Hawaii Prep’s Jonas Skupeika made the closing statement to the BIIF boys basketball regular season and provided a small shakeup to the playoff picture. ADVERTISING Hawaii Prep’s Jonas Skupeika made the closing statement to the BIIF boys basketball regular season
Hawaii Prep’s Jonas Skupeika made the closing statement to the BIIF boys basketball regular season and provided a small shakeup to the playoff picture.
Skupeika hit a shot from the lane Saturday night as time expired and finished with 14 points, and Ka Makani edged Pahoa 38-36 in Waimea to take a little momentum to the postseason.
HPA (7-5) won for only the third time in eight games heading into a Division II semifinal against St. Joseph (6-6) on Friday at Hilo Civic.
The Daggers’ fourth consecutive loss dropped them to the fourth seed. Vijay Julian scored 12 points for Pahoa (5-7), which will face Honokaa in the other semifinal on Friday.
HPA’s JV won 49-36.
Pahoa 15 6 5 10 – 36
HPA 10 12 6 10– 38
Playoff glance
At Hilo Civic
Division I
Friday
Semifinals
No. 1 Waiakea (12-0) vs. No. 2 Hilo (6-6)
No. 2 Konawaena (11-1) vs. No. 3 Kamehameha (9-3)
Saturday
Championship
Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.
Division I
Friday
Semifinals
No. 1 Honokaa (8-4) vs. No. 4 Pahoa (5-7)
No. 2 Hawaii Prep (7-5) vs. No. 3 St. Joseph (6-6)
Saturday
Championship
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.
