Friday
Shortly after the boys' soccer team defeated Mid-Pacific 2-0 behind the goals of Kui Bruhn and Kirtus Adams, the basketball teams, Div II and Varsity, faced off against Punahou at the opponents' jam-packed gym.
The Div II game went to Iolani 56-53, an omen of things to come, perhaps. Leo Shimizu and Kyson Morikuni led the scoring for the Raiders.
In the varsity game, Punahou jumped out to first quarter lead, but ended the half trailing 22-18. The third quarter belonged to Iolani as the Raiders opened up a 39-26 lead and held on in the fourth quarter for a 52-50 victory.
Kyle Pape led all scorers with his 24 points. Vinny Nip chipped in another 14 points, while Barry Kang, Kawika Shoji, Jon Takamura and Wally Marciel scored in the single digits.
The victory extends the Iolani win streak against Hawaii opponents to 89 straight; the Raiders are now 6-0 in ILH play and have won 48 straight ILH games. Iolani is 20-2 on the current season, having lost twice in the Iolani Classic in December to mainland teams.
Read all about it at:
http://starbulletin.com/2005/01/22/sports/index6.html
Saturday
The Iolani soccer girls continued to suffer from a three game scoring drought as they battled Kamehameha to another frustrating scoreless tie.
The softball team eked out a much-needed 5-4 win over University High behind the pitching of Chelsea Keola and the hitting of Kai Masutani (2-4, 2B, run); Ame Uyema (2-4, 2 RBIs); and Raechele Takara who scored a vital run.
The number 1 basketball team in the state kept its 90 game win streak intact with a 65-44 a victory over Damien at the Monarchs' gym.
After opening a big early lead, Coach Mugiishi took his foot off the pedal and let the Raiders coast to victory behind Captain Kyle Pape's 11 points.
Vinnie Nip and Kawika Shoji both contributed ten, with Aaron Young, Barry Kang, Ryan Dung, Taylor Mounts, Kekai Kealoha, Jon Takamura, Wes Eberlin, Blayne Yama, Wally Marciel and Kiran Kepo'o all joining in the scoring.
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In wrestling, both the girls and the boys were active this past weekend.
The girls went undefeated at the ILH Dual Meet Tournament.
They began the event with a win over Punahou 30-9. Next theydefeated Pac-5 33-24, with pins by Kira Tamashiro (98), Carla Watase (103), Joleen Oshiro (108), and Catherine Chan (114).
Finally the Raiders narrowly overcame Kamehameha 31-30. A pin was garnered by Brandee Toyama (120). The three wins moved the Raiders into a tie for first place in the ILH.
The boys won two and lost three during the same tournament, defeating Pac-5 (54-9), and Damien (53-15).
They narrowly lost to Punahou (30-39), and Saint Louis (39-25), but were doubled up by the powerful Kamehameha team (46-22).
Brothers Zachery Matayoshi (119) and Nick Matayoshi (103), and Aaron Ishikawa (112) went undefeated over the five matches.
