Welcome to Waiakea town: Warriors unrivaled in beating Hilo for third D-I title in four years

Waiakea's Makana Kaehuaea-Credo and Hilo's Kasen Mehau battle for a rebound during Wednesday night's DI BIIF basketball championship game held at Hilo Civic . Photo: Tim Wright
TIM WRIGHT/Tribune-Herald Waiakea's Kiai Apele fights his way in for a shot during Wednesday night against Hilo during the Warriors' 67-45 victory in the BIIF Division I boys basketball championship game at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium.

Kiai Apele remembers his first title when he was a freshman in 2017, but his second will be far more memorable because he put up monster numbers.