LIHU‘E — Waimea High School will travel to Bernice Hundley Gym in Kapa‘a at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation first-round title game. “It was decided we would do the Round 1 championship game on Wednesday at the
LIHU‘E — Waimea High School will travel to Bernice Hundley Gym in Kapa‘a at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation first-round title game.
“It was decided we would do the Round 1 championship game on Wednesday at the home site of Monday’s winner,” Greg Gonsalves, athletic director for Kapa‘a, said in an email. “The Kaua‘i vs. Waimea (boys) game scheduled for Wednesday to open Round 2 will be moved to Thursday.”
Kapa‘a High School earned the honor of hosting Waimea after coming back from a 21-13 half-time deficit and pulling ahead in the final four minutes of play, defeating Kaua‘i High School 47-40 at the Kaua‘i High School gym Monday night.
The crowd, growing from a smattering at the start of warm ups, roared to life with exactly four minutes showing in the game when Kapa‘a’s Daniel Reis swished the twine from outside the three-point mark to give Kapa‘a its first lead of the night, 37-36.
Willis Batol pocketed his third bucket of the fourth quarter, followed by Reis tucking away another bucket for the 41-36 read.
Reis’ bucket came at the expense of Kaua‘i’s Donavan Harrison who was injured and on the floor on the live ball.
The injury appeared to highlight the return of the Saturday night plague for Kaua‘i, which was the victim of Warrior-generated turnovers in the second half.
After metering out 21 first-half points and holding Kapa‘a to 13 points, Kaua‘i could not find the net from the foul line, giving up three one-and-one opportunities in the second half and finishing 4-for-10 in foul shots for the game. Kapa‘a was 7-for-10 at the line.
Batol, who got the crowd going one second into the final period with a backward lay-up, finished with 17 points, 15 coming in the second half, including six in the final period.
Reis finished with 12 points, including three treys which kept Kapa‘a in the chase, his final bomb giving the Warriors its first lead.
Kainoa Colipano, forcing turnovers and snagging key boards in the second half, finished with eight points, six coming in the critical fourth period, including a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity line.
Mikal Moranz topped the Kaua‘i scoring with a game-high 19 points, getting 10 in the second half when Kapa‘a resorted to a double-team effort to contain the center.
Harrison finished with nine points before leaving the game, and Ricky Tommy added six points for the Red Raiders.
