Cia delivers the Goods as Wahine
beat Loyola Marymount
The University of Hawaii women's volleyball team Friday night found the ultimate cure for its 12-day ailment: aloha ball. The Special Events Arena crowd rose to cheer -- not clear out -- for the final point for the first time since Sept. 6 and was not disappointed.
Senior Cia Goods hammered down her 18th kill to lift No. 18 Hawaii to a 15-11, 9-15, 15-4, 15-9 victory over No. 16 Loyola Marymount, ending the Wahine's three-game skid. It was the first time in four tries Hawaii (8-3) had defeated a ranked team, and also the first time in the last three matches the Wahine had won after splitting the first two games.
"It was good to see everyone standing up for the last point instead of there being silence," said Goods, who had just one hitting error in 33 swings and was in on 11 blocks.
It took 2 hours and 7 minutes to quiet the Lions Friday night. It probably won't be enough just yet to quiet the critics, one of whom demanded a refund for his season tickets last week.
Farrington, Leilehua
battle to 7-7 tie
Farrington sophomore Joshua Noga spotted a bad exchange between center and quarterback and pounced on a loose ball at his own 16 yard line to preserve a 7-7 tie with Leilehua Friday night before 3,289 fans in an Oahu Interscholastic Association Red Conference game at Aloha Stadium.
''Before the snap, I was just thinking about sacking the quarterback and then I saw the center fumble and I picked it up,'' said the 5-foot-8, 220-pound defensive tackle, whose uncles are NFL veterans Al and Niko Noga.
Noga's alertness ended a 64-yard, two-minute offense aerial drive by quarterback Joey Raquino (the third for Leilehua in the game).
McKinley, 14, Moanalua 3: Zachary Lui caught two first-half touchdown passes from Charley Napulou as the unbeaten McKinley Tigers (3-0) beat the Moanalua Menehunes, 14-3, in a White Conference game Friday at Aloha Stadium. Lui and Napulou connected on a 22-yard TD pass in the first quarter and a 14-yarder in the second. Lui finished with six receptions for 80 yards, while Napulou completed 18 of his 26 attempts, with two interceptions, for 192 yards.
Waipahu 28, Roosevelt 12: At Waipahu, Kaiser Seumalu passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Marauders (2-1) beat the Rough Riders (0-3) in a Red Conference game. Seamalu connected on a 37-yard touchdown pass with Chaz Ramos in the first quarter and also ran for a score from 3 yards out in the same period. He also had scoring tosses of 18 and 16 yards, and completed 13 of 27 attempts with no interceptions for 207 yards.
Aiea 8, Kaiser 6: At Aiea, Pagopago Neemia's 24-yard touchdown run in the third quarter lifted Na Alii (1-1) over the Cougars (1-2) in a White Conference game. Neemia carried the ball 26 times for 112 yards. The Aiea defense shut down Kaiser's air attack, intercepting four passes, including two picks by safety David Yoshida. Kaiser's Jason Allen gave the Cougars a 6-0 lead in the first quarter when he scored on a seven-yard run. He finished with 51 yards rushing on 13 carries and also completed 13 of 34 passes for 134 yards.
Pearl City 24, Waialua 0: At Pearl City, Greg Kishaba ran for two touchdown as the surprising Chargers (3-0) beat the Bulldogs (0-2) in a Blue Conference game. Kishaba scored on a 9-yard run in the first quarter and added a 3-yard score in the third period. He finished with 83 yards on 11 carries. Pearl City's defense turned in the shutout by allowing only 17 yards passsing and 33 rushing. Kevin Solchenberger intercepted two Waialua passes.
Kalani 20, Kaimuki 14: At Roosevelt, Nick Winkelman recovered a blocked punt in the end zone with 5:23 left in the game to lift the Falcons (2-1) over the Bulldogs (0-3) in a Conference game. Kalani took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter on a 2-yard touchdown run by Alvin Tokunaga and Kapono Kamakawiwoole's 6-yard scoring pass to Tama Emelio. The Bulldogs came back to tie the game on two 1-yard scoring runs by Paleti Aluofo.
