Girls Basketball
Playoff seedings set for OIA girls basketball tournaments


The Oahu Interscholastic Association girls basketball concluded its regular season Monday night and the seedings for the upcoming Red (Division I) and White (Division II) league tournaments are set.

Unbeatens Roosevelt (10-0) and Mililani (10-0) ran the table in the East and West, respectively, and will be the top seeds in the 12-team Red Tournament. Moanalua (8-2) and reigning champion Leilehua (9-1) will be the second seeds. All four teams will receive first-round byes.

Kailua (7-3) is the East no. 3 seed, Kaiser (7-3) fourth, Kahuku (5-5) fifth and McKinley (3-7) sixth. Nanakuli (7-3) is the West no. 3 seed, Kapolei (7-3) fourth, Radford (6-4) fifth and Waianae (5-5) sixth.

The Red Tournament begins Tuesday with four first-round (elimination) games. Waianae visits Kailua, Nanakuli will host McKinley, Kahuku travels to Kapolei and Kaiser hosts Radford.

In quarterfinal games Wednesday, Roosevelt will take on the winner of Kapolei-Kahuku, Leilehua hosts the Kailua-Waianae winner, Moanalua meets the Nanakuli-McKinley winner and Mililani hosts the winner of Kaiser-Radford.

The semifinals will be played on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Radford's Jim Alegre Gymnasium. The winners advance to the championship game on Jan. 29. The top six teams advance to the Division I state tournament.

The White Tournament starts on Wednesday, Jan. 22 with East No. 2 Kalani (6-4) hosting West No. 3 Waipahu (1-9) and West No. 2 Pearl City (2-8) hosting East No. 3 Castle (6-4). Top seeds Farrington (7-3) and Campbell (3-7) have a bye into the semifinals on Friday, Jan. 24. The winners advance to the championship game on Jan. 29. The top three teams advance to the Division II state tournament.


Oahu Interscholastic Association
Girls Basketball Tournament
Red (Division I) Conference
Tuesday
First Round (losers eliminated)
East No. 5 Kahuku (5-5) at West No. 4 Kapolei (7-3), 6 p.m.
West No. 6 Waianae (5-5) at East No. 3 Kailua (7-3), 6 p.m.
East No. 6 McKinley (3-7) at West No. 3 Nanakuli (7-3), 6 p.m.
West No. 5 Radford (6-4) at East No. 4 Kaiser (7-3), 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Quarterfinals

Kapolei-Kahuku winner at East No. 1 Roosevelt (10-0), 6 p.m.
Nanakuli-McKinley winner at East No. 2 Moanalua (8-2), 6 p.m.
At Mililani
Kailua-Waianae winner vs. West No. 2 Leilehua (9-1), 5:30 p.m.
Kaiser-Radford winner vs. West No. 1 Mililani (10-0), 7 p.m.
Friday
Consolation Semifinals
Quarterfinals losers at higher seeds, 6 p.m
Saturday
Championship Semifinals

Quarterfinal winners at Radford, 5:30 and 7 p.m. (OC16)
Wednesday (Jan. 29)
Fifth-place final
Consolation semifinal winners at higher seed
Third-place final
Championship semifinal losers at higher seed
Championship final
Championship semifinal winners at Radford, 7 p.m. (OC16)

White (Division II) Conference
Wednesday

First Round (losers eliminated)
East No. 3 Castle (6-4) at West No. 2 Pearl City (2-8), 6 p.m.
West No. 3 Waipahu (1-9) at East No. 2 Kalani (6-4), 6 p.m.
Friday
Semifinals
Pearl City-Castle winner at East No. 1 Farrington (7-3), 6 p.m.
Kalani-Waipahu winner at West No. 1 Campbell (3-7), 6 p.m.
Wednesday (Jan. 29)
Third-place final
Semifinal losers at higher seed, 6 p.m.
Championship final
Semifinal winners at Radford, 5:30 p.m. (OC16)



Reach Kalani Takase at [email protected].




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