Kaua‘i High School bowling teams swept the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation bowling titles, Saturday. But the title did not come without strong opposition as the Red Raider ladies went to a rolloff with the Menehune, and the Kaua‘i boys emerged with
Kaua‘i High School bowling teams swept the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation bowling titles, Saturday.
But the title did not come without strong opposition as the Red Raider ladies went to a rolloff with the Menehune, and the Kaua‘i boys emerged with the title despite Kapa‘a taking the match with two first place finishes and a second place finish, Saturday at the Lihu‘e Bowling Center.
Kaua‘i High School’s Ross Shimabukuro said the girls match went into the rolloff after Kaua‘i and Waimea emerged with a 3-3 tie in points following six matches. Kaua‘i men, tallying after six matches, finished with 3.5 points over Kapa‘a’s 2.5 points.
“It was really exciting,” Shimabukuro said. “The rolloff went down to the final frame before Kaua‘i won 758-716 to claim the KIF girls title.”
In the final KIF match of the season, Kathleen Cadiente notched the best game of the season in Game 3 for Kaua‘i, rolling a 193 in the Raiders’ 728-pin win over Waimea’s 701 challenge.
Throughout the day, Waimea nipped at the Raiders’ heels, their worst game coming in the opening when Kaua‘i won, 771-650. But the Menehune came back in Game 2, dropping to the Raiders by just 9 pins, 799-790.
Kaua‘i’s Sherri Cubangbang paced Kaua‘i in games 1 and 2, rolling a 173 and 179, respectively. Jessica Iwata finished the day as high scorer in Game 3, rolling her season-best 203, a pin better than the 202 she rolled at the season opener.
Waimea got a strong showing from Tiffany Lum who led the Menehune in Game 1 with a 150, jumping to 181 in Game 2, and finishing with 155 in Game 3. Syanne Sagawa was consistent throughout the matches, rolling a 143, 143 and 136. Ceci Sun came in games 2 and 3 with 155 and 152 rolls, while Bronte Acosta peaked in Game 2 with a 161, her Game 1 showing ending at 128 and Game 3 at 120.
Kapa‘a top bowler was Mindi Agena (163-149-172) and Island School’s Michelle Woltmon reached a personal season-high 132 in Game 3 after rolls of 107 and 103 in games 1 and 2, respectively.
Angela Choy also notched her personal season best in Game 2 with a 118.
Aaron Belmonte rolled a personal season-best 203 in Game 3, but Kapa‘a came up short 813-832 to the Raider men who were led by Micah Solusod pacing the redshirts with a 201.
Belmonte rolled a 191 in Game 1 to lead Kapa‘a to its 895-798 showing over Kaua‘i, and Wesley Abalos picked up the pace in Game 2 with a 180-pinfall as the Warriors bested Kaua‘i 739-714.
William Balbin set the pace for Kaua‘i in Game 1 with a 197, and Brad Russell led the Raiders in Game 2 with a 166.
Waimea was a close third in all three games, led by Matthew Haack in Game 1 with a 160. Nelson Acosta picked up the pace in Game 2, rolling a 185 followed by Harold Shimono Jr. lending 179 pins. Keith Nonaka picked up the pace in Game 3, finishing with 175 and Shimono lending 157 pins.
Island School bowlers were led by Edwin Choy (103-123-124) and Jesse Voorhies (123-93-97).
Iwata finished the KIF final standings as the leading girl bowler with an average of 177.78 over 9 games. Following her, Agena of Kapa‘a and Lum from Waimea filled in the top three slots with averages of 176.33 and 175.67, respectively.
Sagawa (167.33 av), Kathleen Cadiente (166.22), Kapa‘a’s Joanna Chang (161.44), and Cubangbang (151.56) filled in the fourth through 7th slots.
Ador Lopez of Kapa‘a had just one game rolled and leads the boys final standings with 199. Jerald Colobong, nursing an injury, finished No. 2 with a 192.1 average followed by Solusod at 182.6.
Shimono filled in the fourth slot with a 180.4 average followed by Belmonte (177.2), Balbin (175.6), Abalos (173.3) and Kapa‘a’s Troy Wong (170.3) filling in the top eight slots.
Agena, the second highest girl bowler, will be leaving along with the other KIF bowlers to the Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association’s state championships on the Big Island, Nov. 1 and 2.
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@kauaipubco.com.
