Kapolei junior soccer midfielder Shandon Hopeau has been named OIA West Player of the Year, the league revealed recently.<\/p>\n
Hopeau scored 20 goals to help lead the Hurricanes to a third-place finish in the OIA postseason tournament.<\/p>\n
The team finished 11-2-2 overall and made the quarterfinals of the Division I state tournament, where it was eliminated by eventual runner-up Iolani in the closing minutes of the second overtime.<\/p>\n
After playing to a pair of ties in their first two OIA West games, Kapolei reeled off eight straight wins (including a 1-0 triumph over eventual OIA and DI state champion Mililani) to earn the No. 2 seed from the West for the league’s postseason tourney.<\/p>\n
The OIA’s All-Conference teams are chosen in a vote of league coaches at season’s end. Hopeau was joined on the West’s First Team by team-mates Makana Breault (goalkeeper), CJ Harvey (attacker) and Lyric De Leon (defender).<\/p>\n
Breault, who is a junior, held six opponents scoreless and yielded more than one goal in only one game all season.<\/p>\n
A senior, Harvey was huge for Kapolei down the stretch, tallying nine of his 13 goals in the last seven games.<\/p>\n
De Leon is a junior who still has a year of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n
Kapolei sophomore mid-fielder Garrison Lee and senior defender Quinn Thierbach also were named to the West’s Second Team.<\/p>\n
The team also saw Robert Bootes and Beau Meyer earn Honorable Mentions. <\/p>\n
• Pearl City had a pair of First Team picks in midfielder Jay Sato and defender Matthew Cabacungan.<\/p>\n
The Chargers won their first seven games and finished 8-3 overall. The team also landed four players — attacker Daniel Woo, midfielders Luke Wyman and Devin Ajimine, and defender Nathan Nazarene — on the West’s Second Team.<\/p>\n
Earning Honorable Mentions were Alex Chun, Hector Jacobo, Ryan Nakano and Cedric Silva. <\/p>\n
• Campbell junior Chay Mattos made the First Team from the Sabers for a second straight year as a defender.<\/p>\n
The Sabers finished 3-3-4. They also placed goal-keeper Cole Turner, attacker Bryson Maximo and defender Kona Reiny-Aloy on the West’s Second Team. Teammates Alex Bryhn, Franklin Calvo, Ikaika Wilkerson and David Tupper earned Honorable Mentions. <\/p>\n
• Waipahu had five players earn Honorable Mentions: Isa Agbayani, Dave Campos, Storm DeAsis, Desmond Major and Francisco Villa.<\/p>\n
The Marauders, who went 3-9-3 overall during the season, finished as the OIA White runner-up to Kailua on their way to qualifying for the DII state tournament.<\/p>\n
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