It’s pretty safe to say that Kalani’s strategy for tonight’s state boys soccer championship will involve telling Leo Klink to "be special."

After all, it has worked two nights in a row now.

Leo Klink scored in the 87th minute and Kalani continued its improbable run through Division I of the Outrigger Hotels & Resorts/HHSAA Boys State Soccer Championships with a 2-1 overtime win over Kapolei on Friday night.

Kapolei keeper Preston Wallace-Williams left the goal to play a shot, but Ryan Bui beat him to the ball and got it to Klink for his second game-winning goal of the tournament. The Falcons beat two-time defending state champion Punahou Thursday night in the quarterfinals when Klink scored in the 80th minute. But he needed more time to put away the Hurricanes.

"I just wanted to score. I had no shots the whole game," Klink said. "I just wanted it so bad and I gave it all on that shot."

Klink limped off the field with an ankle injury in the first half and spent the second half as a decoy to counter Kapolei’s constant bracket coverage on him.

Just as the previous night, Kalani coach Mike Ching challenged Klink to provide a special moment.

"Not at halftime this time, before overtime," Ching said. "The guys were a little tired. They were hanging their heads, so I told Leo ‘be special,’ get that special moment for us again."

The Falcons, who got to the stadium and were working out on the field 3 hours before game time, were put in a familiar position in the first half when Kapolei broke through in the 50th minute.

Keo Ponce booted a ball from the sideline about 45 yards away, a shot that rose over the stadium lights and traced the arc of a rainbow over Ted Makalena Golf Course. It came straight down into keeper Shawn Donnelly’s waiting arms, but popped out and into the goal behind him. It would be the only goal he would allow and he would make five saves.

"I’m not going to fault him at all," Ching said. "Did you see the saves that he made? They were much taller, but he was battling the whole game; he was fantastic."

Unlike when they were down against the Buffanblu, the Falcons did not shed any tears about trailing the Hurricanes. Not that Kapolei is that much less of a threat, but because this Kalani crew is beginning to believe that nobody is a threat.

"I think last night really proved it, right?" Ching said. "The kids are starting to realize, if we can beat Punahou, if we can respond against Mililani in the OIA semifinals, we can do it. Someone will get it done for us."

Kazu Moribe was the one to respond for the Falcons, scoring in the 59th minute. Moribe, who had a big assist in the win over Punahou, worked his way into the box and was brought down by a Kapolei defender, his arms rising in protest along with the referee’s foul call. Moribe took the penalty kick, smashing the ball right while Wallace-Williams went left.

The teams played the rest of the way even, with no advantage for either side until Klink sent the Hurricanes to the third-place game at 3 p.m. today.

"The ball bounces different ways," Kapolei coach Bryce Kaneshiro said. "We stopped it for a while, but it went to the right guy and he just put it away. This is tough, this is really, really, really tough. Unfortunately someone had to lose."

FIFTH-PLACE SEMIFINALS

Pearl City 2, Kealakehe 0

George Georgiev scored in the 52nd minute and Eddie Rodriguez in the 58th minute to lift the Chargers (12-5) over the Waveriders (13-3-1).

Pearl City will meet Punahou for fifth place today at 3 p.m. on field 8.

Punahou 5, Baldwin 3

Quintin Love scored two goals, including one in the 20th minute and the go-ahead goal in the 68th minute, to lift the Buffanblu (9-3) past the Bears (11-5).

Mattias Thompson (10th and 26th minutes) and Keelan Ewaliko (40th) scored for Baldwin.

Taylor Peter-Bibb (38th), Blaine Granger (53rd) and Ka‘imi Fairbairn (80th) scored for Punahou.