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MMA HOOPS
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round and landed a string of
back elbows near the cage.
Macfarlane turned it on in
the third round, dragging Le-
tourneau to the mat and
eventually working her back
before setting up the choke.
“I kind of had her in a po-
sition that B.J. Penn made fa-
mous where he traps the
arm down with his leg,”
Macfarlane said. “I was ini-
tially going for a triangle and
honestly we drill this all the
time. … I knew I was going
to finish her once I got into
that position.”
The victory only further
established Macfarlane as
one of Bellator’s biggest
stars.
“She’s been having great
fights on the mainland al-
ready,” Bellator CEO Scott
Coker said. “She’s going to
have a great career here.
She’ll have a great career
fighting in Europe maybe,
fighting for us on the main-
land. You’re looking at a
very talented individual.”
The future is also bright
for Makaha’s Nainoa Dung,
who at 19 years old stepped
up to the big stage and
scored a third-round TKO of
Haleiwa’s Kona Oliveira to
open the main card.
Dung (2-0) responded
from a first round in which
he spent most of the time on
his back to finish the fight af-
ter scrambling for mount po-
sition, where he finished it
with a series of strikes.
Oliveira (1-1) felt it was
stopped early, but Dung said
it would have only gotten
worse.
“He was done. I seen it in
his eyes. I seen it in his face.
The ref saw it, too,” Dung
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane punched Valerie Letourneau in the Bellator 213 main event on Saturday.
said. “I wish they should
have let it go on a little lon-
ger and he could have really
seen the serious damage
that he would have took.”
Undefeated Neiman Gra-
cie advanced to the semifi-
nals of the Bellator
welterweight grand prix
with a fourth-round submis-
sion of Ed Ruth.
Gracie forced Ruth, a four-
time All-American wrestler,
to tap out to a rear-naked
choke to advance to fight
the winner between
170-pound champion Rory
MacDonald and Jon Fitch.
The winner of the tourna-
ment will be the champion
and earn $1 million.
Former UFC light heavy-
weight champion Lyoto Ma-
chida won a split decision
over Rafael Carvalho in the
co-main event in his Bellator
debut.
Machida suffered a bro-
ken nose but managed to
hold on to set up a potential
title fight against champion
Gegard Mousasi.
play small ball or utilize
Aleska Koracin, a 7-foot
junior from Serbia. Kora-
cin is a back-to-the-bas-
ket center who has
launched all 52 of his
shots from close range.
Raimo, who is 6-8, said
he is prepared for an op-
posing center of any size.
“My job is to box out,”
said Raimo, who aver-
ages a team-high 6.0 re-
bounds per game. “I dont
care if I get 20 rebounds
or five rebounds. I’m try-
ing to block out every
time. … It doesn’t matter
if I guard 6-8 or 7-footer. If
I do my work early and
I’m in a stance (to) push
him back, I can grab a re-
bound.”
In his third UH season,
Raimo has developed
into a crafty interior
scorer. In the cramped
low post, Raimo creates
space with “relocating,” a
technique of sliding into
an empty area when his
defender helps out
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“He’s very quick for his
position,” Stepteau said.
“If, say, I drive to the bas-
BELLATOR 213
ket and he relocates, he’s
Saturday, Blaisdell Arena already on the side wide
Main card open before the guy
125-pound women’s title fight: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (9-0) def. Valerie Letourneau
(10-7) by submission (triangle choke) at 3:19 of Round 3. guarding him even real-
185: Lyoto Machida (25-8) def. Rafael Carvalho (15-3) by split decision (29-28, 28- izes he’s not there any-
29, 29-28).
170: Neiman Gracie (9-0) def. Ed Ruth (6-1) by submission (rear-naked choke) at more.”
2:17 of Round 4
205: Liam McGeary (13-3) def. King Mo Lawal (21-8, 1 NC) by KO at :53 of Round 3.
Forward Jack Purchase
155: Nainoa Dung (2-0) def. Kona Oliveira (1-1) by TKO (strikes) at 2:05 of Round 3. said Raimo “has a really
Prelims good basketball brain. He
145: Ryan Dela Cruz (9-6) def. Masaru Higa (6-9) by split decision
205: Marcus Gamble (3-0) def. Kala Kolohe Hose (7-7) knows what to do before
125: Russell Mizuguchi (5-0) def. Michael Nakagawa (6-4)
145: Canaan Kawaihae (5-1, 1 NC) def. Tim Teves (3-1) by unanimous decision
he gets the ball. He gets
155: Dustin Barca (3-0) def. Isaac Hopps (4-4) by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30- into tight spaces, and no-
27)
180: Maki Pitolo (11-4) def. Chris Cisneros (17-10) by submission body knows what he’s
(rear-naked choke) at 2:40 of Round 3 going to do. He’s always
135: Kai Kamaka III (5-2) def. Shojiin Miki (4-4) by unanimous decision
(29-28, 29-28, 29-28) spinning and getting the
ball off quickly.”

FOOTBALL
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Tuitele, a scholar-athlete
raised in Mayor Wright
Housing, committed to
Washington in November.
He turned down offers from
38 other universities. Other
island players who have
committed to UW are Miki
Ah You of Kahuku, Julius
Buelow of Kapolei, Sama
Paama of Kaimuki and Tim
Horn of Punahou.
On the other side, Milil-
ani quarterback Dillon Ga-
briel was a near-unanimous
selection as offensive
player of the year.
“It’s amazing. The state of
Hawaii will forever be the
place I’m most proud of.
The football and every-
thing, it is the place that
raised me. I am so proud to
be from here,” Gabriel said.
With the senior southpaw
at the controls, the Trojans
captured the OIA Open
championship behind the
most potent offense in the
league. He passed 13 QBs,
including Tua Tagovailoa
and Timmy Chang of Saint
Louis, to become the all-
time leader in passing yard-
age with 9,848 yards. His
105 TD passes are second
only to Chang.
His 2018 season included
3,747 yards and 38 TD
passes as Mililani went 10-3
and reached the state final.
For the year, Mililani racked
up 456 points, 35.1 per
game. The only teams to
limit the Trojans to fewer
than 20 points were St. John
Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
and Saint Louis, who are
Nos. 3 and 14 in the USA To-
day Super 25 national rank-
ings.
Gabriel doesn’t say a
whole lot, but is concise,
much like his actions on the
field. His process is about
eliminating bad decisions.
For all the TDs and yards,
he’d love to zap the 13 in-
terceptions he threw this
season.
“I don’t play the game to
become the all-time passing
leader,” he said. “It just hap-
pened. I really don’t care
about stats. It sounds bad,
but I love the game of foot-
ball because it gives me a
rush. It makes me want to
wake up every morning. I
truly don’t play for any
awards or stats. I play to
win championships. That’s
it.”
Running a hybrid system
crafted by Trojans coach
Rod York, Gabriel has
grasped run-and-shoot con-
cepts along with RPO tim-
ing and vision. In early
2017, York hoped Gabriel
would get an offer from Ha-
waii, which happened.
Gabriel also got an offer
from Army, committed to
West Point, and then de-
committed. He currently is
weighing offers from Geor-
gia, USC and UCF.
The coach of the year
honor went to Bryson Car-
valho, who guided Waipahu
to the Division I state cham-
pionship just one season af-
ter the Marauders were
crowned D-II OIA champi-
ons. Carvalho edged Cal
Lee in the voting. Other
coaches receiving votes
were Kui Kahooilihala of
Roosevelt, Garret Tihada of
Lahainaluna, Philip Rapozo
of Kapaa, Kale Ane of Puna-
hou and York.

2018 HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER ALL-STATE FOOTBALL

Selected by coaches and media
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: OFFENSE
Dillon Gabriel, Mililani
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR.
OL Ben Scott Saint Louis 6-5 285 Sr.
OL Duke Clemens Punahou 6-4 270 Sr.
OL Elijah Unutoa Kapaa 6-5 300 Sr.
OL Arasi Mose Saint Louis 6-4 358 Sr.
OL Lokahi Pauole Kamehameha 6-3 320 Sr.
REC Titus Mokiao-Atimalala Campbell 6-1 160 So.
REC Tamatoa Falatea Punahou 6-0 190 Sr.
REC Roman Wilson Saint Louis 5-11 165 Jr.
RB Jonan Aina-Chaves St. Francis 5-8 170 Jr.
RB Alfred Failauga Waipahu 5-11 183 Jr.
QB Dillon Gabriel Mililani 6-0 190 Sr.
U Senituli Punivai Castle 5-11 170 Sr.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: DEFENSE
Faatui Tuitele, Saint Louis
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR.
OL Faaope Laloulu St. Francis 6-7 350 Jr.
OL Sama Paama Kaimuki 6-4 355 Sr.
OL Siotame Haunga St. Francis 6-1 280 Sr.
OL Julius Buelow Kapolei 6-8 320 Sr.
OL Enokk Vimahi Kahuku 6-5 290 Sr.
REC Ryan Chang Mililani 5-11 160 Sr.
REC Koa Eldredge Punahou 6-0 180 Jr.
REC Jeremy Evans Leilehua 6-4 185 Sr.
RB Kaua Nishigaya ‘Iolani 5-5 164 Sr.
RB Sky Lactaoen Campbell 5-9 170 Jr.
QB Jayden deLaura Saint Louis 5-11 183 Jr.
U Joshua Tihada Lahainaluna 5-9 175 Jr.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Bryson Carvalho, Waipahu
THIRD TEAM
OFFENSE
POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR.
OL Sergio Muasau Mililani 6-0 300 Jr.
OL Leif Fautanu Jr. Pac-Five 6-3 300 Sr.
OL Micah Soliai-Howlett Kahuku 6-4 305 Jr.
OL Solatoa Moeai Punahou 6-5 310 Jr.
OL Sir-Wallace Chanel Campbell 6-0 250 Sr.
REC Carter Kamana ‘Iolani 6-1 172 Jr.
REC Zacharia Kalahiki-Basque Aiea 5-11 170 Sr.
REC Chance Beyer Saint Louis 5-9 177 Sr.
RB James McGary Leilehua 5-11 175 Sr.
RB Naia Nakamoto Maui 5-10 210 Jr.
QB Hugh Brady Punahou 6-3 200 Jr.
U Nyles Pokipala-Waiohu Lahainaluna 5-10 200 Sr.

DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE

POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR.
DT Faatui Tuitele Saint Louis 6-4 299 Sr.
DT Sama Paama Kaimuki 6-4 355 Sr.
DE Kupono Blake Kamehameha 6-3 265 Sr.
DE Tausili Fiatoa Kahuku 6-2 230 Sr.
LB Jordan Botelho Saint Louis 6-2 220 Jr.
LB Nick Herbig Saint Louis 6-2 199 Jr.
LB Darius Muasau Mililani 6-1 225 Sr.
CB Korvin Feagins Saint Louis 5-9 149 Sr.
CB Zeondre Benjamin Waipahu 6-1 215 Sr.
S Deacon Kapea Waipahu 5-10 200 Sr.
S Kamo‘i Latu Saint Louis 6-0 170 Jr.
U Marist Liufau Punahou 6-3 195 Sr.
POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR.
DT Mykah Tuiolemotu Mililani 5-10 225 Sr.
DT Tupu Alualu Moanalua 6-2 310 Sr.
DE Gino Quinones Saint Louis 6-3 270 Sr.
DE Shane Kady Mililani 6-3 195 Jr.
LB Hoku Arias Kamehameha 6-0 205 Sr.
LB Kalen White Hilo 5-9 190 Jr.
LB Maninoa Tufono Punahou 6-3 230 Sr.
CB Tiger Peterson Kamehameha 6-1 190 Sr.
CB Trequan Henderson Moanalua 5-9 160 Sr.
S Alaka‘i Gilman Punahou 5-11 185 Jr.
S Poki‘i Adkins-Kupukaa Campbell 6-0 175 Jr.
U Kaulana Makaula Punahou 6-3 195 Sr.
POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR.
DT Stanley McKenzie Saint Louis 6-2 280 Jr.
DT Kealii Barrett Waipahu 6-3 271 Jr.
DE Elijah Oliveira-Kalalau Lahainaluna 6-0 185 Sr.
DE Maceal Afaese Kapolei 6-5 260 Jr.
LB Peni Naulu Kapolei 6-3 220 Sr.
LB Trent Shiraki Punahou 6-0 214 Sr.
LB Kila Kamakawiwo‘ole Saint Louis 5-10 217 Sr.
CB Tamatoa Mokiao-Atimalala Campbell 5-9 170 Jr.
CB Kainalu Puu-Robinson Punahou 6-0 178 Sr.
S Junior Wily Saint Louis 5-10 198 Sr.
S Nalu Emerson Kahuku 6-1 195 Sr.
U Asher Pilanca Mililani 6-0 170 Jr.

SPECIALISTS SPECIALISTS SPECIALISTS

POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR. POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR. POS. NAME SCHOOL HT. WT. YR.
P Akoni Tom-Makue Leilehua 5-11 160 Sr. PK Mika Makekau ‘Iolani 5-7 164 Sr. PK Mason Morishige Roosevelt 5-8 135 Sr.
PK Chysen Lagunes-Rapozo Kapaa 5-10 200 Sr. P Tim Horn Punahou 6-3 210 Sr. P Ethan Erickson Kahuku 6-5 225 Sr.
RET Trequan Henderson Moanalua 5-9 160 Sr. RET Titus Mokiao-Atimalala Campbell 6-1 160 So. RET Reichel Vegas Mililani 5-7 149 Sr.

HONORABLE MENTION
Quarterbacks
Nick Au, Moanalua
Cody Marques, Waipahu
Krenston Kaipo, Campbell
Jonah Chong, ‘Iolani
Max Nichols, Leilehua
Sky Ogata, Roosevelt
Running Backs
Dayton Sam, Saint Louis
Robbie Paikai, Saint Louis
Migguel Camacho, McKinley
Alec Serrao, Kamehameha
Wesley Alo-Maiava, Kahuku
Toalei Lefau, Kahuku
Kilifi Malepeai, Mililani
Jonah Stephens, Kaimuki
Naomas Asuega-Fualaau, Kaimuki
Zealand Matagi, Kahuku
Receivers
Makoa Close, Saint Louis
Poki‘i Adkins-Kupukaa, Campbell
Cy Kuboyama-Hayashi, Mililani
Maka Hill, Mililani
Moku Dancil-Evans, Punahou
Koali Nishigaya, Saint Louis
Reichel Vegas, Mililani
Matthew Fiesta, Waipahu
Mason Yoshino, Kaiser
Rudy Kealohi, Moanalua
Ezra Grace, Moanalua
Kyler Aguiar, Hilo
Jonah Miyazawa, ‘Iolani
Dorian Furtado, Leilehua
Mason Paulo, Kahuku
Offensive Linemen
Rod Dupont, Saint Louis
Ikaika Viela, Kamehameha
Jacob Tuatagaloa, Mililani
Justice Mills, Saint Louis
Marcus Lombard, Kahuku
Blake Feigenspan, Punahou
Savior Iaulualo, Waipahu
Trycen Mau, Punahou
Uperesa Samia, Roosevelt
Utility (Offense)
Duke Heffernan, Kahuku
Kilohana Haasenritter, KS-Hawaii
Raymond Millare, Farrington
Defensive Tackles Darrell Masaniai, Saint Louis Kaiser Cambra-Cho, Saint Louis
Viliami Makoni, Maui Lanakila Pei, ‘Iolani Utility (defense)
Hiram deFries-Saronitman, Punahou Aaron Fonoimoana-Vaomu, Kahuku Shepherd Kekahuna, St. Francis
Zion Ah You, Kahuku Tristan Catan, KS-Maui Returners
Menise Pase, Radford Lawai Brown, Saint Louis Alec Serrao, Kamehameha
Sione Lolohea, Maui Cornerbacks Branson Jay Reyes, Waipahu
Viliami Finau, St. Francis Landon Shove, Kapolei Place-kickers
Defensive Ends Shaise Quisano, Mililani Micah Kapoi, Kapolei
Liloa Kapiko, Saint Louis Armani Miles, Waipahu Cheydon Costa, Castle
Kalani Kamakawiwo‘ole, Kame- Kellen Robins-Beers, Damien Preston Rezentes, Kamehameha
hameha Micah Tupua, Saint Louis Liam McGehee, Mililani
Malaefono Ale, Moanalua Fatu Iosefa, Mililani Griffin Motas, Moanalua
Abraham Montero, Waipahu Safety Pablo Rico, Lahainaluna
Linebackers Mason Tufaga, Saint Louis Punters
Fiva Tulafale, Waipahu Kyler Mento, ‘Iolani Leif Fautanu Jr., Pac-Five
Jeremiah Tauai, Campbell Randen Siavii, Leilehua Micah Tupua, Saint Louis