WAIPAHU, O‘ahu — In its third straight visit to the HHSAA Division II state championship final round, the Kamehameha Schools – Hawai‘i boys soccer team fell 1-0 to Kauai’s Island School on Saturday night at the Waipi‘o Soccer Complex.
After entering halftime scoreless, the Voyagers’ Sawyer Rogoff scored a goal around the 65-minute mark.
Without much time to work with, the two-time DII state champions were unable to respond — losing their chance for a three-peat.
This was Island School’s first-ever title match appearance. The Voyagers were a dominant force on Kauai this season, going 9-1-1 in KIF play.
Saturday was also KSH’s first loss of the season — as the Warriors return to the Big Island 13-1-0.
KS-Hawai‘i’s girls soccer team also suffered a narrow loss in the DII championship finals, falling in a PK shootout to Pac-Five last week.
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CONSOLATION: Hawaii Prep won the DII fifth-place consolation match, defeating Castle 5-1 on Saturday afternoon. HPA’s top scorer was Dani Habiak with two goals — teammates Kena Craven, Alex Link and Kaulia Kapuniai also scored.
With this win, Ka Makani closed out state tourney play 2-1, and with an overall record of 6-7-1.
Kealakehe played a consolation match against Maui’s King Kekaulike High, but the Tribune-Herald was unable to obtain the score.
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EARLIER IN THE TOURNEY: Kamehameha Schools-Hawai‘i punched its ticket to the state championship match after shutting out Seabury Hall 3-0 in the Division II semifinals on Friday.
The Warriors’ William Henderson led the way with two goals — one in the 27th minute and the other in the 71st. Iopa Quintana also added another goal in the 75th minute.
Thus far in 2023-24, KS-Hawai‘i has displayed its dominance by recording eight shutouts and scoring 64 goals across 13 games.
The Kealakehe Waveriders (10-3-0) won in nail-biting fashion against Kalani on Oahu — escaping in penalty kicks by a score of 4-3 to advance to play King Kekaulike in the DI fifth-place championship game.
Previously, Kealakehe fell to No. 1 seed Iolani in the quarterfinals Tuesday by a score of 2-1 — placing the Waveriders in the consolation bracket.
Kalani’s season ended at 8-5-3.
Hawaii Prep won its fifth-place DII semifinal match against Waipahu, notching a 3-0 victory.
Earlier in the week, HPA fell to Island 1-0 in the quarterfinals — placing Ka Makani in the consolation bracket.
King Kekaulike beat Waiakea in the fifth-place semis on Oahu by a close score of 2-1.
Waiakea qualified for the consolation competition after losing to Punahou 4-1 in the quarterfinals Thursday.
The Warriors’ season ended at 7-5-1.
