The difference between first and second place came down to two pins in the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation girls’ bowling match Saturday at the Lihu‘e Bowling Center. In the girls’ match, it was down to the third game with both Kaua‘i
The difference between first and second place came down to two pins in the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation girls’ bowling match Saturday at the Lihu‘e Bowling Center.
In the girls’ match, it was down to the third game with both Kaua‘i and Waimea tied with one first place win apiece, said Jane Garma, whose daughter bowls for the Waimea team.
“Everybody was done, and the Kaua‘i bowler was the only one left,” Garma said. “Waimea already finished with a 678 (Game 3), and Kaua‘i was down to its final bowler.”
Garma said there were two pins left and if that bowler picked up one of those two, Kaua‘i would win.
But the roll came up empty and Waimea girls triumphed 678-675 in Game 3 for the match.
In the boys’ arena, Kaua‘i High School came back in games two and three to claim victory.
“That was a lot of pressure,” Garma said. “But Kaua‘i girls bowled well.”
Tiffany Lum led the way for the Menehune girls, who finished with a 2,155 total pinfall for three games. Lum rolled a 172 opening game, improved to 180 in her second game before ending at 178. Following her, Syanne Sagawa added 157, 176 and 147.
Jessica Iwata paced Kaua‘i in Game 3 with a 182, a steady improvement over her opening 128 and Game 2, 178 totals. The Raiders finished the day with a 2,134 pinfall total over three games for second place.
Following Iwata in Game 2 where Kaua‘i bested Waimea 743-679, Kathleen Cadiente rolled a 164, leading the team in its opening round at 169 before settling at 113 in Game 3. Sherri Cubangbang had her best game of the day in Game 2, rolling 144 before dropping five pins to 139 in Game 3.
Mindi Agena and Joanna Chang anchored the Kapa‘a ladies who finished with a 1,724 total pinfall over three games. Agena rolled 119, 185 and 172 followed by Chang’s 113, 139 and 153 performance.
Angela Choy and Michelle Woltmon represented the Island School showing with Choy rolling 87, 84 and 106 and Woltmon getting scores of 110, 108 and 150 for 645 total pinfall over three games.
Jerald Colobong continued to have a hot ball, rolling a 194 and a 205 in games two and three, respectively, to lead Kaua‘i men to first finishes in those games for the day’s victory.
The Raider men, totalling a 2,403 total pinfall through three games, dropped its opening match 766-802 to Kapa‘a, but came back to take games two and three with scores of 806-706 and 831-814 over the Warrior men.
The Kapa‘a men, who finished with a 2,403 total pinfall over three games, were second, followed by the Menehune men (2,061 total pinfall) and Island School (918 total pinfall).
Following Colobong, William Balbin rolled a 181 Game 2 and a 175 Game 3 for the Raiders’ No. 2 individual position. Earlier Balbin finished 169 in Game 1’s second place Kaua‘i showing.
Micah Solusod, finishing in the No. 3 individual slot for Kaua‘i, started out with a 141, improving to a 169 in Game 2, ending with a 170 in Game 3.
Troy Wong (169) and Aaron Belmonte (167) paced the Warrior men in their victorious Game 1 with Wesley Abalos (163) close behind. But two Warriors faltered in Game 2 as Abalos dropped to 137 and Wong fell even lower to 114 before being subbed in Game 3.
Abalos went on to roll his best game of the day in Game 3, finishing at 178, second only to Ricah Nuesca who also rolled his best game of the day at 183 to lead. Nuesca, climbing to a 175 in Game 2, finished at 166 in Game 3. Ian Ramos was consistent at No. 4 individual, rolling a 158, 149 and 151.
Harold Shimono Jr. led the Menehune men’s effort with a 189, 134 and 162 as the only Waimea boy to roll all three games.
Island School was represented by Jesse Voorhies (105-110-80), Edwin Choy (128-124-80) and Scott Emberson (112-76-103).
KIF bowling takes a week off due to school being out this week. Matches resume on Oct. 13 at the Lihu‘e Bowling Center starting at 2 p.m.
