January 26, 2008
David Kawada – Content Editor
dkawada@digitalsports.com
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The Mililani Trojans proved their dominance in the OIA by winning the Red Championship over Roosevelt 2-0 on their home field. They finish their league season with a 13-1-1 record and will go into the State Tournament as one of the top seeds.
The JN Automotive Boys State Soccer Tournament runs February 6-9 at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Park.
By virtue of seeding, the Roosevelt boy’s soccer team , coming in as the East #5 Seed and a 5-5-2 record, were hoping to make the top 6 to qualify for the State Tournament. Instead, the Roughriders had a remarkable run in the post season to finish in 2nd place. Upsets of East #1 Seed Castle and West #2 Seed Aiea were part of the run.
Colin Lund scored his 3rd goal of the Playoffs, 11th of the year, for Mililani. Lund, who also served as the kicker on the football team, has had a terrific year leading the team in scoring. Robert Uemoto shot in the other goal, his 3rd of the year.
The other teams to qualify for the Division I State Tournament are Moanalua, Aiea, Kaiser, and Castle.
The Menehune have also had a surprising run in the playoffs. Coming in with a losing record initially at 4-6-2, they surprised everyone with a dominant upset of East #2 Kaiser 4-0 in the 2nd round. They finish in 3rd place and carry their momentum into the States with a 7-7-2 record.
In the White Championship Game, Kahuku held off the “Cinderella” Farrington Governors 1-0. Noble Corwell, the leading scorer for the Red Raiders, punched in the only goal of the game. Crowell has been dominant in the OIA Playoffs with 5 goals, including 2 each in the Mckinley and Waipahu games.
Kahuku will have a top seed in the State Tournament for Division II. Other OIA qualifiers are Kailua and Mckinley.
Farrington surely has the lead as the turnaround team of the post season. With only 2 wins in the regular season, the Governors thoroughly shook things up on the opening day with the biggest upset of the OIA Playoffs. Their 1-0 overtime defeat of West #1 Seed and previously undefeated Campbell opened everyone’s eyes. The crew from Kalihi hopes to ride their momentum and hope to add a few more eye opening games in the States before all is said and done.
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