HPA 18 16 11 11— 56
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Senior guard Lia Galdeira scored 16 points, and junior forward Courtney Kaupu added 11 as defending Hawaii High School Athletic Association Division I state champion Konawaena improved to 5-0 with a 64-16 road victory over Kohala in a Big Island Interscholastic Federation girls basketball game on Saturday.
Senior Makayla Awa added 10 points for the Wildcats. Senior guard Chyler Imai finished with eight points — half of the scoring output for the Cowgirls (2-3).
In the JV game, Konawaena defeated Kohala 32-23 behind sophomore Makani Wall’s 18 points.
Junior Brittany Balgas led Kohala with eight points.
Kohala 0 6 6 4 — 16
Konawaena 24 22 9 9 — 64
* Waiakea 49, Keaau 39: At Waiakea, Daven Namohala-Roloos scored 15 points and Alyssa Ferreira added 14 in a D-I game as the Warriors overcame a three-point halftime deficit to improve to 5-0.
Jacy Pagala, coming off a sprained ankle, scored a game-high 16 points for the Cougars (1-4).
In junior varsity, Vanessa Ignacio scored 15 points and Christa Amuimuia had 11 in Waiakea’s 65-20 victory.
Keaau 8 13 8 10 — 39
Waiakea 9 9 12 19 — 49
* Honokaa 65, Kealakehe 6: Sophomore guards Shereena Bird and Shemika scored 18 and 14 points, respectively, for the visiting Dragons, who improved to 4-1.
Kelsey Ezzo scored five points for the Waveriders (1-4).
In the JV game, Honokaa beat Kealakehe 53-22.
Kealakehe 3 2 0 1 — 6
Honokaa 16 24 6 19 — 65
* Kamehameha 59, Pahoa 30: At Pahoa, senior Chelsea Poe scored 15 points and sophomore Casey Poe added 12 to lead the D-II Warriors (4-1).
Randi Berinobis’ 14 points paced the D-II Daggers (1-4).
Kamehameha 26 15 7 11 —59
Pahoa 10 9 2 9—30
* Hawaii Prep 67, Laupahoehoe 12: At Waimea, Anna Juan and Chancis Fernandez each scored 10 points for the D-II Ka Makani (3-2).
Railyn Requelman scored nine points for the D-II Seasiders (0-5).
Laupahoehoe 3 9 0 0—12
Hawaii Prep 14 14 20 19—67
* Hilo 52, Ka’u 28: Chailey Cabalis scored 16 points in Pahala as three Vikings reached double figures.
Amber Vaughn added 12 points and Sydnee Yokota had 11 for D-I Hilo (3-2).
Taylor Pocock led the D-II Trojans (1-4) with eight points.
In JV, Hilo won 55-24 behind 17 points from Kayla Okimoto. Kanoe Brickwood added 16 and Shyanne Higa-Gonsalves chipped in with 12.
Denisha Navarro and Piilani Peralta each had seven for Ka’u.
Hilo 14 10 12 16 —52
Ka’u 6 11 6 5 —28
Boys
* HPA 56, Laupahoehoe 9: At Waimea, Kai Chen scored 11 as the Ka Makani improved to 3-2.
Jordan Salboro led the Seasiders (0-4) with seven points.
Laupahoehoe 2 0 0 7 — 9
HPA 18 16 11 11— 56