Ka’u 2 13 7 7 — 29
STEPHENS MEDIA
Kekoa Turner scored 19 points, Shaun Kagawa added 15, Kaeo Alapai chipped in 13 and Lanaki Apele had 10 to lead unbeaten Kamehameha-Hawaii to a 68-53 home win over Waiakea on Tuesday night in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division I boys basketball game.
The host Warriors (6-0) led Waiakea 13-11 at the end of the first period. But Kagawa, a junior guard, and Turner, a senior forward, fueled a strong second quarter as Kamehameha outscored the visitors 21-13 and led 32-26 at the intermission.
Junior Owen Sandstrom led Waiakea (2-5) with 13 points. Sophomores Lucas St. George, Dillon Rellez and Maikai Gahan added 12, eight and seven points, respectively.
In JV action, Kamehameha beat Waiakea 41-39 in overtime.
Waiakea 13 13 17 10 — 53
KS-Hawaii 11 21 16 20 — 68
— Pahoa 68, Keaau 53: Senior Sonny Miguel poured in 24 points to lead four scorers in double figures as the host Daggers improved to 6-1.
Freshman Tolby Saito added 14 points for Pahoa, which led by four at halftime before pushing its lead to double digits in the third quarter. Junior Nick Fisher and senior Khalil Luis both had 10 points.
Senior Cliff Eriksson led the Cougars (1-5) with 22 points, and senior Roger Carlos had 10.
In the JV game, Keaau beat Pahoa 45-39.
Keaau 12 16 8 17 — 53
Pahoa 16 16 15 21 — 68
— St. Joseph 56, Ka’u 29: Thomas Fairman scored 20 points to lead the Cardinals (3-3) in Pahala.
Donald Garo Jr. led the Trojans (1-6) with seven points, and Royden Esperon added six.
St. Joseph 13 13 14 16 — 56
Ka’u 2 13 7 7 — 29