Tonight's game with the Hawaiian Mission Academy Lady Knight's and the Island Pacific Academy opened up some eyes and questions about these two teams and which division they belong to. I was very curious myself and found out from head coach, Mark Kinimaka that the Lady Knight's have only 7 players. This is their first year in the ILH Division III with a team record of 9-0 coming into this game. Island Pacific Academy has 13 players with a 5-4 record for the season so far. Head coach Tommy Reyes of IPA says his team has really improved this second year considering their first year record of 0-10.Talk about motivation and nothing to lose, the Island Pacific Academy took the lead at the half, 14-10 and it was back and forth scoring all night. Both teams played their hearts out and HMA showed no signs of giving up, especially when they fell behind in the fourth period, 22-16 with 7:37 minutes left. HMA came back with #23 Janae Wong shooting from the outside to tie the game 26-26 with 1:17 seconds left on the clock, but penalties against them allowed IPA to take the lead with several free shots. IPA took the win with a final score of 29-26 over HMA ending their season with a 6-4 record. HMA ends their winning season with a 9-1 record. The high scorers for HMA are #14 Kamalei Lene with 8 points, and #23 Janae Wong with 8 points. The high scorer for IPA was # 23 Jalen (photo above) Payongayong with 12 points.
Special thanks to HMA Leal Robert (AD), Mark Kinimaka (HC/AD), Nelson Katada, Sharolyn Rodrigues, Joseph Lene and Raquel Gonzales, assistant coaches; and to IPA Tommy Reyes (HC) and Kihau Debono (assistant HC) for the opportunity to attend this event and for sharing information on tonight's game. "Congratulations" to both teams. More photos click here.
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