Pahoa beat Kapaa, 52-36, and Kailua downed Academy of the Pacific to advance to the final of the boys Division II state high school basketball title game.

The teams will meet 5 p.m. Saturday at Stan Sheriff Center.

PAHOA VS. KAPAA

�We�ve been waiting for this moment,� said Nick Fisher, who scored 11 points in P�hoa�s 52-36 semifinal win over Kapa�a tonight at Farrington gym.
�Everyone said we couldn�t do it, everyone put us down. We got back up and fought our way back here.�
Isaiah Ekau had 18 points and John Byrd had 12 points for the Daggers (8-9), the Big Island Interscholastic Federation runner-up who will play defending champion Kailua (15-4).
P�hoa team is the first BIIF school to reach the Division II final since Kohala in 2007.
�It�s a great accomplishment, it was our goal set from the beginning of the season,� said Ekau, who had 31 points in his team upset of top-seeded Roosevelt in Thursday�s quarterfinals.