Upper School Athletics
All Upper School students participate in co-curricular sports activities each day, Monday through Friday. A daily two-hour sports period offers students the opportunity to participate in interscholastic, intramural, and non-competitive sports. Although HPA boasts state and league titles in its sports, the emphasis is not on winning, but on participation. Many sports activities are coached by faculty members.What a way to wrap up the season!
The girls basketball team defeated Kamehemeha 51-50 today, February 19, on O'ahu to claim fifth place at the HHSAA Championship.
With HPA leading 48-47, Kamehameha hit a three-pointer from the corner with five seconds remaining, up 50-48.
Tayler Wang took the inbounds pass—took a couple of dribbles—and heaved a half court shot as the buzzer sounded. Nothing but net! 51-50 HPA.
A wonderful way for Tayler to finish her high school career ... 27 points and 13 rebounds.
Girls HHSAA Basketball - Second Round Division II Championship
The girls basketball team lost to kaimuki High School 56-28 in the second round of the HHSAA Championship held February 17 on O'ahu.
The girls got off to a slow start and had trouble handling a pressing Kaimuki squad, which forced 22 HPA turnovers.
Tayler Wang led the team with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Ka Makani slipped into the consolation bracket and will play at Farrington High School at 5 p.m. on February 18 against either Kapaa or Sacred Hearts.
Boys Basketball (BIIF) - Home vs. Ka'u
Fist round Division II play-offs:
VARSITY
Ka'u 5 5 11 3 24
Callen Koi (7 pts)
Hawaii Prep 17 15 18 11 61
(5 - 6) Jason Seid (12 pts), Rokas Cesnulevicius (12 pts)
Hawaii Prep advances to play St. Joseph's on Friday @ 4:30pm (Hilo Civic).
On the Road...Girls Basketball
The girls basketball team easily defeated Seabury Hall 55-44 today, February 16, on O‘ahu in the first round of the HHSAA Championship .
The girls started off quickly as they raced out to a 13-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back. All of the girls played during the game.
The girls advance to take on #2 seed Kaimuki High School at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 17.
Girls BIIF Basketball - BIIF Division II Championship
The girls basketball team faced Kamehameha Saturday night, February 13, for the BIIF Division II Championship.
In one of the most exciting games in a long time, the girls lost a heartbreaker 44-43 in triple overtime at the Hilo Civic in front of about 1,500 fans.
The durable fivesome of Tayler Wang, Lana Queen, Katie Ho, Nani Lum, and Leahi Lindsey played the entire game and almost pulled things off.
GREAT job to the girls and coaches Craig Kimura and Kevin Ho.
The girls advance to the HHSAA Championship on O’ahu starting on Tuesday.
They will face Seabury Hall at 5 p.m. at the Farrington High School gym.
Swimming - HHSAA Championship
The swim team competed at the HHSAA Championship held at Kamehameha in Kea’au. The boys team finished in third place overall, as Iolani inched past them by one point in the last event.
The following swimmers had outstanding performances:
Logan Borowski HHSAA Champion 50 yard Free
3rd Place 100 yard Fly
Kaikea Nakachi HHSAA Champion 200 yard Medley relay
Kyle Katase
Logan Borowski
Ryan Ross
Kaikea Nakachi 2nd Place 200 yard Free relay
Kyle Katase
Logan Borowski
Ryan Ross
Kaikea Nakachi 2nd Place 200 yard IM
2nd Place 100 yard Back
Kyle Katase 4th Place 100 yard Breast
Sonny Hapgood 4th Place 100 yard Back
Ryan Ross 6th Place 100 yard Free
Wrestling - BIIF
The wrestling team competed at the BIIF Championship on Saturday, February 13, at Kea'au High School. 8:00am ... and finished up after 9:00pm.
The following nine wrestlers all placed in the BIIF top-three and qualified for the HHSAA Championships to be held on O‘ahu in two weeks:
Keoni Colson BIIF CHAMPION
Bronson Kobayashi BIIF 2nd place
Grayson Graham BIIF 2nd place
Troy Choi BIIF 2nd place
Onipa'a Stevens BIIF 2nd place
Marie Donahue BIIF 2nd place
Shannon Samura BIIF 3rd place
Max Verbrugge BIIF 3rd place
Leila Wong BIIF 3rd place
Girls BIIF Basketball - Ka'u vs. HPA
The girls basketball team defeated Ka'u in Hilo on Friday, February 12 in the BIIF semi-finals 49-35.
The girls advance to the Championship game on Saturday, February 13 at 6 p.m. against Kamehameha. (Hilo Civic)
The girls also qualify for the HHSAA tournament on Oahu next week.
Boys Basketball - Home vs. Laupahoehoe
JV
Laupahoehoe 6 13 5 5 29
Silva (6 pts)
Hawaii Prep 15 9 12 11 47
Grant Melby (18 pts)
VARSITY
Laupahoehoe 7 5 8 19 39
Devon Awai (9 pts)
Hawaii Prep 16 19 16 7 58
(4 - 6) Jason Seid (18 pts), Rokas Cesnulevicius (10 pts)
On the Road...With Girls Soccer
The girls defeated Makua Lani 4-0 Friday, February 5, on O'ahu to advance to Saturday play at the HHSAA Championship.
Ku'ipo Nakoa scored twice and Noe Enos once in the first half to gain a 3-0 lead at half. Jah'nae Ayoso-Purdy converted a great cross from Hannah Unger early in the second half for the final score of the game.
On Saturday, February 6, the girls were able to defeat Kamehameha 2-1 to wrap things up for the season.
In the 2nd minute of the game, Lindsey Powers scored with a nice shot from the right. Ku'uipo Nakoa scored about halfway through the 2nd half on one of her classic hustle plays. With about two minutes to play, Kamehameha scored on a corner kick.
