KALAHEO — Brendan McDaniels came up with a game-high 21 points, and Josh Bradbury finished with 15 points to lead the Waimea Fakers and Kalaheo respectively, setting the stage for the championship showdown on Friday, July 9 starting at 6
KALAHEO — Brendan McDaniels came up with a game-high 21 points, and Josh Bradbury finished with 15 points to lead the Waimea Fakers and Kalaheo respectively, setting the stage for the championship showdown on Friday, July 9 starting at 6 p.m. at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center.
“He had legs, tonight,” Westside Hornet coach Maynard Shea said when he found out that Bradbury came up with the game leading score in their 47-32 win over the Hornets.
Coming off a 21-17 deficit, the Hornets pulled to within two before giving up a dozen easy points as Kalaheo pulled ahead in the third period.
Alden Lahip followed Bradbury with a nine-point contribution with the quick Irah Nishi adding six points along with Tyrus Ceria-Lux and Jeivin Mararagan.
Garrett Sakimae who had just come from the airport after returning from his Jr. Olympics volleyball series in Texas rounded out the effort with four points and Chris Aguilar closing the books with a digit.
Following his closest point in the game, coach Shea said, “Yeah, our boys didn’t have legs (tonight). And, when I saw some of their shots, they didn’t have eyes, either. But, that’s part of the game.”
Vincent Geronimo topped the Hornets scoring with eight points followed by Kyle Achuela adding seven. Kimo Farias, Vincent Vea, and Carlos Walters each finished with four with a final quarter pair by Kalei Char rounding out the Westside effort.
Earlier in the evening, Kyle Pigao took the reins of the Fakers with his verbalization and second and third efforts to finish with 11 points behind McDaniels in their 48-26 showing over Run-N-Gun.
Chris Newcomb added eight for Waimea with Casey Okihara, Arinori Itagaki, and Alton Shimatsu each chipping in a pair.
Nathaniel Berales lit up the Run-N-Gun boards with 15 points, but Jordan Cox and Treston Rego were each held to just five-point showings, Cox’s trey at the buzzer of the first quarter knotting the game, 10-10.
Matthew Koyama’s shoes came in time for the second half where he finished with three, and a pair by Micah Young rounded out the Run-N-Gun efforts.
Run-N-Gun (2-7), third seed in the KYBA 16 Under league will take on the Westside Hornets (2-7), fourth seed starting at 6 p.m. in a battle for third place while top seeded Kalaheo (7-2) will tip off against second seeded Waimea Fakers (7-2) for the league title starting at 7 p.m.
