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(Tue) February 5, 2013
HHSAA Division II GIRLS BASKETBALL: Kailua runs past Kohala, 56-43
HHSAA
Kahoa Mikaele scored 15 points and Patria Vaimoana added 14 points Tuesday night to help Kailua run past Kohala, 56-43, in the first round of the Hawaiian Airlines/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Division II Girls Basketball State Championships at Kalani Gym.
The O'ahu Interscholastic Association White Conference runner-up Surfriders improved to 8-7 in the regular and postseason and advanced to Wednesday's 5 p.m. quarterfinal vs. No. 2 seed Kaua'i (8-0). Kohala fell to 4-8 and will face McKinley (8-6) in a 3 p.m. consolation bracket game.
Vaimoana, a 5-foot-11 sophomore, and Taufau Williams, a 5-8 freshman, combined to score Kailua's first 13 points as the Surfriders jumped out to a 13-2 lead in the opening six minutes. The Cowgirls later closed it to 24-16 on a jumper by Sheana Cazimero with 1:37 remaining in the second period, but Mikaele, a 5-9 junior, scored six straight points as Kailua ended the half with a 10-0 run to lead 34-16 at the break.
The Surfers maintained the big lead in the third period despite 11 points by Cazimero, a 5-6 senior guard. Cazimero finished with a game-high 18 points.
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Division II Brackets »Division II Results »Kailua 56, Kohala 43 KOHALA (4-8) 5 11 13 14 – 43 KAILUA (8-7) 15 19 12 10 – 56KOHALA:
Leigh-Ann Rivera 0 0-0 0, Mohala Kaholoa‘a-Kumukoa 1 2-2 4, Jessica
Tenorio 0 0-0 0, Tezrah Antonio 2 0-0 5, Sheana Cazimero 8 2-4 18,
Hauoli Sproat-Lancaster 1 0-0 2, Briana Harrison 2 1-1 5, Na‘ai
Solomon-Lewis 4 1-4 9. Totals: 18 6-11 43. KAILUA:
Taufau Williams 3 0-0 6, Sharray Revuelto-Racoma 0 0-0 0, Kalia Ripley 1
1-2 3, Keala Kaio-Perez 4 0-0 9, Kahea Makua 1 0-0 2, Nia Fealofani 0
0-2 0, Briana Kassebeer 1 0-0 2, Choryn Beall 0 0-0 0, Kawe Perry 1 0-0
3, Kahoa Mikaele 6 3-5 15, Patria Vaimoana 5 4-6 14, Sierra Yamaguchi 1
0-0 2, Bridget Pulusila 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 8-15 56. 3-point goals: Kohala 1 (Antonio); Kailua 2 (Kaio-Perez, Perry).
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