Waimea boys and Kapa‘a girls spoiled Kaua‘i’s bid in the finale of the KIF bowling season Saturday. The Kaua‘i boys were handed their first defeat of the season by the Menehune boys and Kapa‘a broke through the KIF deadlock for
Waimea boys and Kapa‘a girls spoiled Kaua‘i’s bid in the finale of the KIF bowling season Saturday.
The Kaua‘i boys were handed their first defeat of the season by the Menehune boys and Kapa‘a broke through the KIF deadlock for the lead with two first finishes to take the Kauai girls by a 109-pin margin.
“Our No. 2 bowler missed the cut on Wednesday,” Kaua‘i coach Jye Tabian said before the game. “So, it’s up to the rest of the girls at this point.”
Waimea’s role as the spoiler throughout the season again played a part in the final outcome as the Menehune girls captured Game 1 paced by strong performances from Sy Sagawa, Tiffany Lum and Mershelle Rivera who rolled games of 180, 166 and 160, respectively.
With Kapa‘a taking second in Game 1 and locking first place in the remaining two games, the Raider ladies managed to take second in Game 3.
With a 109 pin-margin, the Warrior wahine finished with 7 game points on a 2,276 pinfall and broke the KIF deadlock by finishing the season with 3.5 KIF standings points.
Waimea finished second on 2,101 pins and a first and second finish for 3 game points, but closed their season third in the KIF.
Kaua‘i girls pocketed 2 game points for their 2,167 pins and settled for second place in the KIF with 2.5 standings points.
Rosie Ebinger earned her position as No. 1 bowler for the Warriors, leading her team with 513 (127-195-191).
Mindi Agena didn’t show any of the fatigue that might have plagued her from participating in the Kauai United Way Walk earlier in the day. She finished second with a 506 (176-176-154) followed by sister Marissa, the Warriors’ No. 2 bowler. Marissa finished with a 436 (155-123-158) followed by Rachel Arii (138-136-156-430) and Jean Manibog (130-133-128-391).
Sagawa was the top roller for Waimea with a 513 (180-184-149) followed by Lum (166-138-166-470) and Rivera (160-165-120-445).
Noelle Campos of Kaua‘i had the best game of the day with a 539 (182-174-183) followed by Annie Padasdao (166-136-174-476) and Aimee Palaroan (115-146-137-398).
Undefeated through the season, the Raider boys started normally, capturing Game 1 by outdistancing Waimea and Kapa‘a.
But trouble popped its head in Game 2 as Kaua‘i’s Dominic Piano, rolling a game-high 212 in Game 1, toppled to a 147 in Game 2.
Add the 202 game of Kapa‘a’s Matt Mizumoto who soared from his 111 showing in Game 1, and the Warriors catapulted to take first with an 801 pinfall followed by Waimea, who was led by Kelii Gonsalves’ 182 en route to finishing with a 764 pinfall.
The Menehune blossomed in Game 3 to take first on an 893 pinfall led by Donn Villanueva’s 225 game and Kekoa Masuda rolling an even 200.
Kaua‘i managed an 827 for second place paced by Jonny Ruaboro’s 201 game, and Kapa‘a rolled a 786 for third place paced by Max Vandervort’s 193.
The Menehune girls had been playing spoiler in the girls’ competition throughout the season, but this was
the first time the Waimea boys got in the act — rolling their best series of the season.
With a first place in Game 3 and two second-place finishes in Games 1 and 2, the Menehune men pocketed first for total pinfall at 2,443, relegating Kauai boys to second place with 2,410 pins. Kapa’a finished third with 2,269 pins.
After the dominating performance by the Raider boys, the Menehune finished the day with 6 game points and earned their first KIF standing point of the season.
Kaua‘i finished with 4 game points and Kapa‘a finished with a pair of game points.
Despite this upset, Kaua‘i boys closed the season with 5 KIF points to lead the group. Waimea follows with a point trailed by Kapa’a.
Top rollers for the victorious Menehune were Villanueva (209-153-225-587) followed by Masuda (159-140-200-499), Gonsalves (170-182-134-486), Benjie Baclig (131-140-271) and Harold Shimono Jr. (176-176).
The next high school bowling matches will be the Billy Tees 2006 Hawai‘i Bowling Championships which will start Nov. 9 at the Lihu‘e Bowling Center.
