Crusaders pull away from Warriors in D2 semis, 3-1

Saint Louis' Mitchell Quinn celebrates after scoring one of his two goals against KS-Hawaii. Leighland Tagawa | Special to SL

WAIPAHU — Second-seeded Saint Louis rallied from an early one-goal deficit to hold off unseeded KS-Hawaii in the semifinals of the Queen's Medical Center/HHSAA Division II state tournament at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium Friday afternoon.

The Crusaders, the Interscholastic League of Honolulu representative, will meet defending state champion Hawaii Prep Saturday at 5 p.m. for the Division II title.

KS-Hawaii took the first lead of the game when David Erskine found the back of the net in the 24th minute but Saint Louis tied it just before the half on Mitchell Quinn's first goal of the day.

Quinn scored again in the 48th minute off of an assist by Skyler Goo to give the Crusaders the lead for good. Rick Sandry Jr. padded Saint Louis' lead in the 56th minute to make it a 3-1 game.

Kailiikea Kekuawela pulled the Warriors within one in the 76th minute to make things interesting, but Sandry scored on a penalty kick two minutes later to put the game out of reach.