Lahainaluna girls post 62-4 runaway hoops win

By Fred Guzman

The Lahainaluna girls are in a class — if not league — of their own in basketball. That was underscored yet again last night as the fourth-ranked Lunas romped to a 62-4 victory over Baldwin at the Lahaina Civic Center.

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Reigning state player of the year Maiki Viela scored 13 of her 17 points in the first quarter as the defending state Division-I champion Lunas jumped out to a 22-0 lead and extended that advantage to 44-2 by halftime.

The Lunas’ boys defeated Liberty Christian 48-45 win behind TJ Rickard’s 23 points.

Both of Baldwin’s soccer teams registered important road victories last night at the expense of King Kekaulike.

Late goals by Ashley Barbosa-Briones and Breanna Gaddis lifted the Baldwin girls to a 2-0 victory over Na Alii, who held off the high-powered Bears’ attack for 67 minutes.

Amanda Jorgensen and Amber-Lei Madriaga assisted on the goals.

The win improved Baldwin’s MIL record to 3-0, while Kekaulike dropped to 3-1.

In the nightcap, goals by Kaleo Owan, Dean Phillips and Jaren Otani led the Baldwin boys to a 3-0 win. The victory improved Baldwin’s record to 2-1 while Na Alii fell to 0-2.

Meantime, the Maui High girls posted their first MIL win of the season by defeating St. Anthony 3-0. Tiana Lucas, Lyssa Freitas and Mary Lynn Johannes scored for the Sabers.

In MIL soccer action today, the St. Anthony boys will risk their 2-0 record in a 4 p.m. road game against Maui High. In a twinbill at Kamehameha-Maui, the Warriors challenge the Lunas’ girls at 5 p.m., followed by a 7 o’clock boy’s match between the two schools.

In basketball, the Lahainaluna Invitational tips off when Perspectives of Illinois meets Liberty Christian at 4:30 and Heritage Woods of British Columbia faces the host Lunas at 6 o’clock.

The Maui High girls visit King Kekaulike at 7 p.m.

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