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Aloha and welcome to the Hawaii Digital Sports VIDEO & PHOTO presentation of the 2009 Hawaiian Airlines Boys DI Basketball Championship game between.
#1 Kamehameha-Kapalama 47 – #2 Kahuku 45
• Interscholastic League of Honolulu
• Oahu Interscholastic Association
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Paul Honda
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Look carefully — the Kamehameha Warriors really do wear blue in their collars.
The Warriors, using a lock-down defense of 2-3 zone and man-to-man, limited Kahuku to just two points in a stretch of 3 minutes late in the game for a 47-45 win in the final of the Hawaiian Airlines/HHSAA Boys Basketball Division I State Championships at Blaisdell Arena.
Kahuku had a chance to tie or win in the final seconds. After Kamehameha’s Auwae DeRego made the second of his two foul shots, the Warriors led 47-45 with 3.8 seconds left. Instead of calling timeout immediately, however, Kahuku inbounded after the foul shot before calling time with 2.5 seconds to go.
Inbounding from the sideline about 75 feet away, Kahuku passed to Akina, who speed-dribbled up the sideline and launched a 40-footer that missed left at the horn.
“I didn’t want to call a timeout right away,” Kahuku coach Hiram Akina said. “I wanted to get the ball to halfcourt. Our play was to get it to Kona (Schwenke) inside, but we were too far down (court). I just wish we had one more timeout.”
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Kamehameha captures crown
By Wes Nakama
Honolulu Advertiser
Kamehameha won its first Hawaiian Airlines/Hawai’i High School Athletic Association Boys Division I Basketball Championship since 1992 last night, rallying past Kahuku, 47-45, before a rock-concert-like crowd of 5,208 at Blaisdell Arena.
Senior Pi’i Minns scored a game-high 20 points, including 10 in the fourth period and the go-ahead basket with 1:22 remaining, as the Warriors finished the regular and postseason with a record of 14-1.
“This means everything, not just for our team and our school, but also for all the Hawaiians out there,” said Minns, a 6-foot-3 guard. “It feels so good to take (the title) back to the hill (on Kapalama Heights). It’s a privilege and an honor.”
Kamehameha survived a 62-57 triple-overtime marathon against Kaimuki in Friday’s semifinals, and had to fight through another huge obstacle in Kahuku (19-2).
The Red Raiders led 39-36 after Kona Schwenke’s free throw with 5:15 remaining, but Minns eventually tied it 40-40 on a jumper with 2:44 left, and the Warriors took the lead with 2:02 remaining on a layup by Chaz Bajet.
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