KAPOLEI — The titles keep stacking up for the Mililani Trojans.

Josiah Ishizaka scored a goal and assisted on another — both after halftime — to help Mililani ease its way to a fifth consecutive Oahu Interscholastic Association Division I boys soccer championship with a 5-0 win over Kalani Saturday night. 

A crowd of about 600 fans at Kapolei's Alvin Nagasako Sports Complex witnessed the Trojans (12-1) claim their league-record 21st overall OIA crown at the expense of the Falcons (9-2-2). 

"It's just a really surreal moment," said Ishizaka, who had a hand in two of his team's four second-half goals. 

Ishizaka, a freshman midfielder, put away a penalty kick in the 47th minute then registered an assist on a goal by Kaito Wilson just three minutes later. 

"I'd like to thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ, but it's not about me, it's about the team — just helping the team in as many ways that I can," Ishizaka said. 

Mililani second-year coach Alika Cosner admitted he did not expect such a wide margin of victory in the championship match. 

"Definitely unexpected, but we've got some players and I mean, if you give us a look we can punish you and the boys showed that today. I'm just glad it worked out the way we wanted it to," Cosner said. 

Cosner felt that the Falcons had momentum on their side coming off of Thursday's semifinal round, where they edged Campbell — the only team to beat Mililani this season — by a score of 3-2 in double-overtime. 

"Honestly, I was really concerned. I stayed to watch their game —the semifinal game — I saw the way that they handled Campbell; I thought they dominated that game, so I was nervous. I knew that we had to show up ready to play," Cosner cautioned. 

Cosner's squad was able to alleviate some of his concern early on. 

The Trojans found the back of the net just five minutes into the game — albeit inadvertently — when Mikah Sampaga's cross from just outside the left margin of the 18-yard box deflected off of a Kalani defender and into the left side of the goal. 

"That definitely helped with confidence. I think that put us at a level where we can start to ease up a little bit and play the way we want to play, take a lot of that edge off, so it was super helpful for us to get that in early," Cosner expressed. 

About five minutes later, Mililani recorded its first two shots on goal in consecutive minutes. Sampaga and Ethan Kaneshiro both put shots on frame in the 10th and 11th minutes, respectively, but both shots were denied by Kalani goalkeeper Dylan Lee. 

In the 13th minute, a foul on the Falcons awarded Mililani a free kick from near midfield. Kira Hakuma booted a shot on goal from distance that required Lee to make a leaping save, but he collided with a Mililani forward as he came down. Play was stopped momentarily as Lee was tended to, but he remained in the game. 

Kalani registered its first shot on goal in the 15th minute, when Toranosuke Kikuchi fired a right-footed shot from about 20 yards out, but it was saved by Trojans' keeper Ryder Anzaldo. 

Mililani took a 1-0 lead into halftime, but the Falcons nearly equalized just three minutes into the second half. Rain Suzuki put a solid strike on the ball with his left foot from just outside the 18-yard box, however, it sailed a few feet over the crossbar. 

Instead, the Trojans doubled up their lead just seconds later. A shot by Mililani's Colten Conner in the attacking third deflected off a pair of defenders to Brennyn Yoshida, who took one touch then placed a right-footed shot past Lee and into the lower right corner of the goal. 

Only four minutes after Yoshida's goal, Conner drew a penalty against a Falcons' defender in the box that led to a penalty kick. Ishizaka took the PK and converted it into the upper right corner to give his team a 3-0 cushion. 

Ishizaka said there was some discussion after Conner drew the penalty over who would take the kick. 

"It was between me and Ethan Kaneshiro, but Ethan gave it to me, which is very special. I was just thinking that I had to bury it. You know, I've done it a million times before, I just had to put it away, like a regular PK," Ishizaka said. 

It was Ishizaka's team-best 10th recorded goal of the season. 

Cosner praised both Ishizaka's steady play throughout the season and his ability to rise to the occasion in a championship game. 

"You know what, I've been telling a lot of people about him. I haven't seen a freshman hit the scene like him in a long time — to break our roster and start and not just start but be one of the leading scorers on our team — it's been a long time since I've seen a freshman do that," Cosner said. 

Ishizaka, the youngest of five siblings, recalls vividly watching his older brothers Josh and Caleb help their Mililani teams to OIA titles in the past. 

"It's just really special. Sharing these special moments with them and looking back on it makes this a really surreal moment," Ishizaka said. 

Mililani opened the flood gates in the 50th minute when it made good on a set piece as a result of a Kalani foul on the left flank. Ishizaka's free kick from about 30 yards out deflected off goalkeeper Luciano Barrigan — who entered the match after the Falcons went down by three goals — and to a waiting Wilson, who cleaned up the loose ball with an easy header for his first goal on the year. 

"The coaches told me to just put it on frame. The ‘keeper fumbled it and with our people running in, we were able to get that goal," Ishizaka said. 

The Trojans tacked on an insurance goal in the 63rd minute. Landon Lum put a well-placed corner kick to the back post, where a crashing Blaze Lee snuck a header just inside the left post to close out the scoring. 

Ishizaka made sure to credit the play of his teammates on defense, who turned in the team's 10th clean sheet on the year. It was the first time that Kalani was shut out all season. 

"Our defense did an amazing job — marking the strikers, clearing the balls, winning the 50-50 challenges — they just did an amazing job," Ishizaka said. 

Kalani, which saw its five-match win streak come to an end, was seeking its third OIA title and first since 2018. Its last appearance in a league final was in 2023, when it lost to Mililani by a score of 2-0. 

The Falcons, the No. 9 team in the ScoringLive Power Rankings and the tournament's top seed out of the Eastern Division, had allowed 10 goals all season prior to Saturday night. 

Fifth-ranked Mililani, the West No. 1 seed; has not surrendered a goal since Jan. 8. Opponents have only found the back of the net seven times against the Trojans all season. 

Mililani will take a seven-match win streak into the Hele/HHSAA Boys Soccer State Championships in two weeks. It will be one of four teams in the 12-team tournament with a first-round bye. 

"It's always huge to get that (bye) and rest legs because it's tough to go three days straight, so to eliminate that fourth game in the beginning is huge," Cosner said. 

Kalani will host a first-round match on Feb. 2. 

Along with Mililani and Kalani, Campbell, Kapolei, Castle and Moanalua will also represent the OIA in the state tournament.