State soccer seedings set

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Big Island Interscholastic Federation Division I girls champion Kealakehe earned the No. 4 seed in Hawaii High School Athletic Association state tournament.

The tournament runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Complex. The Division II tournament will be held at the same complex.

The top four seeds for the D-I tournament are No. 1 Kamehameha-Kapalama (10-1-1), No. 2 Moanalua (10-0-3), No. 3 Baldwin (13-1-0) and No. 4 Kealakehe (14-0-0). They draw first-round byes Wednesday.

The third-seeded Waveriders will open play in the second round at 3 p.m. Thursday against the winner of Wednesday’s match between Kapolei (9-3-1) and Mililani (10-2-1).

BIIF runner-up Konawaena (10-3-1) opens its tournament run at 3 p.m. Wednesday against Pearl City (9-1-4). The winner of that match plays Moanalua at 5 p.m. Thursday. The two BIIF schools are in opposite sides of the bracket.

In Division II, three-time BIIF champion Hawaii Prep (13-1) will begin play at 3 p.m. Thursday after a first-round bye. The third-seeded Ka Makani will play the winner between Leilehua (4-8-1) and Makua Lani (7-7). The Lions and the Mules play at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The top four seeds for the D-II tournament are No. 1 Mid-Pacific (5-6-1), No. 2 Kauai (7-0-1), No. 3 Hawaii Prep and No. 4 Waipahu (8-4-0). They draw first-round byes Wednesday.

BIIF runner-up Kamehameha-Hawaii (8-4-2) plays at 3 p.m. Wednesday against Radford (3-9-1). Honokaa (8-6) will face Kalaheo (5-5-2) at the same time.

The winner between Kamehameha and Radford will face top seed Mid-Pacific at 3 p.m. Thursday. The Honokaa-Kalaheo winner will battle second-seeded Kauai.

Kauai Interscholastic Federation runner-up Kapaa (3-3-2) edged Pac-Five 2-0 in a play-in match for the final D-II state berth. Kapaa plays Seabury Hall (3-6-4) at 3 p.m. Wednesday in another opening-round match.