The Kapa‘a High School boys are unseeded at the Hawaiian Airlines Boys Basketball State Championships which start Wednesday. The Warriors will meet Word of Life (9-5) in a 7 p.m. tipoff at Farrington High School, Wednesday, the opening night of
The Kapa‘a High School boys are unseeded at the Hawaiian Airlines Boys Basketball State Championships which start Wednesday.
The Warriors will meet Word of Life (9-5) in a 7 p.m. tipoff at Farrington High School, Wednesday, the opening night of the Division II tournament.
If successful in that outing, Kapa‘a will advance to meet the No. 1 seed, Castle High School (15-2), Thursday in the Division II quarterfinals. That match would start at 7 p.m., also at Farrington.
No. 2 seed for the Division II boys is Kohala (13-0) of the Big Island with No. 3 seed going to Hawai‘i Baptist. Seabury Hall (10-5) of Maui is the No. 4 seed.
Kapa‘a earned the right to represent the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation at the Division II boys basketball state championships after defeating the Round 2 leader, Kaua‘i High School in a playoff game last week at the Bernice Hundley Gym. The Warriors won Round 1.
With that win, the Warriors finish the KIF season with a 6-3 record entering the state competition.
Other teams participating in the Division II competition include University (12-2), Pahoa (9-4), Roosevelt (12-5), Hanalani (9-7), Kailua (14-3) and Molokai (12-3).
The Division II championship is scheduled for Saturday starting at 5 p.m.
Top seed in Division I goes to Kamehameha-Kapalama (11-1) with Kahuku (17-1) getting the No. 2 seed. Waiakea (11-2) of the Big Island is the No. 3 seed and Baldwin (14-0) of Maui is the No. 4 seed.
Teams participating in the Division I competition include Kalaheo (12-6), Radford (12-4), Kaimuki (13-5), Kea‘au (9-4), Punahou (9-6), Campbell (12-4), Iolani (10-2) and Lahainaluna (8-6).
Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@kauaipubco.com
