Castle's DJ Chinen booted in the winning goal in the 68th minute to upset Pearl City last night in the opening round of the Oahu Interscholastic Association D1 Championship Tournament played at Pearl City High School's Edwin "Bino" Neves Stadium.
Pearl City (8-3) entered the first round as the West #3 seed. Castle (5-6) represented the East #6 seed.
The Chargers loss brought a quick ending to post season play while the Knights move on to today's quarterfinals against E2 Kalaheo at Mililani High School with tip off set at 5:30pm.
Monday's First Round Scores:
@ Pearl City
E4 Moanalua 3
W5 Campbell 2
W3 Pearl City 0
E6 Castle 1
@ Kahuku
E3 Kahuku 4
W6 Leilehua 0
W4 Radford 1
E5 Kaiser 2 OT
Tuesday's Quarterfinals:
@ Mililani
E4 Moanalua vs. W1 Mililani 7:00pm
E2 Kalaheo vs. E6 Castle 5:30pm
@ Roosevelt
W2 Kapolei vs. E3 Kahuku 5:30pm
E1 Kalani vs. E6 Kaiser 7:00pm
Photo by Barry Villamil | [email protected]
Pearl City's #9 Nathan Nazareno and #8 Hector Jacobo battle for the ball
with Castle's Zeyz Hughes-Martin near the Chargers goal in the first half.