KEAAU — If anything, Kamehameha is pretty adaptable, and switched to a 1-2-2 zone defense just in time to slow down Hawaii Prep’s one-man scoring machine, a 6-foot-2 hard-driving senior named Jonas Skupeika.
The Warriors also relied on balanced scoring to knock off the tall Ka Makani 53-31 in the Keaau-Waiakea basketball championship on Saturday night at the Cougars Gym.
Nalu Kahapea scored 13 points, Bayley Manliguis had 12, Solomon Escalante added 10 and Pukana Vincent chipped in eight points for the Warriors, who bleed blue like their uniform color and are a diehard man-to-man defense team.