LIHU`E—Playoffs for the Kaua`i Youth Basketball Association’s 17 & Under girls division begins on Friday night at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center with two games scheduled. The first contest which tips off at 6 p.m. features third seeded Puhi Wildcats taking
LIHU`E—Playoffs for the Kaua`i Youth Basketball Association’s 17 & Under
girls division begins on Friday night at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center with
two games scheduled.
The first contest which tips off at 6 p.m. features
third seeded Puhi Wildcats taking on fourth seed Boys & Girls Club
(Kapa`a).
Second seeded Run ‘N Gun will meet the fifth seed Kilauea Hui in
the 7 p.m. contest.
Play continues on Saturday at the Kaua`i High School
gym with the championship contest tipping off at 4:30 p.m.
Top seeded
Kaua`i, coached by Penny Vess, will draw the bye on Friday night, but will be
in action for the first game on Saturday at the Kaua`i High School
gym.
Alex Naumu is the coach for the second-seeded Run ‘N Gun squad with
Clarence Sales calling the shots for third seeded Puhi Wildcats.
Les
Quisano is the coach for the fourth seeded Boys & Girls Club (Kapa`a) with
coach Mitsu Yokotake guiding the fifth seed Kilauea Hui.
Results of the
final night of seeding play at Kaua`i High School on Wednesday had the Puhi
Wildcats topping the Kilauea Hui 33-14 with Sasha Sogi leading Puhi with 9
points followed by Kelly Dennis scoring 7 points, and Lindsay Sugihara tapping
in 6 markers.
Jasmine Kuhaulua led Kilauea with 6 points followed a point
back by Larissa Nebre with 5 points. Lahela Yokotake added a pair with Randi Fu
rounding out the math with a point.
The second game featured Misty Hug
leading Kaua`i to a 10-6 slowdown contest over Run ‘N Gun.
Hug ended the
night with 4 points for Kaua`i with Elisa Inouye, Kehau Regidor, and Kara
Matsunaga each tucking in a pair.
Run ‘N Gun’s high scorers were Lorraine
Lagoc with 4 points and Napua Naumu adding a pair.
The night’s finale had
the Puhi Wildcats topping the Boys & Girls Club (Kapa`a) 45-33 behind Sasha
Sogi who ended the night with 17 points. Holly Iloreta followed with 12
points, and Krystalyn Kashiwabara adding 8 points in the win.
Ashley Farias
led the Boys & Girls Club (Kapa`a) effort with 14 points followed by Kristi
Arinaga’s 9-point contribution, and Waiala Quisano adding in 6 points.
In
other KYBA announcements, MVPs for the 14 & Under Boys were
released.
Leonal Calvin was the choice for the Kilauea Warriors with Alika
Woodward earning the MVP slot for the Kapa`a Cobras. Bryce Ageno was named for
the Lihu`e Wolfpack, and Houston Aki and Kevin Cadiente shared MVP honors for
the Lihu`e 5-Os.
Aren Racca was the choice for the Puhi Wildcats with Koji
Nakaya heading the Kalaheo Pistons.
Kawika Hepa was MVP for the Westside
Hornets and Jordon Dizon earned the honors for the Kaumakani Supersonics.
