State berths are at stake when the Big Island Interscholastic Federation girls soccer tournament gets underway this week.
The BIIF has two berths into the Outrigger Hotels & Resorts / Hawai`i High School Athletic Association Girls Soccer Championships, held Feb. 5-8 on Oahu. Hilo clinched one of those two spots by winning the outright regular season championship with a 9-1-1 record and 28 points accumulated in the season. The Vikings defeated Hawai`i Prep 2-1 Saturday to wrap up the regular season.
Hilo finished two points ahead of Konawaena, the tournament’s second seed. After finishing the regular season with an 8-2-1 mark, the Wildcats will host Kealakehe (7-1-3), the third-seeded finisher. Hilo will host fourth-seeded Waiakea (7-3-1).
The Division I championship, held Saturday night at Kamehameha-Hawai`i, will determine the seeded representative in the state tournament.
HPA won the outright regular season championship in Division II, finishing with a mark of 8-2-1. The league has two more guaranteed berths to the state championship to hand out while a fourth berth will be earned in a play-in game against the Kauai Interscholastic Federation’s runner-up.
Kamehameha-Hawai`i finished with 22 points, three behind Ka Makani. The Warriors will host third-seeded Honoka`a (4-6-1) Tuesday in one of two semifinal matches. HPA will host fourth-seeded EastPac, a combination of St. Joseph and Christian Liberty, in the other semifinal.
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The loser’s of both semifinal matches will meet two days later to determine the final guaranteed berth. The loser of Thursday’s third place game will meet the KIF runner-up on Saturday at Vindinha Stadium on Kauai.
The Division II championship match will also be held at KSH’s Paiea Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 5:00 p.m.
BIIF girls soccer tournament schedule
Division I
Wednesday’s semifinals
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#4 Waiakea at #1 Hilo – 3:00 p.m.
#3 Kealakehe at #2 Konawaena – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday (at Kamehameha-Hawai`i)
Championship match – 7:00 p.m.
Division II
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Tuesday’s semifinals
#3 Honoka`a at #2 Kamehameha-Hawai`i – 3:00 p.m.
#4 EastPac at #1 Hawai`i Preparatory Academy – 4:00 p.m.
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