The Kapa‘a High School girls bowling team finished with a split against Kaua‘i High School in the opener of the KIF bowling season. Waimea girls served as the spoiler for the Red Raider wahine as they equalized the afternoon by
The Kapa‘a High School girls bowling team finished with a split against Kaua‘i High School in the opener of the KIF bowling season.
Waimea girls served as the spoiler for the Red Raider wahine as they equalized the afternoon by soaring to the top of the second game — the only game in which they scored points.
In the KIF bowling season, two points are awarded to the first-place team. Second place gets one point and third gets none. A first-place tie nets each team 1.5 points, with third still getting none.
In the split win, Kapa‘a and Kaua‘i girls each pocketed .5 points in the overall standings while Waimea went scoreless.
Kapa‘a girls charged out in Game 1 with a 770 pinfall, well above Kaua‘i’s 681. Waimea scored 606.
This year’s season opener resembles last year’s as well, when Warrior bowlers racked up early season wins before holding off a strong Kaua‘i challenge late in the season for the school’s first-ever bowling title.
In a surprise, the Menehune ladies picked up the highest pinfall of the day in Game 2, finishing with 694, led by Tiffany Lum’s 167. Megan Higuchi and Syanne Sugawa finished 147 and 144, respectively. With 662, the Red Raiders took second and Kapa‘a closed the books with 628 pins.
Despite declining pin counts, Kaua‘i managed to take first place in Game 3 with 660 pins over Kapa‘a’s 626. Noelle Campos notched her best score of the day, a 176, sparking the Red Raiders. Sheila Colobong added 147 pins.
While Kapa‘a floundered as a team, Jean Manibog knocked down 161 pins for a team high. The next closest pinfall went to Rachel Arii, who finished with 130. Rosie Ebinger ended on 112 pins with two players subbing out.
Despite the tie for top honors, Kapa‘a held a 21-pin advantage with 2,024 (770-628-626) over Kaua‘i’s 2,003 (681-662-660).
In boys action, two first-place and a second-place finish gave Kaua‘i command of its match with a pinfall of 2,562, led by Dominic Piano’s 553 (188-189-176). Jerald Colobong finished two pins back at 551 (164-204-183) and Joseph Awelio rounded out the leaders at 520 (163-166-191).
Kapa‘a picked up second-place honors for the boys with a 2,362 pinfall after winning Game 2 on an 855 pinfall, led by Wally Nishimura’s 166, Sean Callejo’s 164, Geoffrey Hemano’s 163 and Matthew Mizumoto’s 160.
Kaua‘i boys team, the defending KIF champions, tallied one point in the overall standings. Kapa‘a and Waimea will have another opportunity to score Saturday at 2 p.m.
KIF bowling games are played at the Lihu‘e Bowling Center.
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@kauaipubco.com.
