of Pearl City and Mililani’s Tia Furuta. It was the first time the ILH had not had the player of the year two years in a row since Baldwin had Nicole Garbin (2001) and Mahie Atay (2002) in the top spot.

>> ‘Iolani’s Kristin Masunaga is the coach of the year for the second time, the first one was in 2013. She is one away from tying Matt Martinson (2009-11) of Punahou for the most all time. Other coaches to win the award twice are Michele Nagamine and Jorge Barbosa.

>> Baldwin has placed a girl on the first team two years in a row with Skylar Littlefield earning it both times. That is the first time a Bear has repeated since Kami Kapuaku in 2003-2004.

>> ‘Iolani has had at least one player on the first team every year since 2009. The four girls on this year’s first team is the most since the Raiders placed four on the 2013 list.

>> Makamae Gomera-Stevens is Kamehameha’s first all-state first team selection since 2014 when Kiani Halushka, Janelle Stone, Kawai Makue, Kayla Mizu, Sara Lau and Shyann Moriguchi made it.

>> Mililani has had at least one girl on the Stellar Eleven for the third straight year.

>> Pearl City put two players on the first team after getting four last year. Daelynn Tokunaga was honored for the second time as a junior and Sunshine Fontes, who was last year’s player of the year, has been on the time twice as a sophomore.

>> Punahou has placed a player on the first team for the third straight year with sophomore Lauren Mukaigawa making it this year. If she can keep the run going, she would become the first Buffanblu to win the award three times since Karli Look in 2010.