Shandon Hopeau’s quick move put Kapolei in the state semifinals.
Hopeau drew a foul in the box 16 seconds into overtime, then converted the penalty kick to help Kapolei beat Kealakehe 2-1 in Thursday’s quarterfinals of The Queen’s Medical Center/HHSAA Boys Soccer State Championships at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium.
The Hurricanes (11-3-1) play top-seeded Kalani in today’s 7 p.m. Division I semifinal. Kapolei had possession to start overtime and sent a ball from the midfield to Hopeau, who sprinted down the right side into the box. He collected the ball near the endline and drew a foul on a Kealakehe player.
“I usually just pick a side once I take the kick,” Hopeau said of his winning goal. “I try to figure out the keeper … (if he’s) looking one way and I go the other way.”
Hopeau’s quick move to get into the box is a golden-goal scenario the Hurricanes practice.
“Part of that scenario is you get after it right from the get-go,” said Kapolei co-coach Ryan Lau. “I thought we did a good job, we didn’t let them get settled into the overtime. We had the momentum at the end of the game and then we went after it and Shandon made a very good, assertive, decisive goal.”
Kealakehe players were emotional after the game and laid on the field as Kapolei celebrated the golden goal.
“It’s a game, there’s always going to be a winner and a loser,” said Kealakehe defender Ari Mench. “Just sucks that we came out as the team that has to lose. But that’s how it’s going to be sometimes.”
Hopeau’s goal in the 12th minute tied the game at 1 as the Hurricanes had to rally against the fourth-seeded Waveriders (13-1-2). Kealakehe scored 56 seconds into the game when Mench headed in a corner kick by Tate Whitney.
“For me it was really nice, got to score in states,” Mench said. “It’s a nice thing to do that.”
Kealakehe dictated the tempo early on as Kapolei tried to catch up.
“To their credit, they caught us in the first 15 minutes,” Lau said. “They scored that goal less than a minute into the game and they caught us kind of flat.”
Kapolei defender Lyric DeLeon booted out two shots while in front of the goal in the 39th and 67th minutes to keep the score at 1-1. The senior anchors the defense with goalkeeper Makana Breault.
“Their balls over the top was perfect,” Hopeau said. “Our defense was under pressure a lot and we were blasting it out.”
Punahou 4, Radford 2
The Buffanblu (10-0-3) defeated the Rams (10-6-0) in a quarterfinal match. Punahou will face Kamehameha-Maui in today’s 5 p.m. Division I semifinal.
Kalen Halvorsen and Hunter DeTurk scored in the first half as the Buffanblu led 2-1 at halftime. Duncan McKenna and Kai Terada-Herzer scored in the second half to extend the lead to 4-1.
Elijah Tucker-Smith scored on a penalty kick for Radford in the 39th minute and Warren Deleon added a goal in the 76th.
Kamehameha-Maui 4, Kaiser 2
Brennan Joaquin scored twice to lift the third-seeded Warriors (11-1-1) over the Cougars (10-4-1). Bailey Ota and Paytin Ayau scored in the win. Noah Mokulehua had two goals for Kaiser.
Kalani 1, Baldwin 0
The top-seeded Falcons (14-0-0) held off a late charge by the Bears (10-3-1). In the closing minutes, Brison Kim deflected a shot in the box by Baldwin’s Branden Barbosa-Briones.
On the ensuing throw in, Baldwin goalkeeper Jorge Perez-Martin moved up into the box and shot the ball over the goal. Daiya Fujiki scored in the seventh minute for Kalani.
Consolation
Hilo 3, Moanalua 2
Mid-Pacific 3, Mililani 2
DIVISION II
Hawaii Prep 5, Waialua 0
Justin Perry scored two goals as top-seeded Ka Makani (14-1-1) shut out the Bulldogs (5-7-1). Ghar Pautz, Braden Kojima and Ilan Naibryf also scored for Hawaii Prep
Pac-Five 6, Seabury Hall 2
Zac Trevorrow scored two goals to help the Wolfpack (4-8-1) beat the Spartans (3-10-0).
Lloyd Agamaite, Trey Larsen, Trevor Lau and Owen Chun scored in the win. Maka Martin and Hobbs Weymouth scored for Seabury.
Kamehameha-Hawaii 2, Waimea 1
Liam Kenoi scored the go-ahead goal in the 37th minute to lift the Warriors (11-4-2) over the second-seeded Menehunes (9-2-2).
Tyler Waltjen scored in the 25th minute for KS-Hawaii, which plays Honokaa in today’s 1 p.m. Division II semifinal. Waimea’s Kody Gardner scored in the 31st to tie the game.
Honokaa 2, Roosevelt 1, OT
Keaweiwi Pilayo scored in the 81st minute to help the Dragons (12-4-0) beat the third-seeded Rough Riders (8-3-2). Ethan Okimoto scored for Roosevelt in the eighth minute. Kyle Ohata’s goal tied it in the 59th.
